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

A man sells socks in Lekki, Nigeria, Sept. 12. (Credit: Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters via CNS.) Listen YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – To tackle poverty in Nigeria, the country must overcome institutions that are ...

How can we use poverty and inequality gaps to understand issues of governance and insecurity and evolving social problems in Nigeria? In this piece, I attempt to show why it is important to reduce ...

Uba Sani, the governor of Kaduna state, has identified poverty, exclusion, misinformation, and weak social cohesion as major ...

Oil-rich Nigeria can’t seem to catch a break. From an unemployment rate forecast to rise to 33.5% by 2020, to a global pandemic that could push at least 5 million people into poverty and, a near 14% ...

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 ...

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has decried the worsening poverty level in Nigeria, describing it as one of the nation’s greatest challenges. Atiku made the statement on his verified X handle on ...

Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed concern over the deepening poverty level in the country, describing it as one of the nation’s greatest ...

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

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

A UK-based psychiatrist and university don, Professor Olufemi Oluwatayo, has linked the rising cases of suicide in Nigeria to the worsening poverty level across the country, stressing that economic ...

Research associate, John and Elnora Ferguson Centre for African Studies, University of Bradford India has just recently overtaken Nigeria as the country with the largest number of people living in ...