Old-Age Poverty

Former Archbishop of Anglican Diocese of Enugu, Rt Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma A former Archbishop of Anglican Diocese of Enugu, Rt Rev Emmanuel Chukwuma, has decried the degree of poverty facing Nigerians in the past nine years. The archbishop therefore called on President Bola Tinubu to hold social dialogues with Nigerians…

A World Bank report has contradicted the Pakistani government’s claims of economic progress in 2024. While the government maintained that inflation was under control and commodity prices were decreasing, the report reveals a starkly different reality. According to the World Bank’s “Poverty Projections for Pakistan,” poverty in the country rose…

Reno Omokri has slammed Peter Obi , over his comments urging President Bola Tinubu to tackle poverty in the country. The special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, and self acclaimed table shaker, in a statement on Friday, stated that the President is reducing poverty in the country, unlike Obi…

CONTACT hosts Volunteer Training TOMS RIVER, N.J. - Jan. 2, 2025 - PRLog -- January marks Poverty Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the stark reality that millions of Americans face daily. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 11.5% of Americans lived in poverty in 2022, amounting to a…

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The Federal Government says Nigerian children suffer poverty more than adults and are likely to be deprived of all 10 of the multi-dimensional poverty indicators. Senator Abubakar Bagudu, the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, at the 2024 World Children’s Day celebration with the…

MPs have opened an inquiry into the state of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) financial support, after a minister admitted that cost-cutting reforms would plunge 50,000 people in one age group into poverty. Labour revealed shortly after getting into power that the £300 Winter Fuel Payment would become means-tested,…

Honourable Habu James Philip is the Taraba State Commissioner for Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation. In this interview with our correspondent Terna Chikpa, the Commissioner sheds light on the transformative initiatives of Governor Agbu Kefas’s aim at ending poverty in Taraba by 2027. He also speaks on the state government’s commitment…