NgeneUkwenu: That is the normal procedure. It is good they are being warned ahead.
God Bless our 2 Million votes in Edo State.
Are those votes for Tinubu fulfilling his promises to secure Nigeria and make it prosperous for all?
Or it does not matter that he has failed to do any of the things he promised to do, as Aṣiwaju ọmọlúwàbí
Has Tinubu strengthened the Naira compared to the value when he fought for and grabbed power from Buhari in May 2023?
Majesty2: The APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has revealed how he will drive the economy of the country, strengthen the Naira and making the country "import less" while "exporting more".
maasoap: "The miserable money" is not the one feeding them and their families before the rally and it is not the one that will keep feeding them after the rally. They have their jobs, it is about their love for the party
Their jobs of frying akara for Remi Tinubu? Or they have jobs among the 50 million promised by the clueless balablu bulaba town hall clown of fake promises?
DONOCSO: The number of Nigerians living in extreme poverty calls for some serious reflection.
For the year 2026, Nigeria is ranked as the number one country with the highest number of people living in extreme poverty globally.
Here is the breakdown of the top 4 from the chart:
Nigeria: 94,725,734 people
DR Congo: 81,896,433 people
India: 75,243,301 people
Pakistan: 58,226,238 people
Think about this critically: India has a population of over 1.4 billion people, yet we have almost 20 million more people living in extreme poverty than they do.
As a nation, we need to ask ourselves what is truly driving these numbers upward and how we can innovate our way out of it.
Is it a fundamental failure in our economic policies and a lack of robust activity in our investment and corporate sectors?
Is it a lack of grassroots financial inclusion and education around decentralized wealth-building systems?
Or do you think these statistics are flawed and do not reflect the reality on the ground?
Let’s discuss. What is the way forward for the average Nigerian?
Nigeria’s ‘Biggest Economic Threat’ Is Unemployment, But Data to Guide Policy Missing for 14 Months
Nigeria’s top economic risk for the 2026 economic year is unemployment but the country has not published any official labour statistics to measure its rate since November 2024, FIJ has found.
On Wednesday, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report identified lack of economic opportunity and unemployment as Nigeria’s leading threat for the 2026 economic year.
The report also identified inadequate public services, economic downturn, inequality, and crime as the next four threats to economic stability in 2026.
Unemployment is serious enough for international observers but the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has not released Nigeria’s Labour Force statistics, however controversial, since the second quarter of 2024.
SILENCE SINCE METHODOLOGY REDESIGN The NBS has been in the crossfire before for publishing Labour Force Data late in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, the bureau attributed the delay to an overhaul of its survey methodology.
At the time, NBS said it wanted to align Nigeria’s labour statistics with international best practices and ensure data quality and sustainability.
But the resulting data caused chaos. According to the NFLS published at that time (q1, 2024), only about 4.3% of Nigerians were unemployed. The data introduced new types of labour categorisation in the report.
Per the new method, anyone who works even minimal hours in a week is considered “employed”. The reliability of official figures was questioned by labour unions, business groups and even economists.
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), for instance, described the reported employment statistics as unrealistic. Chris Onyeka, the NLC’s National Assistant General Secretary, called the report a “voodoo document” and a “fabrication designed to mislead the public”.
Similarly, Gabriel Idahosa, President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), said, “The technical improvement in the employment rate is more of a way that employment is now calculated; but the reality is that the economy is not looking like an economy where unemployment is significantly reducing.”
Since then, the NBS has not made any attempt to publish labour data.
ProfDumbledor: Each April and October, the World Poverty Clock data are updated to take into account new household surveys (an additional 97 surveys were made available this April) and new projections on country economic growth from the International Monetary Funds’s World Economic Outlook. These form the basic building blocks for poverty trajectories computed for 188 countries and territories, developed and developing, across the world.
The data highlight two new storylines about what is happening to global extreme poverty.
