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Rising Cost Of Essential Goods To Push More Nigerians Into Poverty – IMF

Global UpfrontJul 9, 2026July 9, 20260

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that rising prices of essential goods will deepen poverty and food insecurity in Nigeria despite improved macroeconomic stability,

The Political Truth The North Must Confront

Global UpfrontJul 9, 2026July 9, 20260

“True progress cannot happen in Northern Nigeria when a tiny elite consumes the wealth of the region while the masses starve in ignorance.” – Mallam

Herders’ Violence: Enough Excuses, Implement Ranching

Global UpfrontJul 7, 2026July 7, 20260

By Punch Editorial Board, July 7, 2026 Another authoritative report has confirmed what Nigerians have known for years but what successive governments have stubbornly refused

Memo to Northern Leaders: The Tale of Two Wheelbarrows And Why the Throne Is Not Saving Katsina

Global UpfrontJul 5, 2026July 5, 20260

By Ike Abonyi I am particularly passionate about Northern Nigeria for many reasons. It’s the region where I fully started my journalism career. Even though

Ìyá Alákàrà: The Poor Can’t Fry Their Way Out Of Poverty

Global UpfrontJun 30, 2026June 30, 20260

By Suyi Ayodele, June 30, 2026 Somewhere along Ososami Road, Oke Ado, Ibadan, perhaps in the late 1960s, a little girl in school uniform stood

We Cannot Keep Birthing Into Scarcity: The Conversation Northern Nigeria Can’t Avoid Anymore

Global UpfrontJun 28, 2026June 28, 20260

By Dr Zainab Suleiman Buhari “We cannot keep birthing into scarcity.” That sentence is uncomfortable. But silence is costing us more. Northern Nigeria is carrying

Northern Generals’ Anger At ‘North As Nigeria’s Mortuary’

Global UpfrontJun 21, 2026June 21, 20260

Associates and friends of late General Rabe Abubakar at Media Conference

Right Of Reply: Nigeria Will Not Be Killed By The North. It May Be Killed By Bad Leadership

Global UpfrontJun 20, 2026June 20, 20260

By Mahfuz Mundadu Lasisi Olagunju’s Monday Lines, titled “Northern Nigeria will soon kill Nigeria,” is a powerful piece. It is angry, lyrical, wounded, and in

Nigeria At Crossroads

Global UpfrontJun 20, 2026June 20, 20260

Weekend Trust Page 3 Comment, June 20, 2026 The death of Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd) in the hands of terrorists in Katsina State in

Terrorism, Banditry, Clashes Driving Poverty Across Northern Nigeria – Report

Global UpfrontJun 19, 2026June 19, 20260

A new report has revealed that violent conflict across the northern part of the country is deepening poverty and weakening the ability of households to