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Oxfam and Partners Launch Ward Development Grants to Boost Local Economies and Empower North East Communities

Oxfam Launches Ward Development Grants to Boost Local Economies and Empower North East Communities

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Nigerian Banks Score 1.7/10 in Global ESG Stress Test; Coalition Calls for Urgent Overhaul of Outdated Sustainability Rules

The Fair Finance Nigeria coalition's first ESG policy assessment reveals top banks average 1.7/10. Read the report and join the call to upgrade the 2012 NSBP.

Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality says Oxfam

Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary peopleThe wealth of African billionaires grew four times faster in 2025 than in the previous five years combinedBillionaire…

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Fair Finance Nigeria Case Study Report Reveals How Financial Institutions Hinder Development in Oil-Rich Communities

A new report from the Fair Finance Nigeria (FFNG) Coalition reveals that despite financial institutions providing billions of naira to profitable oil companies like NNPCL, host communities in Nigeria…

Nigeria Calls for Bold Global Action and Domestic Reform Ahead of UN Financing for Development Conference

Nigeria Urges Global Financial Reform and Domestic Action Ahead of UN FfD4 ConferenceAbuja, Nigeria – May 13, 2025 – As the global community prepares for the 4th International Conference on Financing…

Billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion in 2024, three times faster than the year before, while the number of people living in poverty has barely reduced since 1990

A staggering 60% of billionaire wealth in Nigeria is derived from inheritance, monopoly power, or crony connections, perpetuating a system of economic inequality. This unmerited wealth concentration…

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Climate crisis meets debt crisis: Nigeria faces unmanageable burden as climate funds fall short

New report uncovers Nigeria’s climate finance gap, rising debt, and calls for urgent action on funding reform

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Social bomb in Nigeria: 99% of the wealthiest evade or avoid paying tax while millions go hungry - Press Release

Oxfam new report, Inequality and Wealth Disparity in Nigeria: Trends and Drivers

Seven richest Africans have more wealth than the poorest half of the continent’s population.

Africa's richest 1 percent own nearly half of the continent's total financial wealth.A tax of up to 5 percent on Africa’s super-rich could generate an annual amount of $11.9 billion, nearly enough to…

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FAIR4ALL Media Colloquium and Exhibition Highlights Progress Towards a More Equitable Society

On September 5, 2023, the highly anticipated Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR4ALL) Media Colloquium and Exhibition took place in Abuja. The event, led by Oxfam in Nigeria and…