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‘Nigeria ranked 115th in 2025 Global Hunger Index’ – Report

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Nigeria’s hunger crisis is worsening and the country’s ranking has plunged to 115th out 123 countries globally, data from the ‘2025 Global Hunger Index (GHI)’ shows. From a position of 110th and a ‘serious food crisis’ point of 28.8 amongst 123 countries in 2024, Nigeria plunged deeper into the serious food crisis zone a year later. The data reveals that Africa’s most populous nation has been within the serious food crisis range in the last 17 years, rising only slightly from 32.3 points in 2008 to 32.8 points in 2025.…

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Adherence to Rule of Law index: Nigeria ranked 120th out of 142 countries

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Nigeria is now ranked 120th of 142 countries in terms of adherence to rule of law, according to the latest global Rule of Law Index, as released by the World Justice Project (WJP). The 2023 index, released on Wednesday, in Washington DC, USA, showed that out of the 34 countries ranked in the sub-Saharan region, Nigeria is rated 23rd. The rankings show that countries were judged on eight indicators, namely constraints on government powers, absence of corruption, open government, fundamental rights, order and security, regulatory enforcement, civil justice and criminal…

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Nigeria ranks 109 amid 168% tariff hike in eight years – Findings

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Despite a near-zero improvement in power supply efficiency under the President Buhari administration, and contrary to the boast by the Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, that Nigeria enjoys the cheapest electricity, findings have shown that over 100 countries offer more affordable electricity compared to Nigeria. This is coming as the current Government has in the last eight years increased electricity tariff by over 168 percent, with billing jumping from an average of N23.5 a kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2015 to N63 kWh as of January this year. Nigerians paid between N16 and…

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Hunger case ‘serious’, as Nigeria ranks 103 among 121 countries on Global Hunger Index 

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Nigeria has been ranked 103 out of 121 countries in the 2022 Global Hunger Index, (GHI), a position that signifies the nation “has a level of hunger that is serious”. The Global Hunger Index was jointly published by the German-based Welthungerhilfe and Dublin-based Concern Worldwide, on Friday. The report, which ranks countries by “severity”, gave Nigeria a score of 27.3 – a hunger level falling under the “serious” category. The index has five levels of hunger under which each country falls – low, moderate, serious, alarming, and extremely alarming. This…

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Crude Oil theft: Nigeria drops to Africa’s fourth largest oil producer

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…Angola leads  Nigeria is facing a record reduction in oil production, oil cartel OPEC reports, dropping from the first largest producer in Africa to the fourth, behind Angola, Algeria and Libya. The latest monthly oil market report released by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) yesterday shows that in September Angola produced the most oil on the continent, at 1.18 million barrels per day (bpd), followed by Libya, with 1.152 million bpd. The report also said that Algeria produced 1.04 million bpd, while Nigeria pumped 1.09 million bpd in…

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Nigeria rises in latest FIFA rankings, now third in Africa

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…As FIFA clears ex-England U-20 striker, Lookman, to play for Nigeria The Super Eagles of Nigeria have climbed up four places in the latest FIFA rankings, notwithstanding exiting the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations, (AFCON), at the first knockout round. Nigeria, now up to 32nd in the world, climbed above hosts Cameroon, finalists Egypt, and Tunisia who ended Nigeria’s run at the AFCON. Newly crowned African champions, Senegal, remain the highest-ranked African side and 18th in the world. The Atlas Lions of Morocco are second in Africa and 24th…

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