Global goal to end poverty by 2030 unlikely – World Bank (PremiumTimes)

A global target of ending extreme poverty by 2030 is unlikely to be met, the World Bank said on Wednesday. It also said people living on less than $1.90 a day have fallen to record low of about 655 million…

Over 40% of world’s poorest will live in Nigeria, Congo by 2050 – Report (Vanguard)

More than 40 percent of extremely poor people in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed. In the 2018 goalkeepers report released, yesterday, the foundation…

Ask me how millenials are coping in this economy-Lucia Edafioka

The other day I was watching a documentary about the housing crisis in the U.S and other major European cities. Of course those mostly affected are millennials; young people who juggle two/three jobs and still cannot afford to pay rent…

The story of Borojah, the Poor but Aristocratic Poet? – Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Lagos, my Lagos, is fast losing its beans. It breaks my heart no end that the choice spots that used to give Lagos its onions are no longer there. For instance, the first ever hotel I lodged in can no…

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