POVERTY in Nigeria is an everyday reality that grips millions of lives across the country. Once regarded as Africa’s sleeping ...

The World Bank has raised a fresh concern over the rising poverty in Nigeria, saying that a staggering 75.5 per cent of rural dwellers live below the poverty line.The World Bank stated this in its ...

The World Bank has revealed that a staggering 75.5 per cent of rural dwellers now live below the poverty line in Nigeria.The Bank disclosed this in its April 2025 Poverty and Equity Brief for Nigeria.

Nigeria’s Prosperity Gap — the average factor by which individuals’ incomes must be multiplied to attain a prosperity ...

Kashim Shettima has been doing a yeoman’s job in convincing everybody of better days ahead for Nigeria under his principal, ...

Things are hard and getting harder for the majority of Nigerians. Despite government’s assurances that things will improve ...

Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has said poverty is worsening in Nigeria because governments at all levels have abandoned governance.

The World Bank's verdict on Nigeria's poverty level has attracted widespread outcry, with some interest groups demanding ...

Enugu By Dennis Agbo Despite severe attacks that were let loose on Mr. Peter Obi for lamenting the extreme poverty reality ...

Andrew Mamedu, the Country Director of AAN, criticised systemic failures in governance, stating, “Governance remains ...

Being a speech delivered by Akinwumi A. Adesina, president and chairman of the Boards of Directors, African Development Bank ...