Poverty

Globally, Nigeria ranks third among countries with the highest number of out-of-school children, behind only India and Pakistan, with...

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration successfully reduced poverty and built a sustainable economy within the last eight...

THE NIGERIA Governors’ Forum (NGF) has described the claim by the Federal Government that governors are responsible for the...

THE Federal government has disclosed that 133 million people in the country, representing 63 per cent of the population,...

THE World Bank has said that seven million more Nigerians would be poorer due to the “inflation shock” that...

THE World Bank has said the number of poor Nigerians is expected to increase from the predicted 90 million...

AMID concerns that the Nigerian government is considering a National Economic Council (NEC) committee report that recommended hiking the...

AMIDST inflation, insecurity and the dwindling value of the naira, the hike in prices of food has made life...

INFLATION rate in Nigeria has increased to 18.17 per cent in March 2021, indicating the highest level since January...

THE World Bank has indicated that about 95.7 million Nigerians will live below the poverty line by 2022 after...