poverty

Classrooms to Streets

From Classrooms to Streets: How School Dropouts Fuel Street Hawking in Nigeria

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By David Arome What Nafisa Umar finds most upsetting about her job selling wara (Traditional Hausa Snack) on the streets of Minna, in Nigeria’s northern Niger State, is the abuse she gets from customers. “The major danger of street hawking is abuse and insults, particularly from young men,” says the 15-year-old. “Some of them refuse […]

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Rising food prices

Nigeria’s Rising Food Prices and Malnutrition Highlight Urgent Need for Sustainable Solutions on World Food Day

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By Chukwuemeka Anyikwa The World Food Day, celebrated on the 16th of October annually, gives an opportunity to think upon the relevance of food in our daily lives, as food is so fundamental to human existence. It is also a wake-up call to address the urgent challenge of food inflation, food insecurity, and malnourishment that

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