At the time the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration took office in 2023, the inflation rate was at 22.41 per cent. However, the removal of subsidy and 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 housing, educate their children, access healthcare and still save for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Christmas fun fair in Nigeria that was organised for children turned tragic after a stampede led to at least 35 deaths, the police said. Six others are critically injured, according to the police.

Professional services firm, PwC Nigeria, has projected that inflation would decline to 26 per cent in 2025 on the back of monetary policy tightening and improving dynamics in Nigeria’s foreign ...