Old-Age Poverty

Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has said that the ongoing social interventions in some states do not reach the intended beneficiaries who are the poor and vulnerable members of the society. The Governor further said that the fact that the country’s poverty index has been increasing in spite of…

Vice President Kashim Shettima has urged the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and the Federal Ministry of Regional Development to tackle poverty in the North-east through investments in education. Shettima made the call Friday during a meeting with NEDC management at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where they briefed him on…

NJEMANZE EMMANUEL The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) reaffirms it’s readiness to revitalise  the Cooperative Sector to join drive economic growth, promote social cohesion, enhance food security and reduction of poverty in Nigeria. The Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Dr. Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi…

February 14, 2025 February 14, 2025 By Stella Odueme The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has reaffirmed its readiness to revitalize the Cooperative Sector as it would drive economic growth, promote social cohesion, enhance food security as well as reduce poverty in Nigeria. Speaking during the Technical…

Donald Trump’s “chaotic” freeze of foreign aid has left Australian government-funded projects in limbo, putting climate change, health and education initiatives across Asia and the Pacific at risk, experts say. The Trump administration, with the help of billionaire and unelected “special government employee” Elon Musk and his “department of government…

Donald Trump’s “chaotic” freeze of foreign aid has left Australian government-funded projects in limbo, putting climate change, health and education initiatives across Asia and the Pacific at risk, experts say. The Trump administration, with the help of billionaire and unelected “special government employee” Elon Musk and his “department of government…

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Haitham Al Ghais has said that many global Net-Zero policies have unrealistic targets and timelines and have little regard for developing countries with energy poverty. In an article published on the official website of OPEC, Al Ghais argued against…

The classic promise of the American dream is that no matter where you grew up, no matter how poor you were as a kid, you can still have a path to financial stability in the United States as long as you work hard. But the truth is that poverty in…

Broadening the middle class is the best remedy against poverty, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview to public radio on Friday. Broadening and strengthening the middle class, he said, was “a realistic objective”. He said growth would take off in the fourth quarter and the economy would pick…

How many people are living in poverty in America? It depends on whom you ask. If it’s the US Census, the answer would be somewhere around 37 million people. But that number doesn’t necessarily capture everyone who might be considered poor, because measuring poverty largely depends on how we define…