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Nigeria's economy is growing but rural poverty is rising: 5 key policies to address the divide
The Nigerian economy grew at a robust rate of 3.4% in 2024, the highest it has been since 2019 (except 2021 when the COVID rebound occurred). This should have been cheering news, worthy of ...
Two years ago, Bola Ahmed Tinubu was inaugurated as Nigeria’s 16th president, pledging to grow the economy to $1trn, eradicate extreme poverty, and overhaul the country’s security infrastructure to ...
Nigeria’s life expectancy may continue to be low if poverty, hunger, food insecurity, and poor access to healthcare continue unchecked, leading experts have warned. Already, the latest United Nations ...
The World Bank urged Nigeria to end import bans in order to lower food prices as it estimated that around 50% more Nigerians were living in poverty than six years ago. Nigeria’s economy grew 3.9% in ...
In Nigeria, the word “pension” evokes different reactions. For many civil servants and corporate workers, it symbolises ...
Nigeria’s frontline role in building inclusive and accountable systems aimed at tackling poverty took the centre stage at the second World Summit for Social Development held in Doha, Qatar. The ...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has berated Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, accusing him of lacking moral authority to speak on poverty issues in Nigeria. In a ...
President Bola Tinubu’s special adviser on economic affairs, Tope Fasua, has linked Nigeria’s persistent poverty challenges to the period following the country’s independence. Speaking in an interview ...
Poverty has risen steeply in Nigeria even as Africa’s most—populous country undertakes reforms designed to deliver economic growth, according to a new report from the World Bank. The number of ...
15.5 million Nigerians have fallen into extreme poverty over the course of the past two years. The World Poverty Clock, a web tool based on World Data Lab's global poverty model, estimated in June ...
Sowunmi argued that Obi is relying on faulty measurements, which are significantly skewed by Western standards, to determine Nigeria's poverty rate. Sowunmi's remarks followed Obi's latest comments on ...
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has identified poverty as the major cause of insecurity in Nigeria. Obasa, who ...
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