Riyadh 2025: Team Nigeria clinches gold in wrestling, women’s 4x100m relay
Team Nigeria claimed two gold medals in wrestling and the women’s 4x100m relay at the Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, boosting its overall medal tally.
Athletics
Nigeria’s poverty schemes ineffective, only 44% of welfare funds reach the poor – World Bank
A World Bank report says only 44% of Nigeria’s social safety-net benefits reach the poor, warning that low funding and poor design make the country’s welfare spending largely ineffective.
Checks expose Presidency’s ₦25,000 cash transfer ‘evidence’ as false
Fact-checks have discredited claims of N25,000 payments circulated by a presidential aide, exposing contradictions and false testimonies.
Tobi Amusan wins Nigeria’s only medal as Tokyo World Championships end
Tobi Amusan’s silver and Ezekiel Nathaniel’s record-breaking run highlighted Nigeria’s mixed but improved showing at the Tokyo World Athletics Championships.
Tobi Amusan wins silver in 100m hurdles at World Championships
Tobi Amusan won silver in the women’s 100m hurdles at the World Championships in Tokyo with a time of 12.29s, finishing behind Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji.
Poorest in Nigeria: Multidimensional poverty across states
Nigeria’s poverty levels show sharp regional differences, with Sokoto among the poorest states at over 90% while Lagos, Ondo, and Abia record the lowest rates below 30%.
Amusan slams Athletics Federation over poor kits for Tokyo 2025
Tobi Amusan has criticised Team Nigeria’s World Championships kit, describing it as a sign of poor coordination and lack of professionalism within the Athletics Federation.
Ex-VC reveals 239 first-class lecturers left UNILAG over poor renumeration
A total of 239 first-class graduates who were hired as lecturers at the University of Lagos over a seven-year span have resigned due to poor remuneration, low motivation, and unfavorable working conditions, according to former Vice-Chancellor Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe.
FG to give cash transfer to 2.2m poor households — Minister
In the next few days to come, before the end of August, we are going to reach out to 2.2 million households
Tinubu, listen to Falana on welfare for the poor
At this point, frankly, it’s unrealistically optimistic to expect that Tinubu would reverse his punitive signature policies. If he can’t stop the fire he started, he should at least hand the most burned Nigerians some water.