Tag: Poverty
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Despite economic hardship, FG increases prices for number plates, drivers licenses from June 8
Despite economic hardship, the Federal Government has increased the cost of driver’s licences and number plates across Nigeria, with the new rates set to begin on June 8. The Joint Tax Board, which oversees tax matters in the country, introduced the new prices after a review of current production costs and updates to security features.…
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Tinubu is not weaponising poverty – Ogala
Mr Babatunde Ogala, the Senior Legal Counsel to President Bola Tinubu and Grand Patron of Renewed Hope Global, has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu’s administration has “weaponised poverty” in Nigeria.
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Democracy’s sustenance: Atiku, Onaiyekan, Sanusi, others speak against poverty
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; a Prelate, Catholic Church Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, and others have called for urgent action against poverty for sustenance of democracy.
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I did not know what poverty is until I became Emir – Sanusi Lamido
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday in Abuja said he did not know poverty until he became Emir.
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Tackle poverty – Islamic scholar tells Tinubu
A renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Taofeek Akeugbagold, has urged President Bola Tinubu to intensify efforts to boost food production and bridge the gap between the rich and poor.
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Family planning is solution to poverty in Nigeria – AAFP
Dr Ejike Oji, Chairman Association for the Advancement of Family Planning (AAFP) in Nigeria, on Monday said that family planning was a panacea to multidimensional poverty.
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FG to partner UN to lift Nigerians out of poverty
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to partner with the United Nations (UN) to provide long-lasting solutions to help lift millions of Nigerians out of poverty.
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Why there is poverty in Nigeria – Anglican Primate
The Primate Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev’d Henry Ndukuba has said not until greed is killed, no matter religiosity, Nigeria will remain a country that is almost being vandalised.
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Poverty of thought, not thought of poverty – By Owei Lakemfa
THE Super Eagles nightmare in Libya and, the World Bank insanely asking Nigerians to endure 15 more years of suffocation and pain, speak to a poverty of ideas. The lives of the Eagles and officials were endangered when the aircraft carrying them, which was descending a
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Ending poverty can take over 100 years – World Bank
The World Bank says it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty for nearly half the world. According to the Bank’s new Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report released on Tuesday, this accounts for people who live on less than 6.85 dollars per day.