17.9m Affected as Nigeria Records World’s Highest Rise in Multidimensional Poverty

An additional 17.9 million Nigerians fell into multidimensional poverty between 2021 and 2024, the highest increase recorded by any country globally, according to a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). The 2026 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), published on Monday, showed that Nigeria’s […]