First: Extreme poverty in today’s world is largely about Africa
According to our projections, Nigeria has already overtaken India as the country with the largest number of extreme poor in early 2018, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo could soon take over the number 2 spot (Figure 1 below). At the end of May 2018, our trajectories suggest that Nigeria had about 87 million people in extreme poverty, compared with India’s 73 million. What is more, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, while poverty in India continues to fall. In fact, by the end of 2018 in Africa as a whole, there will probably be about 3.2 million more people living in extreme poverty than there are today.
favor914: Not surprised, as usual the Opposition is in disarray .
Unlike A-looter Propaganda Conmen, APC that is united around Tinubu hardship and the wife’s akara empowerment for APC extreme poverty paupers, whose conditions have become worse since the clueless balablu bulaba town hall clown failed to deliver on his promise of 50 million jobs.
Omooba77: The association, in a statement on Sunday by the NAS Capn, Dr. Joseph Oteri, said these needless deaths, a grim reflection of the desperation gripping many Nigerians, underscore the rising hunger and economic hardship that has engulfed the nation.
The National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) says it is deeply saddened by the tragic loss of over 60 lives in Oyo, Anambra, and Abuja during recent palliative distribution stampedes.
The association, in a statement on Sunday by the NAS Capn, Dr. Joseph Oteri, said these needless deaths, a grim reflection of the desperation gripping many Nigerians, underscore the rising hunger and economic hardship that has engulfed the nation.
“While we commend the government's effort to alleviate the plight of vulnerable citizens through palliatives, it is evident that these measures have been marred by inadequate planning, poor coordination, and lack of accountability,” it said.
According to the group, the chaotic scenes that led to the fatal incidents are an “indictment of the systemic failure to address the root causes of hunger and poverty”.
The group noted that rising hunger in Nigeria is a national emergency that demands urgent action.
“Failure to act decisively will deepen the crisis, with devastating social, economic, and political consequences,” it said.
“We mourn with the families of the deceased and demand that the government ensures accountability for this avoidable tragedy. Hunger should never be a death sentence in a country blessed with abundant resources.”
“It is time to rise to the challenge of ensuring that every Nigerian can live with dignity, free from the scourge of poverty and hunger,” it added.
Therefore, the association called on all levels of government to urgently prioritize sustainable solutions to the hunger crisis.
It said, “Palliatives must reach the intended beneficiaries without endangering lives. Transparent and well-organised systems, with the involvement of community leaders and credible NGOs, should be put in place to avoid chaotic distributions.
“Beyond temporary relief measures, the government must develop long-term strategies to enhance food production, support local farmers, and stabilize food prices.
“Programmes aimed at addressing the needs of the most vulnerable must be scaled up. Access to affordable healthcare, education, and social safety nets is critical to lifting millions out of poverty.
“Policies that create jobs and enhance income-generating opportunities should be fast-tracked to reduce dependency on palliatives.”
The association noted that two of its chapters in Edo State (Area 3) recently had successful palliative programmes, during which over 2,000 underprivileged persons were fed.
It added that one of the key components of the programme was orderliness.
Majesty2: The APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has revealed how he will drive the economy of the country, strengthen the Naira and making the country "import less" while "exporting more".
DeOTR: Was 70 million people in extreme poverty in 1999, 67+ million plus in 2007, and 68+ million as at 2014 or not? If so, why are there over 50% of Nigerians in abject poverty when GDP was supposedly higher? Seems you guys have problems with numbers, because I don't.
There is a difference between extreme poverty, multidimensional poverty and poverty.
It’s necessary to understand that first.
Were there more Nigerians in extreme poverty when Obasanjo handed over to Yar’Adua, a better economy and GDP growth than in 1999?
Were there more Nigerian extreme poverty paupers in 2015 when Jonathan handed over to Buhari than in 2023 when Tinubu grabbed power from the expired kachalla soldier he used to make Jonathan a one term president?
Who was president in 2018? What was the population of India compared to Nigeria 8 years ago?
