Nigeria, Rising Poverty, Insecurity and Electoral Choices in 2027
By Marcel Okeke In the heat of campaigns in Nigeria towards the 2027 general elections, it is quite apposite to explore some kind of relationship between the level of poverty…
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The World Bank’s Alert on Rapid Growth of Poverty in Nigeria
By Marcel Okeke One of the cheerleader-organizations of Nigeria’s recent economic reforms—The World Bank—seems to have turned a turncoat, and raised a worrisome alarm on the rapid growth of extreme…
Education, Good Governance Can Banish Poverty in Nigeria, Africa – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Africa could banish abject poverty and hunger with education, good governance and political leadership within 15 years. Obasanjo said that the continent, including…