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Reps’ N705m donation to the poor
A well-known stock-in-trade of Nigeria’s political class is gain-induced philanthropy. Politicians solicit publicity-seeking donations to feign empathy for impoverished Nigerians. Some of such “public ...
Thousands of inmates have escaped from correctional facilities across Nigeria in recent years. In the past decade, Nigeria ...
Nigeria’s government launched an initiative in 2024 offering free emergency caesarean sections to poor and vulnerable women, ...
The Benue State Government has reported an increase in the number of poor and vulnerable individuals recorded in its social ...
Some locals find they cannot compete with those holidaying from the diaspora who are nicknamed I Just Got Back.
Nigeria, the most populous black nation in the world, transitioned from military rule to civilian rule in 1999. The transition came ...
Frighteningly, Nigeria has the highest tuberculosis burden in Africa. “The disease kills 268 people in the country every day, ...