ProfDumbledor: Each April and October, the World Poverty Clock data are updated to take into account new household surveys (an additional 97 surveys were made available this April) and new projections on country economic growth from the International Monetary Funds’s World Economic Outlook. These form the basic building blocks for poverty trajectories computed for 188 countries and territories, developed and developing, across the world.
The data highlight two new storylines about what is happening to global extreme poverty.
First: Extreme poverty in today’s world is largely about Africa
According to our projections, Nigeria has already overtaken India as the country with the largest number of extreme poor in early 2018, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo could soon take over the number 2 spot (Figure 1 below). At the end of May 2018, our trajectories suggest that Nigeria had about 87 million people in extreme poverty, compared with India’s 73 million. What is more, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, while poverty in India continues to fall. In fact, by the end of 2018 in Africa as a whole, there will probably be about 3.2 million more people living in extreme poverty than there are today.
Putinofrussia: Face topic,sir. We were talking about poverty rate. Obasanjo left poverty rate at 56% not 33% that you lied to look good. Poverty has always been the problem of Nigeria and Nigerians because of our wicked govts who have refused to build infrastructures that would have driven growth and real development instead they embezzled the funds.
When prosperity is growing, along with well paid employment, why won’t poverty reduce drastically?
Is this the infrastructure that the master strategist of a-looter propaganda politics has built with billions of dollars subsidy savings, higher revenue from greater tax burden, which have not stopped Tinubu from borrowing more than PDP presidents who gave us cheap petrol, cheap dollars and widespread prosperity to be the biggest African economy?
Putinofrussia: You lie a lot,sir. During Olusegun Obasanjo's presidential tenure (1999–2007), Nigeria's poverty rate started high and saw a moderate decline according to official statistics: • At the start (1999): The poverty rate stood at approximately 65% to 70% (with roughly 67 to 70 million people living in poverty out of a population of about 110–120 million). • During the regime (2004): The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported that the poverty rate dropped to 54%, aided by macro-economic reforms and growth in non-oil sector GDP. • At the end of the tenure (2007): The poverty rate remained around 54% to 56%, with roughly 69 million Nigerians living in poverty despite substantial debt relief and economic policy shifts under programs like the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS).
Obasanjo poverty level at the start was even around 70% according to NBA and other institutions but at the end of his tenure in 2007,he had brought it down to around 54% - 56%.
He even started higher than baba Tinubu. Go and write it somewhere,Tinubu will drastically reduce the poverty rate to around 20% before 2031 when he leaves office.
Propagandist liars will die a horrible death.
thisweekng: The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Chief Olawale Edun has said the last time Nigeria’s economy looked stable was about a decade ago.
He made this statement during his maiden press conference as Minister of Finance where he outlined President Bola Tinubu’s vision, agenda and strategy for the economy.
He said, “I think as we all know, we are not where we should be. The economy is barely growing above the rate of population growth.
“But it was not always so, and I think in trying to look at the way forward, if we now have a situation of slow growth, double-digit inflation, weak/depreciating exchange rate, as well as security concerns that are resulting in an economy that is not growing and not taking Nigerians out of poverty.
“If we think back to the last time when the economy was stable- when it was growing, when inflation was low, and the interest rate was affordable, that period was about a decade ago. Growth was about 6% in 2013 and 2014.” Private sector to drive the economy
5 mind-boggling revelations from Obasanjo’s ‘My Watch’
5. Tinubu was one of the most corrupt, of the 36 governors
Obasanjo never got along too well with former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu, and unsurprisingly, Tinubu got a mention in the former’s book.
Obasanjo revealed that then EFCC boss, Nuhu Ribadu tried to investigate almost all the state governors during his tenure but that of the 28 confirmed to be manifestly corrupt or tainted one way or the other, Tinubu’s case was one of the worst.
Thescrutinyng: The former president spoke during a keynote interview at the ongoing Financial Times Africa Summit 2026 in London, United Kingdom, where he criticised the administration’s handling of the economy, particularly the devaluation of the naira and the removal of petrol subsidy.
