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Opinion by Olivier De Schutter, Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva (washington dc) Friday, March 08, 2024 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Mar 08 (IPS) – Poverty is multidimensional. If we think of classical thinkers, Adam Smith referred to the basis of self-respect and the importance of being able to “appear in public without …

Politician, Peter Obi, says being in opposition does not warrant blind and thoughtless criticisms.   He stated this on his X handle this morning while aligning with the Federal government’s decision to implement the Oronsaye report.    President Tinubu on Monday, February 26, ordered the full report of the implementation …

Jelena Ostapenko always wears her heart on her sleeve when she plays, ensuring there is never a dull moment. Locked in a tense third set battle at 4-4, Ostapenko lost her cool with Norwegian chair umpire Julie Kjendlie, claiming she incorrectly awarded her opponent Victoria Azarenka a point. With the …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA have arrested three blind men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano.    A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency says another blind member of the syndicate is still at large.    Babafemi said the lid …

Have you ever wondered how life is for a visually impaired or blind person? Well, it’s not easy being blind, and society has to actively think about how they can make life easier for them.

An 86-year-old woman has narrated how she was duped of N19m by a blind herbalist in a bid to prevent her children from dying.    The woman identified as Madam Alimot, told The Nation that she had 15 children, but they were snatched by death one after the other until …

The ex-NFL player and subject of the movie “The Blind Side” claims Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy never officially adopted him, but instead tricked him into signing away the legal authority to use his name in business deals after he turned 18. According to ESPN, a 14-page petition filed in …

A veteran Kannywood actor, Abdullahi Shuaibu, also renowned as Karkuzu, is now visually impaired. He took to social media to request financial support, revealing his illness has persisted since December 2020. Karkuzu rose to stardom in the 1980s after his drama “Karkuzu na Bodara”, from which his nickname was derived. Speaking …

Guinness world record (GWR) has reacted to viral news of a Nigerian man going temporarily blind while attempting to break a record for the longest crying marathon. Naija News recalls that the man identified as Tembu Ebere, who has a Cameroonian heritage, attempted to break a Guinness World Record for …

  Award winning author, Sir Salman Rushdie says he is physically “more or less OK” nearly a year after he was tragically stabbed as he prepared to give a lecture in New York. Last August, the Indian-born British-American author aged 76, was put on a ventilator and spent six weeks …