Nigeria @66: Can Economic Recovery Deliver Shared Prosperity?
LAGOS, Nigeria – Nigeria’s economy is showing clearer signs of recovery, but millions of households and businesses are yet to experience that improvement in…
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Poverty
Lagos Street Begging: Why Government Crackdowns Alone Cannot End the Growing Social Crisis
LAGOS, Nigeria – Every day, at Lagos’ busiest junctions and traffic lights, the same scene unfolds children weaving through vehicles with outstretched hands, elderly…
From Stew to Survival: Inside Nigeria’s Kitchen Crisis as Families Trade Nutrition for Affordability
ABUJA, Nigeria – Before sunrise, the first queues forming in Abuja’s bustling markets are no longer for bargains but for survival. Mothers clutch worn…
UN Warns Ebola Crisis Threatens Africa’s Economy
ABUJA, Nigeria – The latest DR Congo Ebola outbreak could eliminate tens of thousands of jobs, push nearly one million more people into poverty…
UNICEF Warns Lagos Against Future Shocks
LAGOS, Nigeria – UNICEF has warned that economic shocks, climate disasters and health emergencies are pushing vulnerable families deeper into poverty, urging Lagos State…
Trading Degrees for Survival: Why Nigerian Youths Still Need Education in a Changing Economy
ABUJA, Nigeria – Bent over the exposed engine of a vehicle in a busy mechanic workshop in Kubwa, Abuja, 24-year-old Umaru Muazu carefully loosened…
A Pay Rise or Poverty Trap? Why Nigeria’s ₦100,000 Minimum Wage Debate Exposes a Deeper Economic Crisis
LAGOS, Nigeria – For millions of Nigerian workers, payday no longer brings relief. Salaries that once covered rent, food, transport and school fees are…
Children’s Day in Nigeria: The Painful Reality Behind the Celebration
(By Otamere Gladness, Oluwatobi Adu, and Oluwafunbi Bello) ABUJA, Nigeria – Every May 27, Nigeria celebrates Children’s Day with colourful parades, speeches, music, and…
Harvest of Hunger: Inside Nigeria’s Growing Malnutrition Crisis
In a country endowed with vast arable land and a reputation as one of Africa’s largest food producers, the persistence—and worsening—of child malnutrition presents…
Nigeria’s Classroom Emergency: Who Should Pay for the North’s Out-of-School Children Crisis?
ABUJA, Nigeria – A child who is not in school is not just missing lessons — they are missing language, logic, protection, and possibility.…