Reacting to the sharp depreciation of the naira, Obasanjo said the policy had significantly reduced the purchasing power of Nigerians and contributed to the country’s position as the poverty capital of the world.
“We do not live in isolation as a country. We interact with the rest of the world. And overnight, you devalue the currency by 300 percent. The naira went from N500 to a dollar to N1,500 to a dollar. What that meant was that every Nigerian is made poor by 300 percent. That made Nigeria to become the poverty capital of the world, which means Nigeria has the largest number of poor people in the world. You cannot say to me that that is good for Nigeria. You cannot say to me that that is good for us in any sense,” he said.
On the removal of petrol subsidy, Obasanjo argued that corruption accounted for a substantial part of the cost of maintaining the subsidy regime, insisting that tackling corruption could reduce the amount of subsidy required.
“Petrol and petroleum products affect everybody and everything. Now, what we call subsidy for petroleum products in Nigeria, a lot of it is corruption. And I believe that if we pay attention to corruption and deal with corruption, then what will remain of subsidy will be very little. If we take care of corruption in the system, I believe that the subsidy that we will need will be much more less,” he said.
When asked whether Tinubu deserved a second term to see his policies through and consolidate on their gains, the former president challenged the premise of the question.
“What policies are you seeing through? You impoverish your people and you want to see impoverishment through? What are you seeing through?” Obasanjo asked.
Obasanjo also compared Nigeria’s economic performance with that of Ghana, citing the movement of the Ghanaian cedi against the United States dollar as an example of a different economic trajectory.
“Now compare the situation in Nigeria with Ghana. I understand that the present president of Ghana… took over when cedi was 16 cedis to a dollar. Within six months, he took it to 10 cedis to the dollar. You can see the difference. What do you say to that?” he said.
Thescrutinyng: The former president spoke during a keynote interview at the ongoing Financial Times Africa Summit 2026 in London, United Kingdom, where he criticised the administration’s handling of the economy, particularly the devaluation of the naira and the removal of petrol subsidy.
Reacting to the sharp depreciation of the naira, Obasanjo said the policy had significantly reduced the purchasing power of Nigerians and contributed to the country’s position as the poverty capital of the world.
“We do not live in isolation as a country. We interact with the rest of the world. And overnight, you devalue the currency by 300 percent. The naira went from N500 to a dollar to N1,500 to a dollar. What that meant was that every Nigerian is made poor by 300 percent. That made Nigeria to become the poverty capital of the world, which means Nigeria has the largest number of poor people in the world. You cannot say to me that that is good for Nigeria. You cannot say to me that that is good for us in any sense,” he said.
On the removal of petrol subsidy, Obasanjo argued that corruption accounted for a substantial part of the cost of maintaining the subsidy regime, insisting that tackling corruption could reduce the amount of subsidy required.
“Petrol and petroleum products affect everybody and everything. Now, what we call subsidy for petroleum products in Nigeria, a lot of it is corruption. And I believe that if we pay attention to corruption and deal with corruption, then what will remain of subsidy will be very little. If we take care of corruption in the system, I believe that the subsidy that we will need will be much more less,” he said.
When asked whether Tinubu deserved a second term to see his policies through and consolidate on their gains, the former president challenged the premise of the question.
“What policies are you seeing through? You impoverish your people and you want to see impoverishment through? What are you seeing through?” Obasanjo asked.
Obasanjo also compared Nigeria’s economic performance with that of Ghana, citing the movement of the Ghanaian cedi against the United States dollar as an example of a different economic trajectory.
“Now compare the situation in Nigeria with Ghana. I understand that the present president of Ghana… took over when cedi was 16 cedis to a dollar. Within six months, he took it to 10 cedis to the dollar. You can see the difference. What do you say to that?” he said.
Ahayalift: Her father is for Obi, he has far more political weight and he recently criticized Tinubu again. I prefer Obi to win too, I believe he would perform far more better.
Is that belief based on Obi’s wickedness and anti-masses policies that mirror Tinubu’s balablu bulaba clueless town hall destruction of Nigeria
NLCreator: Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, has defended the purchase of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for members of the national assembly.
