Poverty
88.4m Nigerians living in extreme poverty, says FG
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr. Temitope Fadeshemi, has revealed that a staggering 88.4 million Nigerians are currently...
World Bank report says debt-service payments killing poor countries, debt overhang $9trn as at 2021
The World Bank has disclosed that the external debt of developing countries – low as well as middle-income economies – has accumulated to...
Endemic poverty among Nigerians, FG spanks governors for neglecting people’s welfare for bogus projects
...Sokoto State is ranked highest, closely followed by oil-rich Bayelsa in the poverty scale
FG’s poverty alleviation interventions unimpactful as NBS declares 63% of Nigerians as very poor
ln spite of special interventions by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, at least 63 percent of the Nigerian population of over 200 people...
Nigeria’s unbridled population growth, a liability, now world’s poverty centre, says expert
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Worried by Nigeria’s ever rising population to become world’s 5th biggest population, an economist and Chief Executive...
Corruption in government plunging millions of Nigerians further into throes of poverty — SERAP
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Latest report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has revealed that the widespread and systemic corruption...
Poverty: Ex-bank CEO, other financial experts teach people how to create wealth
…says 90 percent of people in the world are behind their retirement goals By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Financial experts including a former...
Poverty in US set to increase due to Donald Trump’s policies, says UN official
A United Nations expert Philip Alston, slammed the alarming levels of poverty in the US on Friday, saying that the situation is likely to...
