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Unemployment and poverty in oil-producing Niger Delta has made illegal crude refining an attractive but deadly business.

An explosion at an illegal oil refining depot in Nigeria's Rivers state killed over 100 people overnight, a local government official and the NGO Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) said on Saturday. "The fire outbreak occurred at an illegal bunkering site and it affected over 100 people who were…

The money is from the Lived Experience Fund and groups who tackle poverty and inequality can apply for funding

The poverty campaigner has become a viral sensation with her money saving tips

The cost of living crisis is seeing some people having to prioritise paying bills and buying food over hygiene

Each of the 15,700 students will be entitled to toast/cereal and a hot drink between 8.15am and 9.15am. It will be available for students across all three of the college's campuses.

With 40% of us likely to fall into fuel poverty as price rises hit, what if those with the broadest shoulders took the load, asks Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Pattas to be provided on priority to differently-abled persons living below the poverty line

The former First Minister was in the capital this week to promote Alba Party candidates standing in the local elections, but found himself held up by construction of the new tram line.

When you're trying to balance a fixed income with an enjoyable retirement, cost of living is a crucial factor to consider.

Call it ModiCare or NaMoCare, the Budget 2018 announcement on upping the stakes with the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), is an acceptance of reality, finally, by the government that no poverty alleviation is going to happen till healthcare costs stop dragging people back into impoverishment.