2000年来尼日利亚年均7%的惊人经济增长很有可能减少了该国西南地区的贫困；但在该国东北部地区（极端组织博科圣地最活跃的地区 ） ， 令人震惊的财富不平等和贫困水平已经出现。
In Nigeria, astonishing economic growth, averaging 7% per year since 2000, may well have reduced poverty in the southwest of the country; but in the northeast (where the extremist group Boko Haram is most active), shocking levels of wealth inequality and poverty have emerged.