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Nov

17

2022

NBS reveals that 133 million Nigerians are poor

Business, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, OpinionEconomy, Lifestyle, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has disclosed that 133 million Nigerians are multidimensionally poor. In its latest National Multidimensional Poverty Index Report launched on Thursday, the NBS said that 63 percent of Nigerians are poor due to a lack of access to health, education, and living standards, alongside unemployment and shocks. The MPI offers a multivariate form of poverty assessment, identifying deprivations across health, education, living standards, work, and shocks. According to the Statistician-General at the NBS, Semiu Adeniran, it is the first time they will conduct a standard multidimensional poverty survey in Nigeria. How We Juggled Schooling With…

Nov

14

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Buhari weak in managing Nigeria’s economy, governance – Report

Business, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, Opinion, PoliticsEconomy, Lifestyle, Metro, Mohammadu Buhari, Next Level, Nigeria, Opinion, Politics, Security

Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari has performed poorly in governance, economic and political transformation, according to the BTI 2022 Country Report. The Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) measures the development status and governance of political and economic transformation processes in developing and transition countries. Founded in 1977, the report is published biennially by Bertelsmann Stiftung, an independent establishment based in Gütersloh, Germany. More than 250 experts from leading academic institutions and civil society organizations worldwide assessed 137 nations. Nigeria is 108th overall: 86th spot for political transformation, 113th for economic transformation, and 99th for governance index. The 31-page report warns that…

Nov

14

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

‘I hear voices in prison asking me to kill somebody’

Lifestyle, MetroCourt, Crime, Lifestyle, Metro

A 41-year-old man, Nurudeen Bakare, standing trial for the murder of his mother, has told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that he has been hearing voices asking him to kill somebody in prison. Nurudeen, who lived abroad for 12 years, is standing trial before Justice Modupe Nico-Clay. The defendant was 37-year-old when he allegedly killed his mother, Abosede, 65, by stabbing her with a kitchen knife. When the case came up before the court for the commencement of trial on Thursday, the defendant, who was brought from the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, said he was a…

Nov

12

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

16-year-old boy allegedly rapes brother’s wife, nine girls in Ondo

Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Lifestyle, Metro, Rape

A 16-year-old boy, identified as Precious, has admitted to raping his brother’s wife and nine other girls following his arrest by Amotekun corps. According to Precious, he entered the room where his brother’s wife was sleeping naked and proceeded to lay on her. He confessed to the crime when he and other suspects were being paraded at the Amotekun Corps headquarters, in Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State capital. At Laosun, a farm hamlet in the Ondo West local government, he claimed to have also raped nine additional girls. Precious was also accused of stealing 25 liters of palm oil, which he…

Nov

10

2022

By Amos Oge Kalu

Woman confesses to mixing her zobo drinks with HIV blood

Business, Health, Lifestyle, MetroCrime, Health, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria

A yet-to-be-identified HIV-positive woman has said that she mixes her blood in the zobo drink she sells in order to get other people infected. The said woman made the confession in a radio program on Wazobia FM, MarketRunz on Wednesday night. The show anchor had asked listeners to call in and confess what they do in the marketplace that people are unaware of and what they aren’t proud of. The zobo seller said, “I went to the hospital six months ago and I was told I had HIV. “I don’t have money for treatment so I decided that I would…