Tag: poverty
Chukwu: Poverty drives Nigerian players to obscure leagues abroad
Taiwo Adelu Former Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Christian Chukwu has lamented the deplorable situation that leads some Nigerian players…
2016 Budget: Buhari earmarks N500bn to alleviate poverty
The need to pay attention to the common man and spend the resources of this country on the poor people…
Buhari blames poverty, unemployment, injustice for conflicts in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari said Monday in Abuja that poverty, injustice and the lack of job opportunities were mainly responsible for…
2016 budget will deal with issues of poverty – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has stated categorically that there are specific provisions in the 2016 budget presented to…
Ban, British Queen meet on conflict, poverty
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Queen Elizabeth II have reiterated their commitment to preventing and resolving deadly conflicts and eradicating…
Poverty not reason to engage in human trafficking – AIG Hassan
AIG Bala Hassan who is in charge of the Nigeria Police Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, on Tuesday urged Nigerians…
Corruption cause of poverty, waste in Nigeria, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has stated that apart from barefaced theft of public funds, corruption has also been cited…
Northern governors meet over insurgency, poverty, illiteracy
Femi Adi/Kaduna The governors of the 19 northern states met in Kaduna to discuss how to end problems of insecurity…
Boko Haram And The Assault On Education
By Rasak Musbau Ignorance, Poverty and Strife – the real axis of evil- are not inevitable in any part of…
Child Marriage And The Day Of The African Child
By Bilikis Bakare While some people tag it adherence to age long religious tradition popular in a number of regions…
Cancer And Ambode’s Birthday Wish
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The world is grappling with many challenges. Terrorism has heightened the fear of insecurity across the globe. Globally,…
Lagos, Global Poverty And Wealth Creation
By Michael Oputeh It is a as a result of the harsh reality of the danger of poverty, if allowed…
Nigeria bedeviled by poverty, debt – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President-elect, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo, has painted a dispiriting picture of the national economy, by releasing mind-boggling statistics and…
APC will end poverty, not manage it – Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that the party will not manage the…
Families Sell Albinos To Ritualists
Eromosele Ebhomele Whether because of poverty or the need to make quick cash, it has been discovered that families producing…