Tag: Poor
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Nigerians have no business being poor – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that Nigerians have no business being poor with the country’s vast resources. He said that the nation is abundantly blessed but is suffering from the mismanagement of its resources.
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The revenge of the poor – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
A few days ago on my street, I gave a woman, an indigenous beggar I think, N200 currency note. She snatched it from me, looked at the money disgustingly, and demanded for more. All entreaties for her to go away were in vain.
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Why I need to increase volume of my wickedness – Rudeboy
Nigerian singer Paul Okoye, popularly known as Rudeboy has expressed his shock and annoyance on his Instagram story following an abuse from a woman he had been assisting for some time.
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See reasons RCCG Pastor gave for poverty among Christians
Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Solomon Bello, on Wednesday gave reasons behind poverty within some Christian communities and the steps to take to escape poverty. Bello was quoted in a statement in Lagos to have said this while delivering the lead paper at the Business Summit of the Redeemers Men’s Fellowship…
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I still wonder why Nigerians accepted me despite being poor – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the owewhelming support and acceptance he received from Nigerians during the 2015 and 2019 electioneering period still beats his imagination despite not being as rich as other politicians. The president also Nigeria is still a lucky country despite the challenges that could have torn the nation apart. He stated…
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Anti-graft war: FG protests as Nigerian CSO rates Buhari’s administration poor
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has rejected the assessment of Bubari administration by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). Reacting to the current rating by CISLAC, Mohammed described it as unfair and unacceptable. CISLAC, a non-governmental organisation, had on March 23 in Abuja addressed a press briefing where it allegedly accused…
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The corona vaccine wars: The poor will die first – Owei Lakemfa
By Owei Lakemfa UNITED Kingdom, the small but mighty country which has the history of invading 178 or 90 per-cent of the countries on earth, has taken on the European Union, EU, in a COVID-19 vaccines war. The war which is the first of expected post-Brexit wars, is on account of the former’s voracious nature…
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FG disburses N6bn to poor households
The Federal Government on Tuesday said it has disbursed over N6billion to poor households in six out of the 14 local government areas of Zamfara State. The disbursement was done under the federal government Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in 2020. Speaking during the flag off of Grant for Rural Women Project, on Tuesday in…
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82.9 million Nigerians are poor – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says more than 82.9 million Nigerians are poor by national standards. The NBS made this known in its report on Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria 2019, released on Monday. It explained that the figure showed that 40.1 per cent of total population were classified as poor, adding that in…
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Proposed 7.5% VAT not targeted at poor Nigerians – FG
Nigerians have been informed by the federal government that the proposed hike of the Value Added Tax (VAT) next year will not affect the poor as being feared by many. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this on Monday at the opening of the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#25) taking…