Nigeria’s population

Nigeria's prosperity story seems to be a nominal one, whose large reserve of sovereign wealth has failed to cater for the significant population that occupies the country. Indeed,…

Nigeria’s working-age population is set to expand by a record 133 million between 2020 and 2050, adding to existing job pressures, the World Bank has said in a new report. But while the…

I still remember where I was when I heard the news on the radio. The year was 2006 and I was a greasy teenager studying for my A-level exams the following year. My favourite subject was…

With crude oil no longer able to paper over the cracks of an economy with deep structural deficiencies, Nigeria’s next set of leaders are increasingly going to face more scrutiny, perhaps…

Nigeria accounts for approximately half of West Africa’s population with approximately 206 million people (2020) and has a very youthful population of about age 30 and below forming about 70…