MURIC has criticized the planned nationwide hunger protest, arguing that poverty and hardship have long been issues in Nigeria. The group's Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, advised protesters to seek dialogue instead.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) recently addressed the ongoing...
Malam Hassan Isa, a 52-year-old nail-cutter, epitomizes resilience amidst adversity as he struggles to provide for his family of 10 during Ramadan on a meager income of N800 to N900 per day. Enduring the scorching sun and makeshift living conditions, Isa and his wife, Bilkisa, face the daily...
A recent World Bank brief, titled "Digital Transformation Drives Development in Africa," reveals that improved internet access has contributed to a notable 7% reduction in extreme poverty in Nigeria and Tanzania over three years. The report also highlights an 8% increase in labor force...
The World Bank in its 2019 Nigeria Economic Update Report which was released on Monday Decemeber 2, warned that Nigeria might be home to 25 per cent of the world’s destitute people if the government fails to revive economic growth and create jobs.
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David Malpass, the newly elected president of the World Bank, says nine in every 10 extremely poor people across the world will be Africans come 2030.
Speaking on Thursday at the World Bank press conference at the ongoing spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Group...
Over 1.1 million Nigerians have slipped into extreme poverty in just four months, TheCable can report.
This has brought the number of Nigerians living in extreme poverty — or below $1.90 a day — to 88 million.
In June 2018, the Brookings Institution named Nigeria as the poverty capital of the...
More than 40 percent of “extremely poor people” in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by the year 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed.
In the 2018 goalkeepers report released Tuesday, the foundation said by 2050, Nigeria will have 152 million people in...
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World Poverty Clock - a non-governmental organisation in Vienna funded by the German government and led by Homi Kharas, deputy director of the Brookings Institution in the US, and Wolfgang Fengler, a World Bank lead economist, is predicting that Nigeria will overtake India as the country with...
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