A "worrying trend" is unfolding, said the BBC. Young children are possibly being taken into the UK illegally, some from ...

Eulogies are pouring in for Nigeria's former president Muhammadu Buhari, but how true are they? This is what the economic ...

Studies that reflect the movement of poverty levels at a particular point-in-time attract a lot of attention. In Africa, where poverty levels remain high, these snapshots of poverty levels are a ...

Tope Fasua says Nigeria may have a larger budget in 2026 to address infrastructure deficit and multidimensional poverty in the country ...

In a nation as richly endowed yet deeply unequal as Nigeria, poverty remains one of the greatest challenges of our time.

Studies that reflect the movement of poverty levels at a particular point-in-time attract a lot of attention. They also inform academic and policy debates across the globe. In Africa, where ...

Nigeria ranked 118 out of 144 countries in the 2016 Global Gender Gap Report; the average income of a Nigerian woman ($4,280) was more than $3,000 lower than that of a male counterpart ($7,483).

As is the case globally, multidimensional poverty significantly exceeds monetary poverty across Nigeria: about 16.0% of those who are multidimensionally poor in the north and 21.4% of those who ...

Before Senator Abdullahi’s recycled concerns, Nigeria had seen similar warnings. In 2006, Professor Charles Soludo, then Governor of the Central Bank, pointed out in his paper, Poverty: A ...

Analysis - Lagos is Nigeria's economic powerhouse, but it has some of the worst slums in the country. ... Nigeria: Poverty in Lagos Isn't Just About Money - Here's Why. 21 October 2024.