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How goat breeding initiative empowered women in Hadejia, failed in other Jigawa councils

By Idris Kamal IBRAHIM NINE years after the implementation of Jigawa’s multimillion naira Goat Breeding Micro-Finance Scheme targeting women and...

How poverty is forcing Nigerian children out of school

Globally, Nigeria ranks third among countries with the highest number of out-of-school children, behind only India and Pakistan, with...
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My govt delivered as promised in 8 years — Buhari

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration successfully reduced poverty and built a sustainable economy within the last eight...

Governors hit back, say FG’s failure to secure Nigeria responsible for rising poverty

THE NIGERIA Governors’ Forum (NGF) has described the claim by the Federal Government that governors are responsible for the...
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Nigeria has 133m people living in ‘multidimentional’ poverty, 86m in North – Report

THE Federal government has disclosed that 133 million people in the country, representing 63 per cent of the population,...

Seven million Nigerians will be poorer by 2022 – World Bank

THE World Bank has said that seven million more Nigerians would be poorer due to the “inflation shock” that...
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