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Nigeria: Nigeria Houses Largest Population of World's Poorest People - Theresa May
Premium Times, 28 August 2018
The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, on Tuesday said 87 million Nigerians live on less than $1.90 a day, making the country home to more very poor people than any other nation… Read more »
Most of World's Very Poor People are Nigerians - British PM
Ahead of her visit to Nigeria, British Prime Minister Theresa May has frowned at what she described as the rising inequality in wealth distribution in Nigeria and many other countries in Africa. Theresa May said 87 million Nigerians live on less than U.S.$1.90 a day, making the country home to more very poor people than any other nation in the world.
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