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Nigeria cannot become wealthy by taxing poverty ―Oyedele

October 6, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee (PFPTRC), Taiwo Oyedele, has stated that Nigeria cannot become a wealthy country by continually taxing the most vulnerable people in society. He made the statement during a two-day Integrated National Financing Framework Core Working Group Retreat held at the Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on […]

Poverty, professors, and policy, By Lasisi Olagunju

September 30, 2024Bode DoluLeave a Comment

There was a time in this country when professors earned more than federal permanent secretaries. That was before Nigeria happened to itself. A professor in 1973 was on a consolidated annual salary of £3,000; permanent secretaries earned £2,800. Today, the most senior professors do not take home N450,000 per month; federal permanent secretaries gross N1.3m […]

White Canadian lady weds African man abandoned with 7 children by ex-wife over poverty (Photos)

October 17, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

According to one social media influencer, @PH_Promoter, the man here was reportedly abandoned by his African wife with whom they have seven children. Fortunately for the man, a Canadian tourist who visited the village fell in love with him. White tourist lady marries African man, and was reported to have taken him and his seven […]

Student loans and the measure of poverty, By Abimbola Adelakun

June 15, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

On Monday, the President signed into law a bill establishing an education bank that will provide interest-free loans to “indigent students.” The clumsily titled bill, “An Act to Provide Easy Access to Higher Education For Nigerians Through Interest-Free Loans From Nigeria Education Bank Established in this Act with a View To Provide Education for All […]

My father was killed by poverty, not sickness ―former Senate President’s son, Joseph Wayas laments

January 20, 2023Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Former Nigerian Senate President, Dr. Joseph Wayas died of poverty and not sickness, his first son, Joseph Wayas Jr, has said. Wayas, the Senate president in the Second Republic between 1979 and 1983, died at a London hospital in 2021. He was 83 years old. Speaking with The Nation in Abuja, Nigeria, Wayas Jr said his […]

‘Prosperity gospel’: excusing poverty and its true causes in Africa, By Andile Zulu

January 19, 2022Bode DoluLeave a Comment

You can’t tackle issues like poverty until you understand their root causes. Pastors who focus on self-enrichment through misleading their congregations misdiagnose these causes. That’s dangerous. In a continent abundant with resources, why does the lavish wealth of a few exist alongside the poverty of millions? Pastor Chris Oyikhalome, leader of Christ Embassy, could answer […]

Poverty is why many people are religious and churchy ―Reno Omokri says

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021Bode DoluLeave a Comment

Former Nigerian Presidential Spokesperson, businessman and motivational speaker, Reno Omokri is of the opinion that many people are religious and churchy because of poverty. In a post shared on his Instagram page, Reno opined that poverty alters one’s perspective. His post reads: “Poverty is why many people are religious and churchy. When these same people […]

Poverty, early adversities, can alter a child’s brain —Study

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019Bode DoluLeave a Comment

A new research has revealed that children from low-income backgrounds, where parents have a low level of education, have weaker brain activity and are more likely to be distracted. The Lead researcher, Prof John Spencer, from the University of East Anglia’s School of Psychology and his team studied the brain function of children aged between […]