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December 9, 2020 No Responses

NEPAD Earmarks $2b For Nigerian Farmers

New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has earmarked $2billion to empower smallholder farmers in Nigeria, National Coordinator, Princess Gloria Akobundu, disclosed on Tuesday. According to Akobundu, the money will help boost food sufficiency in Nigeria for local consumption and export....

November 8, 2020 No Responses

Prices Of Cooking Oil Up By 40 Per Cent

Prices of palm oil and vegetable oil have skyrocketed in major markets across Enugu State metropolis, placing both commodities beyond the reach of many consumers. A market survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday revealed that...

June 8, 2020 No Responses

NLC Canvasses Global Standards For Food Safety

“It is important to develop and enforce global standards that will promote food safety from farm to the table, the President of Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC)”, Comrade Ayuba Wabba has said. In a message to mark 2020 World Food Day,...

April 22, 2020 No Responses

UN Warns Of Food Crisis In Nigeria, Sudan, Syria, Others

The world is at risk of widespread famines “of biblical proportions” caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the UN has warned. David Beasley, head of the World Food Programme (WFP), said urgent action was needed to avoid a catastrophe. A report...

April 20, 2020 No Responses

Coronavirus: Kano State Shuts Down Rice Mill

The Kano State Government has closed down Tiamin Rice Mill along Zaria Road due to complaints of air pollution. The notice is contained in a circular issued by the state Ministry of Environment and addressed to the Managing Director of...

April 19, 2020 No Responses

Food Scarcity Looms In Nigeria

An agriculture expert, Alhaji Ahmed Inusa-Adamu, has warned against impending food scarcity in Nigeria as a result of low production of farm produce. Inusa-Adamu has also advised the the Federal Government to take proactive measures and ensure tha...

March 17, 2018 No Responses

Buhari To Inaugurate Food Security Council on Monday

Days after he announced the intention of the Federal Government to establish a National Food Security Council, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of the Council’s membership. The Council, to be chaired by the President, will be inaugu...

February 3, 2018 No Responses

Kaduna records 17, 000 cases of acute malnutrition

The Kaduna State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) said on Friday that 17, 989 cases of severe acute malnutrition were recorded in the state in 2017. Hajiya Hauwa Usman, a Nutritionist with the Agency made the disclosure in Zaria...

February 26, 2017 No Responses

Dogara lauds Oslo Summit on Food Crisis in North East

Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara, has commended the convening of World leaders in Oslo, Norway, “which saw donors pledging $672 to tackle food crisis in the north east for the next three years”. In a statement issued...