MORE NIGERIANS EXPECTED TO FALL INTO POVERTY BY 2027 – WORLD BANK. (PHOTO).

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 More Nigerians expected to fall into poverty by 2027 – World Bank Despite Nigeria’s resources-rich status, more of the county’s citizens are expected to sink into poverty by 2027, the World Bank Group has said. This is contained in the World Bank’s Africa Pulse report released at the ongoing Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington DC, the United States. The report noted that sub-Saharan Africa has the highest extreme poverty rate globally, with a large share of the poor concentrated in a few countries. According to the Bretton Woods institution, about 80 percent of the world’s estimated 695 million extreme poor resided in the region in 2024, compared to 8 percent in South Asia, 2 percent in East Asia and the Pacific, 5 percent in the Middle East and North Africa, and 3 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean. “Within Sub-Saharan Africa, half of the 560 million extreme poor in 2024 resided in four countries,” the report highlight...

IN A NEW LIST,NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT IS 1 OF THE WEAKEST,WHILE SOME COUNTRIES HAVE THE WORST PASSPORT IN THE WORLD.

                According to a new research/list that is circulating the internet,Nigerian international passport is one of the weakest in the world.In a statement  made by Henley & Partners,which has offices around the world,including London and Melbourne said only 21 of the 199 countries listed in this years's study remained in the same rank as last year.''No country however,dropped more than three positions,indicating that overall,visa-free access is improving around the world.Somalia,Iraq,Pakinstan and Afghanistan meanwhile,continue to hold the bottom four positions on the index,and thus have again been labelled the worst passports in the world.Timor-Leste,in Sotheast Asia,had the biggest leap,climbing 33 spots to 57th place,followed by Colombia and Paula,which jumped 25 and 20 sports,respectively.Hungary returned to the top 10,while Malaysia was bumped out.''.Henley & Partners,which has produced an annual index in co-operation with the Interdependent.''Generally,visa requirements reflects strongly on each country's relationships with others,and will take into account diplomatic relationships between the countries,reciprocal visa arrangement,security risks and the risks of visa and immigration rules violations''.Well if you ask me,i am a proud Nigerian and our visa is not week.View the list below.                                                    

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