There have been reports that the leadership of the 10th national assembly has bought SUVs for all lawmakers.
Each SUV is said to be valued at N160 million.
The LP had asked members of the party in the national assembly to kick against “wastage”.
While responding to questions during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, the former governor of Anambra said the SUVs are not personal cars of the lawmakers, noting that they are for official use.
“Let me start with the issue of Labour Party members in the house. I have actually discussed this issue with them,” Obi said.
“Surprisingly, I can tell you I heard that these vehicles are official cars. They have to use it. It is meant for office.
“So it is not as if it is their vehicle. They said it is official cars and you are meant to use it while you are in the senate.”
Obi also hinted at contesting for the country’s number one position in 2027, adding that Nigeria deserves dedicated and visionary leaders who will lead the country towards a brighter future.
stuffs2002: Las las Tinubu will ride on the back of the Pandora liar and criminal called Obi to win the presidency in 2027 just as he did in 2023 and Obi and his OBIDIENTS will start wailing upandan
This is a likely scenario if Obi has failed to learn anything from his 2023 political naïveté.
Kwankwaso is the new Utomi.
As a VP to Peter Obi, he will lose and I will lose because No northerner will ever vote an ibo man as president — Kwankwaso 😳🔥👇 pic.twitter.com/YRBzWRbzvs
aswani: Prof Utomi, yes that President Tinubu's Pat Utomi, is in NDC with him still making sure that he is doing enough to ensure that Peter Obí is not a threat to President Tinubu.
To use a footballing parlance, he has close marked Peter Obí out of making important decisions that might threaten President Tinubu in the elections.
Peter Obi should have stayed in ADC and accepted the VP slot. He is now in a much smaller party and his Obidients are being taken for granted in NDC. Prof Utomi did his job well in 2023 and has now exceeded that already.
HacheNoire: You political minions will relearn what you failed to learn in 2023. The major problems of you minions is the inability to acknowledge, quantify and respect what you up against. Y’all will be SHOCKED in 2027 when The Demigod- His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR) will re-establish and seal his dominance. Where votes will come from? 🤣😂🤣😂 You humans are funny!
The demigod of wickedness, cluelessness and corruption?
Or the demigod of what is Jagaban of Borgu who has a name that is different from his Mogaji mother’s
RealityKings1: Governor Dapo is always smiling No issues
How can he have any issue, when the people of Awolowo’s state no longer care if money to employ well paid teachers for the free education of all children, is stolen by the governor
Does he claim to be a progressive APC politician also?
UBEC was established in 1999 by Obasanjo and Atiku administration to help states achieve nine years of free education for all children.
PREMIUM TIMES visited schools that the state government claimed to have rehabilitated and found decrepit and inadequate facilities.
Governor Dapo Abiodun said last year that over 400 primary and secondary schools have been renovated in Ogun State under his administration.
However, when PREMIUM TIMES late in 2022 toured the three senatorial districts of the state, our reporter found facilities in many public schools still in deplorable conditions.
The renovation project was executed with a N10.2 billion fund jointly contributed, equally, by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the state government.
UBEC released its share of the fund to the state government in 2019 to address infrastructural decay and inadequate facilities in 236 public schools across the state.
Tareq1105: It was not Tinubu that brought insecurity.
How did Tinubu not bring insecurity and worsen it, when he only begged Buhari out of retirement to make Jonathan a one term president, after their party invited terrorists to destroy our country
yarimo: Some people will be hospitalized, HBP is real
So many people are not just hospitalised, but are dying from the hunger, starvation, poverty, unemployment, insecurity etc that Tinubu cluelessly blamed on the opposition.
That was the question asked by the master strategist of A-looter Propaganda Conmen, APC 11 years ago when he begged Buhari to come out of retirement and make Jonathan a one term president.
