Tag: Poverty

By Yakubu Musa Nothing, perhaps, illustrates the tragedy of the current world's most enduring struggle, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, than last Friday’s UN resolution for a ceasefire. Curiously, the United States of America voted against it while her...
By Sanusi Abdullahi Kiru In the ever-evolving landscape of Nigeria's telecommunications industry, there are individuals who leave an indelible mark, reshaping the sector for the betterment of the nation. Among these luminaries, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta stands...

My state as a microcosm of Washington Consensus

By Muhammad Hashim Suleiman One of the cardinal principles of the alien but tactfully enforced Washington Consensus methodology of governance for African societies is Lean...

161m Africans poorer due to COVID-19 pandemic

By Ismail Auwal The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has said that the effects of pandemic has thrown between 49 million and 161 million Africans...

World Bank predicts extreme poverty, depressed economies in Africa

The World Bank has called for rapid COVID-19 action, including a faster vaccination process, to limit the damage to global growth in 2021. In its Global...

Who will save the north?

By Abdullahi Sadiq Mohammed Northern Nigeria comprises of 19 states that is geopolitically subdivided into Northwest, Northeast and Northcentral Nigeria. Politically, the region produced the...

20-million more Nigerians will become poor by 2022 – World Bank

By Ismail Auwal The World Bank has projected that 20-million more Nigerians will become poor by the year 2020. Figures from the 2019 Poverty and Inequality...

Arewa: In need of urgent economic revival

By Muhammad Yakubu Northern Nigeria, also known as Arewa, is the country’s most populous region. According to Worldometer, the northern region of Nigeria currently has...

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