On Tuesday afternoon news began to filter through that gunshots had been heard on Tarkwa Bay, the popular island that’s home to beaches along the Atlantic...
To understand privilege better, you have to realize that it is not by your work or power. Many people are born into privilege and have no...
To be poor in Nigeria is to go to sleep every night, wishing that the world would come to an end and you wouldn't have to...
Typical of the Nigerian government, they have decided that cutting off the head is the best remedy to a headache.
If a Yoruba person ever calls you, “Omoojuolari,” which literarily means “a child who has never seen wealth before,” you should feel bad. Although the word is...
We must care because all human beings have equal inherent rights to dignity that should never be diminished. It is important we recognise and respect those...
Financial hurricane blows in different direction hitting nations, individual or things, it tears nations apart and remove their self esteem and if you are not in sync...
Hello Patriarchy, the protector of men - rich and poor. As long as patriarchal systems remain firmly in place, the concept of choice is really a...
It is absurd that Nigerians work so hard, but they have nothing to show for their hard work. Go to any of the markets in Lagos State,...
Nigerians are tired of the economic decline in the country. Many are gradually losing hope, and some are losing their minds (try driving in Lagos). The...
Oby Ezekwesili, the presidential aspirant of Action Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), has said lifting 80 million Nigerians out of poverty is the most crucial assignment...
Bad news keeps coming about the state of the nation. First, we heard Nigeria was the poverty capital of the world. Then news came that...
Singer Mo’believe, to commemorate this year’s International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, has released a new single titled “Poverty.” “As poverty full the dormot,” he sings in...
Nobody wants to be poor. No one has a fascination with poverty. There is nothing idyllic or romantic about being poor. I could describe what poverty...
Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly (POOR), is a clever acronym that I once heard for the word ‘poor’. There’s some truth to it. In fact, there’s a...
In an exclusive chat with Punch, Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has said she is willing to remarry on the grounds that the person isn’t poor. The...
Over 134 suicide bombings have occurred since 2009 when Boko Haram unleashed a campaign of terror on Nigeria’s northeast region. According to research by Combating Terrorism Centre at...
This documentary tells the story of children in the slums with dreams of becoming great in life and how poverty stands as an hindrance to their...
Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II has said that he will introduce a new law which will place a restriction on polygamy as it is connected to...
60% of Nigerians – that is over 100 million of our brothers and sisters – live below the poverty line. I’m talking about the percentage of...
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