The Labour Party has said rising food prices and the general downturn of the Nigerian economy are direct consequences of the absence of proper planning and the lack of empathy of the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government. The National Publicity…
LASG restates commitment to promote decent work, social protection
The Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), has restated its commitment to promote access to decent work and social protection, to reduce poverty in the state. Mrs Bolaji Dada, the Commissioner for Women…
Making the Renewed Hope Agenda work for Nigerians — Henry Anibe Agbonika
As the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration kicks off its inaugural cabinet retreat this morning, it is an opportune time to reflect on the challenges and opportunities facing our nation. Nigeria is a country with immense potential, but we are…
Naija Times Journalism Foundation urges strong media oversight for effective utilisation of N185b palliatives fund
The Naija Times Journalism Foundation (NTJF), the nonprofit branch of Naija Times, an online newspaper, has emphasised the need for robust media oversight to ensure transparency and accountability in the utilisation of the N5 billion per state and the FCT…
LCCI: High Inflation may hurt productivity, raise poverty figures
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has warned that sustained high inflation rate in the Nigerian economy might further constrain production of goods and services and lead to a steeper rise in poverty figures in the country. It…
Sapa, live and direct in naija — Gbubemi Atimomo
Reflections on the state of poverty in Nigeria I watched a video on Instagram posted by a foundation that had gone to distribute grinding machines to women as part of their benevolence activities. The aim was to empower the women…
G20 summit: Aid groups decry slow progress in fight against hunger, poverty
Aid organisations on Wednesday criticized G20 states for making insufficient progress on pledges to combat hunger and poverty in developing countries. Among other things, G20 members including Germany were criticised for failing to do more with so-called special drawing rights,…
Ukraine war pushed 4m children into poverty, says UNICEF
The war in Ukraine and rising inflation has pushed an addition four million children across eastern Europe and Central Asia into poverty. The United Nations Children’s agency UNICEF said in a report released on Monday. The figure, representing a 19…
Man sells wife and son for N2million: Let’s not mistake poverty for reason to act like animals
My dad has a saying I wished at some point he would stop telling us his kids, “you can’t say because you are hungry go picking food from the dustbin.” He used this to illustrate to us that, no matter…
Pandemic pushes millions in Philippines into poverty
Close to four million people in the Philippines became poor in the first half of the year due to pandemic-induced lockdown measures that dried up jobs and reduced domestic demand, government officials said on Friday (Dec 17). Poverty incidence in…
