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Abdulsalami identifies poverty, weak governance as causes of insecurity in Nigeria, others in the Sahel region

Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd), on Thursday identified poverty, unemployment and weak governance as causes of insecurity in Nigeria and other...

North-West governors seek UN assitance to tackle insecurity, poverty

Governors from Nigeria’s North West region have appealed to the United Nations (UN) for assistance in tackling a number of issues including the security...

Tinubu’s forex policy responsible for poverty, hardship in the country – Atiku

A former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has blamed the forex policy of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the current poverty and economic...

‘Increase in exchange rate for import duty calculation will hurt businesses, aggravate poverty’

The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has bemoaned the recent decision by the Central Bank to increase the customs exchange rate...

Why 35m Nigerians may face extreme poverty in 2025

The Director, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Singapore Business Federation (SBF) Centre for African Studies, Nanyang Business School, Mr Amit Jain, has sounded...

Tinubu vows to tackle poverty, insecurity in Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu on Saturday assured Nigerians his administration would come up with programmes and policies that would address poverty and insecurity in the...

Reps ready to lift 16.5m out of poverty

By Tom OkpeThe House of Representatives is working on a framework that will lift 16.5m people out of poverty and ensure that over 14...

No reason for Nigerians to be poor, Tinubu reiterates stance in battling poverty

President Bola Tinubu has once again, insisted that there is no reason why Nigerians should be poor despite the abundant resources the country has...

I was not elected to give excuses —Tinubu

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu says he was not elected by Nigerians to give excuses but to work hard to ensure the country is taken...

‘We’ll lift 133 million Nigerians from poverty’ – Tinubu’s minister assures

Edu, at a meeting with heads of agencies under the ministry in Abuja, said this will be achieved through different interventions and initiatives aimed...

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