Tag: Food
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Nigeria ranked second poorest in the world on food affordability
A new report by the Institute of Development Studies, a UK-based think tank, has placed Nigeria as the second poorest country in the world in terms of food affordability. The report, which was compiled through a publicly available global cost-of-living database, Numbeo, was used in creating a ‘cost of food basics’ analysis that compares the…
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NAFDAC accuses U.S., EU of ‘persistently rejecting Made in Nigeria food’
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called for synergy amongst government agencies to end the rejection of made in Nigeria food products by the U.S and European Union. The call was made in a statement signed by the agency’s resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo Akintola, and issued to newsmen…
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Seven feared dead in Borno as Red Cross food handout turns into stampede
Seven women were trampled to death in northeast Nigeria on Thursday in a crush during a food distribution by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a medical worker and residents said. Thousands of people thronged the distribution site in the town of Monguno in Borno State to receive aid from ICRC, but the situation…
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Reps to probe over N200bn agric loan to farmers from 2009 to 2021
House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate the disbursements and compliance of all agricultural loans and credit facilities to farmers from 2009 to date which was aimed at enhancing national food security in the country. The House placed the loans at over N275 billion. READ ALSOShina Peller leads votes in ‘Most Outstanding Rep Member…
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Northern Food and Cattle Dealers threaten to shut down food supply nationwide
The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN) has again threatened to stop food supply to the South and other parts of the country. The union said it would carry out this threat within three weeks if governments at all levels failed to meet its demands within three weeks. National President of…
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Next level is bedlam on food – Dele Sobowale
By Dele Sobowale “The stomach is a rascal. No matter how well you fed it yesterday, it wants more today and tomorrow.” Leo Tolstoy, 1828-1910, Russian author. Remove the freeloaders in Aso Rock, the Governors’ Mansions, the ex-MD of Mortgage Bank now on the run, “Wharf Rats” who “chopped” NPA raw, and others well-connected to…
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Police rescue twin babies locked up by mother for three days without food
The Police command in Ekiti on Monday rescued two-year old twin babies after they were locked up in a room by their mother for three days. A statement in Ado-Ekiti by Mr Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said the incident happened in Igbara-odo, Ekiti South-West Local Government Area of the state. Abutu said…
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CBN disburses N1.487trn to boost food security
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has disbursed N1.487 trillion under its various agricultural programmes to boost food security. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made this known while presenting the communiqué on the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on Monday and Tuesday in Abuja. Emefiele said that the apex bank disbursed…
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Attempts by ‘Northern traders’ to make food weapon of war points to need for self-sufficiency – Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has said the attempt to make food a weapon of war by some individuals has underscored the need to be food-sufficient in the state. Recall that cattle and foodstuff dealers under the aegis of the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria on Thursday, February 25,…
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Economics and the Politics of Food – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta In July 2017, the tiny land locked but oil and gas rich kingdom of Qatar fell out with its Arab neighbours. It was charged with supporting terrorism! What made news was not just that Arab states ganged up to accuse their Qatari kinsfolk of a familiar neighbourhood pastime. The neighbours went ahead to…