Old-Age Poverty

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…

President Bola Tinubu has stated that his administration’s renewed focus in driving international and local investments into livestock sector of the agricultural value-chain will end the crisis of farmer-herder clashes, eradicate hunger and poverty in Nigeria as well as promote economic prosperity. President Tinubu said this Thursday in Rio de…

Amid economic hardship and rising poverty in the country, Kingsley Moghalu, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has declared that hope is not a strategy. Even though Nigeria faces ongoing challenges, he remains optimistic. Moghalu said that the country must strengthen its state capacity for successful governance.…

Advertisement Amid economic hardship and worsening poverty in the country, former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Kingsley Moghalu has stated that hope is not a strategy. This is even as he said that he’s hopeful about Nigeria despite sustained contemporary difficulties. Moghalu maintained that the country…

Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders attending the 19th G20 Summit pose for a group photo for the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty initiated by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) G20 members should keep in mind that mankind lives in a community…

Workers make up more than a quarter of people at risk of living in poverty in Ireland, a new study has revealed. Over one quarter of people who are at risk of poverty are in full-time work, new research by Social Justice Ireland has found. In total, t he study…

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers an important speech entitled "Building a Just World of Common Development" at Session I of the 19th G20 Summit on Fight Against Hunger and Poverty in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 18, 2024. Xi attended the G20 Summit here on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) RIO DE…

The U.S. Census Bureau has revealed the top expenses that push Americans into poverty. A new article released by the bureau on November 14 said that medical expenses, payroll taxes, work and child-care expenses all contributed to pushing people into poverty in 2023, while a range of government benefits helped…

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