Nigerians are worried that insecurity is fuelling a new poverty crisis in the country by disrupting livelihoods, displacing ...

At the time the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration took office in 2023, the inflation rate was at 22.41 per cent. However, the ...

In April 2025, according to the World Bank Nigeria Poverty and Equity Brief Report, quoting the recent official household survey from the Nigeria National Bureau of Statistics, more than three out of ...

For decades, Nigeria’s middle class symbolised stability, aspiration and economic balance, families that could afford decent ...

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 ...

Prof. Comfort Moradeke Amire, a professor of Economics at the Crawford University, has underscored the need to deploy a multifaceted approach to reduce poverty in the country. She urged policymakers ...

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (AP) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Nigeria must do more to alleviate the extreme poverty across the nation’s predominantly Muslim north in order to halt the ...

Nigeria needs a radical shift in its economic policy approach. Macroeconomic stability won’t automatically create jobs and alleviate poverty.

As part of the changes, the corporate income tax rate has been reduced from 30 per cent to 25 per cent. Small businesses with ...

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 ...

A 2023 report by UNICEF found that 23% of adolescent girls in Nigeria had missed school due to menstruation. This multifaceted challenge, encompassing lack of access to sanitary products, inadequate ...