Nigeria, April 29 -- In the gloomy theatre of global poverty, Nigeria under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has emerged-not as a spectator-but as the lead actor, tragically outshining war-torn nations and disaster-stricken economies. According to the World Bank's Africa's Pulse report of April 2025, Nigeria now harbours the world's largest population of extremely poor people. Not just in Africa. Not just in Sub-Saharan Africa. But globally. This isn't a footnote in history; it's a national emergency written in bold, bleeding letters.

When Tinubu declared the removal of fuel subsidy on May 29, 2023, barely hours into his administration, he promised economic revival. What Nigerians have received instead is a front-row seat to misery. The so-ca...