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YOLA — The dearth of development in the Northeast region of Nigeria has been identified as one of the major triggers of insurgency in the region. The North East adjudged as the poorest region in Nigeria has suffered over a decade of Insurgency leading to the death of tens of thousands of residents, displacement of millions of others, and destruction of infrastructure and properties across the region. Nigeria’s Ambassador to Benin, Lieutenant Gen. Tukur Buratai...

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NSUKKA, (Enugu State) — A group under the aegis of Nsukka Youths General Assembly (NYGA), that has its membership from Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State, says the assembly will complement state government efforts to ensure youths in the area are empowered. Mr. Roy Ekwueme the National President disclosed this in Nsukka on Monday while briefing newsmen on NYGA forthcoming Economic youth empowerment summit in Nsukka. Ekwueme said that the aim of the summit...

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KADUNA — The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed has declared that poverty is a direct cause of insecurity in the country vis-à-vis the relationship that exists between governance, poverty, and insecurity. Ahmed, while delivering the 19th convocation lecture of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), titled, “The Governance, Security, and Development Nexus in Nigeria: Innovative Financing as an Essential Enabler,” on Thursday noted that insecurity, in turn, further exacerbates poverty and...

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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, and Access Bank of Nigeria have commended the move by an international advocacy organisation, Global Citizen, to end poverty, COVID-19, and climate change as the group announced the local hosts for its concert which will hold in Lagos. A statement by Global Citizen, a New York-based global not-for-profit body, said wealthiest nations needed to deliver on the promise to give $100bn annually to address climate...

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YOLA — The Fintiri administration has initiated a programme to improve a lot of youth, women, people living with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups in the state, and no fewer than 10,520 have been captured under “Adamawa State Social Support Program (ADSSP)”. The initiative was organised by Adamawa State Poverty Alleviation And Wealth Creation Agency (PAWECA) aimed at training youths on various skills while assisting them with handouts to enable them float above poverty level....

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ABUJA — The Founder of Grace of God Mission International, Bishop Paul Nwachukwu,  has urged Nigerian pastors to use their wealth to alleviate the poverty of the people, especially the needy in society. Nwachukwu in his sermon at the 70th birthday anniversary and book launch of Rev. William Okoye, a former Chaplain at Aso Rock Chapel, on Saturday, in Abuja, advised pastors not to take their duties lightly but they should be ready to talk...

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The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Olusegun Dawodu, announced this at a joint news briefing with his Information and Strategy counterpart, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso and the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, in Alausa, Ikeja. Members of the Special Team which will commence operations in the next few days and will also be taking the destitute off the roads and streets include Security Agents, Social Workers, Care Givers, Medical Personnel,...

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MAIDUGURI — A Malaysian Islamic group, Yayasan Budi Ihsan, has donated 100 cows and 50 goats to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 13 camps in Maiduguri, Borno State. The beneficiaries also included host communities of the IDPs camps, widows, and orphans. The coordinator of the Malaysian group, Dr. Mohammed Amin Umar, while speaking during the symbolic slaughtering of the cows on Tuesday at the Bakassi IDPs camp with over 40,000 IDPs, said it’s their...

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YOLA — The wife of the Adamawa state Governor, Hajiya Lami Ahmadu Fintiri has assisted 100 widows, orphans, and less privileged with various items in Malamre of Karewa ward in Yola North. Items distributed include wrappers, blankets, mats, rubber buckets, packages of foodstuff, and bag containing soap, toothpaste, pants, sanitary pads, and combs, among others. Presenting the items, representative of the wife of the governor Hajiya Asabe Shuaibu urged the beneficiaries to make proper use...

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KATSINA — An executive bill, seeking the prohibition of street begging, has scaled second reading in Katsina State House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bill, presented to the assembly by Gov. Aminu Masari, scaled the second reading during plenary on Monday. NAN recalls that the bill was first read before the assembly on June 30 by the Majority Leader, Alhaji Abubakar Abukur. Abukur said that the bill sought to complement the...

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