Tag: poverty

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March 28, 2013

Opinion: Embracing Islamic banking as a poverty alleviation tool

by Luqman Idris In the West, Islamic Finance and Structured products are two of the most successful financial market innovations ...

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March 8, 2013

Seun Hunge: I wish we had Hugo Chavez as president (Y! Superblogger)

To his credit, petrol become cheaper than water, 80 litres at $2, how much is 80litres of fuel here? And ...

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March 7, 2013

Rejoinder: Poverty is a global phenomenon, not a Kwara phenomenon

by Rotimi Ogungbola The world’s arrival  at a level where  the voice of any human being can be heard is a ...

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March 1, 2013

Opinion: That poverty may become extinct in Nigeria

by Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin Introduction Almost half of the world’s population, comprising over three billion people, is extremely poor, surviving ...

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March 1, 2013

Zainab Sandah: Educating the Nigerian child: Who’s responsible?

by Zainab Sandah The biggest factor attributable to the failure of both international and local intervention schemes is government at ...

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February 27, 2013

“Poverty rate in the North is 3 times of what it is in Lagos” – Bill Clinton, as ThisDay honours 15 teachers

by Isi Esene Former United States president, Bill Clinton has attributed the growing terrorism menace in the country to poverty. ...

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February 3, 2013

May Akabogu-Collin writes ‘A Nigerian Spring is long overdue’ for The New York Times

by May Akabogu-Collins That’s where Nigeria is today. It will not change until we, the people, join in a mass ...

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January 28, 2013

Oby Ezekwesili: The wealth and poverty of a nation – Who will restore the dignity of Nigeria? (Part 2)

Whatever choices you make from today for the purpose of helping build a New Nigeria will most certainly cost you ...

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January 27, 2013

Oby Ezekwesili: The wealth and poverty of a nation – Who will restore the dignity of Nigeria? (Part 1)

Resource wealth has tragically reduced your nation- my nation- to a mere parable of prodigality. Nothing undignifies nations and their ...

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January 7, 2013

Opinion: The myth of Africa’s rise

by Rick Rowden     Rich countries figured out long ago, that if economies are not moving out of dead-end activities that ...

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January 6, 2013

Ebuka Obi-Uchendu: Occupy Nigeria: Are we better off today?

by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu We may be under the illusion that 2013 has started on a more proper note. We’ve made ...

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November 25, 2012

South African president spends $28 million on his palace while receiving $30 million in aid from the UK

by Rachel Ogbu South African president Jacob Zuma has sparked outrage spending £17.5 million to upgrade his rural family home while ...

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November 24, 2012

Uncle Solo (Part 2), a short story by ‘Seun Salami

by ‘Seun Salami There were many of such bus preachers around town these days, giving the genuine ones a bad ...

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November 17, 2012

Uncle Solo, a short story by ‘Seun Salami

by ‘Seun Salami People who leave home for work very early in the morning in our area have also become ...

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September 29, 2012

Temie Giwa: Arms and the plan (YNaija Frontpage)

  The North is being burnt by unemployed despondent youths. While in the South, young kidnappers and car jackals constantly ...

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September 26, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: The girl who could only imagine and a nation tending to more poverty (YNaija Frontpage)

In fact, for every public official whose action and inaction helps to make this reality possibility, their existence though seemingly ...

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September 21, 2012

Opinion: Rural women deserve to be healthy too

by Florence Opeyemi Fasetan Every woman should have access to the quality of maternal healthcare that would provide reasonable assurance ...

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June 13, 2012

#ThisShouldConcernYou: 1000 points of light – An annual summit for young change agents scheduled to hold June 16

by Chi Ibe Now in its second year, 1,000 points of light is set to hold June 16, 2012 at ...

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OluwapelumiMay 9, 2012

Report: Niger is the worst place to be a mother, Nigeria ranks 123rd

by Chi Ibe   No it’s not Afghanistan; a new study shows that Niger is the worst place in the ...

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