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President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his previous administration lifted five million Nigerians out of extreme poverty, TheCable reports. Nigeria has been ranked by the World Poverty Clock as the nation with the poorest people in the world. Poverty remains at 33.1% in the country. President Buhari spoke at the opening of the Global Youth Employment Forum of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Abuja on Thursday. Represented by Boss Mustapha, secretary to the federal government, Buhari said this was achieved through the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP). “We note at this point that the issue of youth unemployment has assumed a global significance, and on the front burner of development discourse,” he said. “The government of Nigeria understands the need to focus attention on youth empowerment by creating the enabling environment for job opportunities and capacity building. “The present administration from the onset, invested in our people, one of th

We live in dangerous times where the social media, despite its numerous benefit is used to sell wild ideologies, selfish doctrines/agendas, shape dangerous mindsets, erroneous thought processes and perpetuate ignorance. Given all these, one needs to have a proper understanding of an issue before choosing to contribute, oppose or champion, else one would look like a fool in the long run. When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced its plan to restrict forex for the importation of milk, all hell was let loose on 'Twitter Nigeria'. The hashtag #MilkBanPolicy was soon created, with Oby Ezekwesili, a former minister of education, at the forefront of the opposition to the policy. In the course of leading the discourse with deafening tweets, many Nigerians on the micro-blogging platform got the erroneous belief that the CBN had banned importation of milk for good. The alarmist tweets of Ezekwesili and co made matters worse by bringing the suspended RUGA initiative into

AAUA A female undergraduate of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, Ondo State was allegedly raped by some soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint in Ikare Akoko, Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state, SaharaReporters has learnt. The student, a 300-level in the department of Religious and African Studies, was allegedly harassed, molested and raped inside a post close to the military checkpoint. One of the sources said the victim was raped while returning from the campus. He revealed that one of the soldiers simply identified as "Lance Corporal Sunday" has been arrested and also detained by the 32 Artillery Brigade. "We were travelling from Akungba in a minibus when the armed soldiers flagged us down at their checkpoint on Ikare road. "Immediately, one of them searched our vehicle and loads and saw the lady (victim) and asked her to come down from the vehicle. "While this was going on, there was silence inside the bus and

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has denied the existence of secret graveyards in the North-East. The denial is coming after the Wall Street Journal published its claim of secret graveyards in Nigeria's northeast area of operation. Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Defence Information, in a statement said, “This insinuation can only emanate from an uninformed position of the author of the said publication. It, therefore, becomes necessary to inform the public that the Armed Forces of Nigeria has a rich and solemn tradition for the interment of our fallen heroes. "Therefore, it must be unambiguously clarified that the Armed Forces of Nigeria does not indulge in secret burials, as it is sacrilegious and profanity to extant ethos and traditions of the Nigerian military. “In tandem with the traditions of the Armed Forces, fallen heroes  are duly honoured and paid the last respect in befitting military funeral of international standard, featuring funeral parade, grav