Nigeria’s life expectancy may continue to be low if poverty, hunger, food insecurity, and poor access to healthcare continue ...

The World Bank on Thursday projected that poverty in Nigeria will increase by 3.6 percentage points over the next five years, rising through 2027. This was contained in the Bank’s Africa’s Pulse ...

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.

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 ...

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has decried the worsening poverty level in Nigeria, describing it as one of the nation’s ...

Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed concern over the deepening ...

By  MICHAEL OWHOKO The quality of a country’s healthcare system is a mirror image of its leaders’ commitment to citizens’ ...

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Viral claims of a so-called ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria are stirring heated debate online — but analysts warn that such ...

Savings and Development, Vol. 45 (2021), pp. 1-17 (17 pages) The study examined the impact of Covid-19 pandemic on households’ income and consumption – two economic measures used in measuring poverty.