A former Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial Seat in the upper legislative chamber, Senator Shehu Sani on friday, hinted that the fast growing poverty leading to higher rate of begging…
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World Bank Says 87% Of Poor People In Nigeria Are Northerners
by Damilare Salami February 11, 2020The 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…
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says the number of Nigerians, who are multidimensionally poor has increased from 86 million to 98 million in the past decade up to 2017. This…
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The poverty level in Adamawa State has hit a record 75% high, Dr Buba Bindir, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), has confirmed. Bindir made the shocking revelation in Yola…
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No Excuse For Poverty In Ghana After 60 Years Of Independence – President Nana Akufo-Addo
by Damilare Salami March 7, 2017President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana said on Monday the country had run out of excuses for failing to end poverty and corruption, 60 years after it became the first in…
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The Bauchi State Police Command arrested a mother of 6, Mrs Juliana James, from Guru village in Bauchi State, for throwing her one-day-old newborn baby into a soak-away shortly after…