Nigeria has suffered a reversal in efforts to reduce multidimensional poverty, with both the proportion of people affected and their total number rising in the 2020s, as global poverty climbed by 51.5 million to 1.2 billion people. The latest global Multidimens ... »»»

Nigeria's Lagos state has taken out a $7.5 million flood insurance policy to cover millions of people, the Insurance Development Forum said Thursday, as the country's economic capital faces rising sea levels and floods linked to climate change. The coastal mega-city of Lagos and its estimated more »»»