We must engage youths in agribusiness to curb food insecurity – Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has charged the Federal Government to engage youths in agricultural business to provide jobs for unemployed youths and curb […]
Food insecurity
Borno Trucks Association denies smuggling food items to neighboring countries
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Trucks Association has denied allegation leveled against their 21 trucks intercepted by the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
EFCC intercepts 21 food-laden trucks heading to Chad, Cameroon
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 21 trucks loaded with food […]
Food Insecurity: 26.5m Nigerians may face crisis in 2024 – Report
A report by Cadre Harmonise (CH) has alerted that about 26.5 million people in 26 states of Nigeria will face food crisis between June […]
26.5m Nigerians to be food insecure in 2024 – Report projects
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The October 2023 Cadre Harmonisé analysis on food insecurity has projected that in 2024, Nigeria is expected to see about […]
FAO says 26.5m Nigerians at risk of food insecurity in 2024
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says no fewer than 26.5 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto and Zamfara States including the FCT may face […]
Food security top priority as U.S. assumes Security Council Presidency
U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas -Greenfield says addressing famine and food insecurity will be one of the key priorities for August presidency of […]
UN says 23.4m people face acute food insecurity in Horn of Africa
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa has left 23.4 million people acutely food insecure and 5.1 million […]
IMF approves emergency financing for countries suffering from food insecurity
The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Executive Board has approved a new emergency financing instrument for countries suffering from acute food insecurity. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, the […]
ECOWAS Speaker advocates improved budgetary allocation to tackle food insecurity
Speaker of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament, Sidie Tunis, has called for improved budgetary allocation to Agriculture to tackle food insecurity […]