ActionAid Nigeria, non-governmental organisation, has asked women not to stay quiet in the face of oppression and indiscrimination. Ene Obi, country director of the organisation, said this in Abuja at
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The World Bank has estimated that 87% of all the poor people in Nigeria are in the north. In a report titled, ‘Advancing social protection in a dynamic Nigeria’, the
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) says President Muhammadu Buhari is in denial of his failure to secure the country. The forum, in a statement by Ango Abdullahi, its chairman, said it appears the
Muhammad Sanusi II, emir of Kano, says the predominant culture of marrying more than one wife by Nigerians in the north is a major cause of poverty in the region.
The headline in The Punch dated October 22 read: “FG disburses $103.6m Abacha loot to the poor”. Other papers had
The wealth of the 22 richest men in the world is greater than that of all African women combined, a
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, says there is poverty in Nigeria because its leaders have failed to manage the
Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, says over 40 million Nigerians are unemployed. Farouq
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria’s economy would have to grow at a faster pace to witness a reduction
Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, is in Switzerland promoting a UN campaign against
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