Old-Age Poverty

LEADING opposition figures have kicked against the commencement of the new tax reforms, today, as insisted by the Federal Government, warning that the move could worsen poverty in the country. The post Tax Laws: ADC, LP, NANS, others kick as implementation begins today appeared first on Vanguard News...Read More

Next month, Donald Trump will welcome a poverty-stricken family to peruse his plans for a $300m glitzy state ballroom in the White House. The event will be staged as part of National Poverty in America Awareness Month, the time every year when charities document the number of US residents surviving…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday, December 19, 2025, declared intensified war on banditry, fiscal waste and poverty as he presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the national assembly, outlining a budget he said would move Nigeria “from survival to growth.” The President said the 2026…

Homeless people congregate in Buenos Aires in March. Poverty in 2024 had climbed to the highest level recorded since the series began in 2005, while it now stands at its lowest point since 2018. File Photo by Juan Roncoroni/EPA BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Income-based poverty in Argentina fell…

By Cyriacus Nnaji Poverty has become such a hydra-headed phenomenon in Nigeria that scholars and critical stakeholders can no longer stay on the sidelines and watch, the discussion is now on high tempo on how to dismantle poverty in Nigeria. This is obviously part of the Objectives, on Tuesday, 2nd…

Marc Jayson Cayabyab - The Philippine Star November 23, 2025 | 12:00am Senator Risa Hontiveros on November 20, 2025. STAR / Ryan Baldemor MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros has filed her version of the measure seeking to ban from elective positions members of political dynasties, which she blamed for…

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Eurochild 2025 flagship report on children in need across Europe. This report is based on assessments by 84 Eurochild members and contributors in 36 countries and provides an overview of children’s rights and child poverty in these countries. Drawing on evidence from organisations and professionals working with children, the report…

By Sulaimon Olanrewaju The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its 2022 National Multi-dimensional Poverty Index report, put the number of multi-dimensionally poor people in the country at 133 million, representing 63 percent of the population. The agency also stated that of this number, 86 million people (65 percent) live…

Governor Ahamadu Umar Finitri’s Poverty Alleviation and Wealth Creation programme  has reduced the poverty index from 74 percent to 60 percent between January and August this year. The state Director-General of Poverty  Allegation and Wealth Creation Agency (PAWECA), Mr. Zira Michael, disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking with journalists in…