Tag: poverty

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April 30, 2014

Saatah Nubari: Monsanto and the re-enslavement of Nigeria

by Saatah Nubari Our country Nigeria just became a member of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition Initiative, an ...

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April 15, 2014

Demola Rewaju: Rebase the GDP all you can but we are still poor

by Demola Rewaju All that the announcement did was to make official something we’ve known all along but the way ...

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April 7, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria’s GDP Rebasing and voodoo statistics

by Jibrin Ibrahim The real issue for me however is what does it really mean to say our economy is ...

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April 6, 2014

Simon Kolawole: Why Nigeria stays among the poorest nations in the world

by Simon Kolawole Ironically, a few days later, the World Bank President, Dr Jim Yong Kim, classified Nigerians and Indians ...

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March 10, 2014

Opinion: Are Nigerians really tired of bad governance?

by Umar Yakubu Thoughts around security, national budget, state of the economy are not debated. Instead, you will read a ...

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March 4, 2014

Opinion: Nigeria’s centenary and the urgency of now

by Jaye Gaskia And whereas Lugard may have made a mistake in the course of promoting the selfish interests of ...

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February 8, 2014

Opinion: There is no such thing as a united North

by Abdulmalik Ibrahim Tijani However, unlike many a northern youths, I will not be cajoled and hoodwinked into voting out ...

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January 16, 2014

Soyombo Ayomikun: An Okada man’s anger (Poetry)

by Soyombo Ayomikun With anger I daily commute    Frequency of 1 passenger every 3 hrs    Daily income of ...

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January 6, 2014

Bayo Oluwasanmi: The prognosis for Nigeria in 2014 is bad

by Bayo Oluwasanmi Nigerians will continue to live in poverty, hunger, and disease. Greed, filth, and viciousness will be the ...

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December 26, 2013

Opinion: Let’s think about those who can’t have fun this Christmas

by Demola Rewaju So while we eat the chicken and have fun, let’s spare a thought for the poor, those ...

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December 14, 2013

Iweka Kingsley: How hope can set the Nigerian youth free (Y! Superblogger)

by Iweka Kingsley “Cultural legacies are powerful forces. They have deep roots and long lives. They persist generation after generation, virtually intact, ...

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December 6, 2013

Mandela is in hell-fire? Well that’s what these “Christians” say | Read why

by Jim Solouki and Martin Baker The blog Creation Science Study is clearly not joining the mass adulation over the ...

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December 4, 2013

Okey Ikechukwu: Why not share resources in Nigeria according to ‘ekiti mass’?

by Okey Ikechukwu If the United Nations (UN) wants the state with the highest number of carrying ‘ekiti’ prefixed towns ...

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November 17, 2013

Stop peddling lies, Nigeria does not have 100million destitutes – Presidency tells World Bank

by Isi Esene The Presidency is clearly not amused by claims allegedly made by the World Bank Country Director, Marie-Francois ...

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November 13, 2013

Opinion: Poverty – A raging monster across the country

by Dele Fatokun  Poverty in Nigeria appears to be self-inflicting and ridiculous, especially when observed that Nigeria is the world’s ...

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October 5, 2013

Dino Melaye: A Nation in dangerous rift

by Dino Melaye …we are more shocked by the open confession of our own President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at a ...

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September 26, 2013

Alkasim Abdulkadir: #OurNASS – Who will pay the hardship allowance of 112 million poor Nigerians? (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir The protest is not just about the National Assembly it is a metaphor for the sky rocketing ...

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September 25, 2013

“I’m spiritually innocent”: Convicted abortion doctor says it’s a greater sin to birth kids into poverty (PICTURED)

A notorious abortionist in Philadelphia that was sentenced to life in prison without parole is insisting that he is ‘spiritually ...

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September 14, 2013

Temie Giwa: Conversation on class (Y! FrontPage)

by Temie Giwa ….the fascinating conversation died out when the proponent of the ‘Child not bride’ initiative focused on moral outrage ...

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September 2, 2013

Simon Kolawole: Our eternal obsession with Aso Rock

by Simon Kolawole Simply put, we think it is only the Federal Government that should be blamed when there is ...

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August 31, 2013

Theophilus Ilevbare: Nigeria failed the guy on the Arik plane

by Theophilus Ilevbare …the stowaway’s desperado is a reflection of the frightening level of abject poverty in the county and ...

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August 20, 2013

Opinion: Now that the APC has been registered…

Ahmed Razaq Oluwasanjo It is also important that APC should understand that the ultimate is not just dislodging the ruling ...

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August 19, 2013

Opinion: Crude oil theft, organised crime and the Niger-Delta environment

by Jaye Gaskia In 2009 and 2010, the figures claimed ranged 100,000 barrels per day to 200,000 barrels per day ...

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August 17, 2013

Opinion: Is the Nigerian economy deadlocked?

by Salim Salihu Muhammed No doubt, Nigeria is making progress in industrial growth, the absence of infrastructure to complement the ...

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August 13, 2013

Opinion: The ‘sins’ of the Nigerian elite

by John Amoda He said the inequalities in Nigeria are such that “the wealthy live like prisoners—the rest of the ...

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July 24, 2013

Opinion: The case against legalised rape in Nigeria

by Adewoyin Joseph Why deprive that child of proper mental, physical, and physiological development she deserves? Why drag her into motherhood and ...

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July 24, 2013

Japheth Omojuwa: Charity, as the opportunity cost of poverty (Y! FrontPage)

by Japheth Omojuwa We are not better off collecting stipends from our politicians than we’d be if we freed up ...

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May 29, 2013

Chukwunonso Nzekwe: My ghetto story (30 Days and 30 Voices)

Tomorrow you see a wealthy man on air helping us fight for our cause for his personal gain, someone who ...

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April 16, 2013

Heartwrenching images of poverty and violence capture true misery of Mexico, ravaged by drug cartels (LOOK)

It is a place at once thought of for its destitution, crime, and poverty – where a bitter conflict has ...

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