Nigeria, Sept. 5 -- A new report has revealed that nearly 80 million Nigerian youth are unemployed, underscoring the alarming crisis of wasted potential in Africa's most populous country.

The State of the Nigerian Youth Report 2025, presented in Abuja on Thursday during the Nigerian Youth Dialogue organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Youth in Parliament, paints a sobering picture of the struggles confronting young Nigerians.

The dialogue was convened to mark the International Youth Day and focused on the urgent need to address youth unemployment, insecurity, and poverty.

The report, delivered by Jonathan Abakpa, advocacy and youth programme officer at Plan International Nigeria, shows that more than half of the countr...