Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says the recent wave of defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a distraction from ...

The World Bank urged Nigeria to end import bans in order to lower food prices as it estimated that around 50% more Nigerians ...

The Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, has lamented the growing hunger, poverty and insecurity in Nigeria.

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that the most important defection in Nigeria — defection of hunger and poverty ...

Economists now describe this period as “Tinubuflation”, the inflation movement under President Bola Tinubu’s reform era, ...

ActionAid Nigeria has called for immediate and coordinated efforts to tackle hunger, food insecurity, and rural poverty ...

Nigeria's inflation has dropped below 20% for the first time in three years, reaching 18.02% year-on-year in September, down from 20.12% in August. This decline is largely driven by a moderation in ...

Nigeria has 89 million people living in poverty, second only to India. Economist Yemi Kale blames delayed reforms and poor policies for the crisis.

Blog - In August 2025, Nigeria made history. For the first time, menstrual health was formally recognised as a national development priority, with the validation of the National Policy on Menstrual ...

Acknowledging that the implementation of its reforms coincided with an increase in poverty, the World Bank nevertheless calls on Nigeria to stay the course.The World Bank projects that 139 million ...

This contradiction, between official optimism and the daily grind of deprivation, defines Nigeria’s poverty paradox. Despite ...