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Humanitarian organisation, Oxfam in Nigeria has said three of the richest Nigerian citizens are wealthier than 83million others put together. This is contained in a report titled “Davos 2023 Inequality Report” unveiled at a media briefing on Monday in Abuja. Ahead of the global conference of world leaders scheduled for next week in Davos Switzerland, Country Director, Oxfam in Nigeria, Dr. Vincent Ahonsi, presented the report, Daily Trust reports.

Oxfam in Nigeria has said three of the richest Nigerian citizens are wealthier than 83 million others put together.

  The COVID-19 has increased the risks of sexual and gender-based violence against women in the Northern Region, Madam Bushira Alhassan, Northern Regional Director, Department of Gender, Children and Social Protection, has said. She said in an epidemic such as the Covid-19, women and girls were at higher risk of experiencing intimation and other forms of domestic violence due to heightened tensions in the household. Madam Alhassan said this on the International Women’s Day (IWD), organised by her Department, in partnership with the Savannah Women Integrated Development Agency (SWIDA), Pan ...