This was after the wicked politicians invited terrorists to destroy our country.
anonimi: What group of politicians is more wicked than A-looter Propaganda Conmen, APC
Bluntemperor: Oga, Stop your confusion! Those who you are defending ' that left Govt-for years ' •What was their -Positive Impacts on Nigerians and the Youths ? IBB left in Chaotic situation of ' Stepping Aside' but altered the System to favour Abacha and eventually had a University for himself - is that fair to Nigerians? Abacha-became the maximum Dictator leader and his Stolen Wealth from Nigeria are still being repartrated,so we should not talk about them- after he improverished Nigerians! OBJ too came ,saw and only to have a University at whose Costs and by whose Money? Same with his Vice Atiku - with a University - or is it by their Salaries that they got all this ? Please,define Corruption in your terms and you will see What Double Standards means! •Can you tell us how Nigeria population is in Poverty,if you are not playing a Double Standard Cards ♦️ here- for those supporting your own ethnic groups to foster on Nigeria ! Spreading Hates and Bigotry and religion Cards is equally a Double Standards,so we are all in it !
Which one of these people is not better than Tinubu, the worst rogue politician and master strategist of a-looter propaganda politics?
Atiku was a very wealthy businessman who helped bankrupt, ex-convict Obasanjo after he was released from Abacha’s prison and made president by northerners, who he promised to do one term like Mandela in 1999.
anonimi: ‘How Atiku saved Obasanjo from near bankruptcy before he emerged president’‘
A new book has revealed how former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, saved ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo from near bankruptcy before he emerged president in 1999.
According to the new book, entitled ‘’Too Good to Die: Third Term and the Myth of the Indispensable Man in Africa,’ Atiku made all his resources available for Obasanjo’s presidential campaign.
The book, written by former chairman of National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Chidi Odinkalu, and Ayisha Osori, author of ‘’Love Does Not Win Elections,” also revealed how Obasanjo beat late Alex Ekwueme to the presidential ticket of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 1999 election.
Quoting an account from Atiku, the authors said the trio of Ibrahim Babangida, Theophilus Danjuma and Abdulsalami Abubakar wanted PDP to adopt Obasanjo as their presidential candidate “because they considered him the best person for the job.”
“Implicit in their position was their belief that they knew how to manipulate Obasanjo and the fact that Obasanjo did their bidding in 1979. They felt secure that he could be managed again,” the authors wrote.
Atiku was reportedly asked to join a team to Ogun to inform Obasanjo that he was going to run for the highest office in the land.
“When Atiku and Obasanjo discussed the call to serve as president, Obasanjo said he could not be president because he was a nearly bankrupt ex-convict. Atiku, through General (Aliyu) Gusau, paid money into Obasanjo’s account to begin his financial rehabilitation.
“Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar helped out by granting him an unconditional pardon. Atiku put everything he had at his disposal to support Obasanjo’s emergence as the PDP presidential candidate and, when he joined the ticket as the vice-presidential nominee, continued to make his assets available to Obasanjo and the campaign.
Intels was in business long before Atiku became VP. It was established in 1982 as Nicotes Services Limited.
That was 17 years before Obasanjo invited Atiku to be his running mate, even though he won Adamawa governorship earlier in January 1999.
NPA gives Atiku, Tinubu’s Intels two weeks to pay $48m
January 31, 2018
Intels, a logistics and facilities services provider in the maritime and oil and gas sectors, was co-founded by Gabriele Volpi, an Italian national, and former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar.
Atiku has since sold down most of his interest in the company to the former Lagos State governor and APC national leader Bola Tinubu.
Far too many Nigerians are guilty of these things, which is why we are the extreme poverty capital of the world with the highest number of children out of school. This means that we are unlikely to ever be a collectively prosperous country with basic services and utilities available for all.
Never happening without free basic education for all children, which Obasanjo and Atiku administration established UBEC for, 27 years ago.
Understandable for those who have a big share of the billions of dollars in subsidy savings that hiked petrol prices instead of crashing it below N185 promised.
Politics › Re: Atiku & Obi must get the Governor's approval before coming to Edo - Tenebe by anonimi: 4:58am On Oct 26
