Over 91 million Nigerians are said to be living in extreme poverty. According to the report of World Poverty Clock, a Vienna, Austria- based data lab.
The report said at least 3 million Nigerians have slipped into extreme poverty between November 2018 and February 2019.
According to the report 91.16 million Nigerians were living below a dollar a day as of February 13, 2019.
In June 2018, the Bookings Institution projected that Nigeria had overtaken India as the Poverty Capital of the world, with 86.9 million extremely poor people.
This was further confirmed by British Prime Minister, Theresa May, who said Nigeria had become home to the largest number of poor people in the world, putting the figures at 87 million.