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9 Apr
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said the country needs to tackle the devastating effect of poverty and insecurity in the Northern region through agriculture and industrial revolution.
6 Feb
Nigerian intelligence services have denied reports alleging a Northern Senator's involvement in terrorism and banditry, while uncovering a plot to sow discord between Senators and the public. According to top officers who spoke anonymously in a report published by PRNigeria, investigations revealed the newspaper report accusing the Senator to be "a fabrication." They emphasised that…
24 Jan
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has called for a multi-dimensional approach to address the complex security situation in northern Nigeria. The governor made this proposal during a two-day roundtable discussion on insecurity organized by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) in Abuja. The CNG organised the programme at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre and…
24 Nov
Tiktoker Murja Kunya once ran afoul of sharia police in Nigeria's northwest city of Kano, where "hisbah" units enforce Islamic law that runs alongside common law. Earlier this year, the units detained Kunya and other influencers for racy media posts and parodies the agency deemed indecent. But now the morality police are trying a softer…
1 Nov
Inertia is characterised by several adjectives including idleness, static, unimaginative, uninspiring and wimpish.
17 Aug 2023
Corruption in the implementation of agricultural development programmes, land-grabbing and consequent loss of access to farmlands by farmers are directly responsible for the rising poverty in the North.
Emem Usoro
14 Aug 2023
Before the advent of Russia-Ukraine in February 2022, UBA had put in place a robust risk management framework to adapt to any emerging risk in all its countries of operations.
22 Jul 2023
It is no longer news that West Africa and indeed, Nigeria is one of the most affected regions in the world when it comes to conflict and violence. Since 2009, the wave of violence and conflict has spiked around the Africa’s most populous country starting from northern Nigeria which remains the epicentre. There has been…
13 Jul 2023
Johnvents Trading, a leading agro commodity value chain player, and a subsidiary of Johnvents Group, has taken a significant step towards promoting sustainable and traceable agriculture with the launch of the outgrower Scheme in Kano and Kastina. The scheme aims to empower thousands of farmers and foster long-term growth in the agricultural sector while prioritizing…
7 Jul 2023
The North, with an average poverty index of between 0.351 and 0.425 is leading other regions of the country, according to the 2022 Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released in Maiduguri, Borno State
17 May 2023
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said that the current education backwardness being witnessed in northern part of the country was caused by people of the area.

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