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2 weeks ago | 
nigeriaworld.com | Yinka Kolawole |Gabriel Ewepu
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As CSOs demand urgent actions
• All the signs of poverty, economic failures are present — CISLAC
• How Nigeria can avoid the poverty crises — NACCIMA
• Govt should address key drivers of poverty — Muda Yusuf
The World Bank’s verdict on Nigeria’s poverty level has attracted widespread outcry, with some interest groups demanding urgent action to avoid a poverty-induced economic meltdown.
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1 month ago | 
allafrica.com | Gabriel Ewepu
As the death toll from the Lassa Fever outbreak continues to increase across the country, Sandra Victor-Gwafan, co-founder, CEO of DeBranch Farmers and public health expert, urged farmers and store owners to avoid drying grains on the ground and regularly clean the grain stores to get rid of rats.
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1 month ago | 
allafrica.com | Gabriel Ewepu
Abuja — THE Federal Government, yesterday, commended Japan for a 12 billion Japanese Yen loan to boost food production through the National Agricultural Growth Scheme and Agro-Pocket, NAGS-AP. In a statement by Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, lauded Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, for the intervention.
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2 months ago | 
newsheadlines.com.ng | Gabriel Ewepu
By Gabriel EwepuAs hunger persists due to Nigeria’s lingering economic hardship, Vice President Kashim Shettima urged the private sector to upscale investments in the country’s food system on Friday.
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2 months ago | 
newsheadlines.com.ng | Peter Duru |Gabriel Ewepu
By Peter Duru & Gabriel EwepuMakurdi— Abductors of the female students of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, JoSTUM, have demanded N40 million ransom to have them released. A friend of one of the victims, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed, yesterday, that “the kidnappers have started contacting the families of the girls for money.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
newsheadlines.com.ng | Nkiruka Nnorom |Gabriel Ewepu |Emmanuel Elebeke
•Say it will stoke inflation, hurt economy•Advocate entrepreneurship devpt., investment in vocational skillsBy Nkiruka Nnorom; Gabriel Ewepu & Emmanuel ElebekeOn the backdrop of the inflationary pressure ravaging the economy, experts in the financial sector have said that the plan by the federal government to disburse cash palliatives to vulnerable families across the country is ill-informed and capable of stoking further inflation.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Gabriel Ewepu
A FORMER Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prof Placid Njoku, who doubles as a member of the Presidential Committee on Livestock Reforms, PCLR, has tasked the new Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Mukhtar, to take pragmatic actions and make policies to galvanize the sector.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Gabriel Ewepu
Abuja — ...malnutrition to affect 5.4m children, 800,000 pregnant, breastfeeding womenThe Cadre Harmonisé report on food and nutrition insecurity analysis recently released indicated that 33.1 Nigerians would be engulfed by hunger crisis in 2025.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
energycentral.com | Gabriel Ewepu
By Gabriel EwepuAs the entire nation is once again plunged into darkness due to a power grid collapse on Thursday, the nonprofit organization One Love Foundation (OLF) has condemned the Ministry of Power, calling it a shame for overseeing the ninth national grid collapse in 2024, with the latest incident being the second within a week.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
theafrica.co.za | Babajide Komolafe |Godwin Oritse |Gabriel Ewepu
Unable to achieve pre-Covid performance We are unable to benefit from higher Dollar value Exporters Lament lack of access to export proceeds Its about competitiveness in price, quality Muda Yusuf By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor, Godwin Oritse, Gabriel Ewepu Against the backdrop ofthe need for more foreigncurrency inflow to moderate pressures on exchange rate, rising cost of goods and services as well as high interest rates have combined to dampen the productive capacity of exporters...
