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.

President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that Africa is currently experiencing its most severe debt crisis in 80 years, ...

Nevertheless, poverty remains high and inflation is expected to remain over 20% through the year. The report comes amid a ...

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 ...

At present, the best-performing sectors of the economy, like finance and ICT, while important as drivers of growth, are not ...

In Nigeria’s villages and farmlands, where red dust rises from rutted roads and children walk miles to reach half-finished ...

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

Nigeria’s poverty crisis has become politicised, and those who speak the truth are often gaslighted or attacked. Comparisons with other countries underscore the poor choices made.

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

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

The World Bank has said that Nigeria must accelerate its economic growth and focus on more productive sectors to meet the ...

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said that his administration investment target in the area of Agriculture since ...