Tag: Food insecurity
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HUNGER! 31.8m Nigerians to face acute food insecurity in June, August – WFP warns
Hunger looming as the World Food Price has projected that 31.8 million Nigerians (16 per cent of the population analysed) are projected to face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity between June and August 2024. WFP, in its latest June to October 2024 outlook sourced from its X account, said nearly 1 million…
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Food insecurity: Famine to hit Sudan soon – UN
Sudan is faced with looming food crisis and eventual famine according to report from the United Nations. The United Nations, UN, humanitarians in Sudan on Friday issued a fresh alert about pervasive food insecurity in the country
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Taraba gov, Kefas condemns killing of passengers
The Governor of Taraba State, Dr Agbu Kefas has condemned in strong terms the killing of travellers from Zaki -Biam in Benue state to Maihula in Taraba State. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Barr. Zainab Usman Jalingo Hon. Commissioner, Ministry of Information and Re-Orientation. The Governor has called for calm…
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Addressing food insecurity immediate priority for Nigerian govt- IMF
T he International Monetary Fund (IMF), says addressing food insecurity should be the immediate priority for the Nigerian government. The IMF said this in its End-of-Mission statement issued after the completion of the IMF Staff 2024 Article IV Mission to Nigeria,
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UN, FAO raise alarm: Food insecurity looms in Northern Nigeria
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – Global Environment Facility (GEF) said the United Nations (UN) – Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had warned that people in northern Nigeria are at risk of acute food insecurity. The UN-FAO projected that an estimated 13 million people in the area face the risk of acute food insecurity…
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Nigerians starving; tackle food insecurity, PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government to end what it described as insensitivity and take urgent steps to address the food insecurity in the country. In a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party claimed that…