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 ...

He also lamented that Nigeria has more poor people than China, Indonesia, Vietnam, combined. Obi made this assertion while delivering a lecture on “Politics and Change in Nigeria” at Johns ...

Notwithstanding, a lot of people would hardly accept poverty even when they could hardly eat. Conversely, it does seem that Nigeria revamps with the status of “a poor country”. The ...

Despite having a young population, massive arable land and growth potential, Nigeria has remained a country of poor people. Insecurity compounds Nigeria’s structural costs. Hundreds of lives and ...

Every year, 75,000 women die in Nigeria in labour, which translates to one death every seven minutes. Nigeria’s spending on health is just 5 per cent of its total budget, way short of its 15 per cent ...

Boat accidents are common in remote communities across Nigeria because of overloading and boats that are in poor condition. In August, more than 20 people died in a boat accident on a river in ...

Most pinched are the poor. Staples such as beans and ... is helping more than 1m of the most vulnerable people a month in northern Nigeria. And the World Bank has provided $800m for a conditional ...

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Both people and cattle were burned alive in the disaster. Truck accidents are common in Nigeria, often blamed on the poor state of the country's roads. The World Health Organization, in a 2018 ...