Food

Africa

Nigeria joins world’s most critical hunger hotspots as 34.8m face acute food crisis — FAO

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Nigeria and Somalia have been added to the United Nations’ list of highest-concern global...
Health

Hormuz crisis compounds Nigeria nutrition emergency as hungry season arrives early

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Nigeria is facing a worsening nutrition emergency as an unusually early lean season and...
Business & Economy

EU says 35m Nigerians need emergency food aid, offers €33m grant

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The European Commission on Wednesday announced a €235 million humanitarian aid package for West...
Business & Economy

Nigeria records lowest food inflation in over 14 years

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Nigeria has recorded its first single-digit food inflation rate in more than a decade,...
Food

Nigeria tops global hunger hot spots list; 32 million face acute food crisis

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Nigeria has emerged as the epicenter of the world’s worsening hunger crisis, with 31.8...
Food

Nigeria’s food crisis to last into 2026, U.S.-funded monitor warns

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Nigeria will continue to face widespread food insecurity through at least mid-2026, as conflict,...
Food

UN issues stark warning to Nigeria over rising insecurity

Jane Kalu -
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued its starkest warning yet on...
Food

Africa imports $115 billion food despite vast farmland – UN

Eric Ojo -
Africa holds more than 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land and abundant water...
Food

Conflict throws 5 million people into acute hunger in Northeast Nigeria

Eric Ojo -
The protracted conflict in the Northeast region of Nigeria has pushed more than 5...
Earnings and Dividend

BUA’s rice revenue soars nearly 3,000% amid soaring food costs in Nigeria

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BUA Foods Plc’s rice division recorded an almost 3,000% year-on-year revenue increase in the...
Food

Benue death toll tops 7,000 under Tinubu, threatening national food supply

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More than 7,000 people have been killed in Benue state since President Bola Tinubu...
Food

Eating more processed foods like bread, noodles tied to early death: Study

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New research across eight countries has linked heavy consumption of ultra-processed food (UPF) to...
Africa

Tanzania bans agric imports from South Africa, Malawi

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Tanzania has halted all agricultural imports from South Africa and Malawi, escalating a trade...
World

U.S. faults Nigeria’s import ban on beef, pork, poultry, fruit juice

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The United States has criticized Nigeria’s import restrictions on 25 product categories, describing the...
Food

Russia says Niger state seeks $110 million in farm equipment

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Russia says Nigeria's Niger state has submitted a request to purchase agricultural equipment from...
Food

Japan faces high rice prices like Nigeria – but responds more urgently

Olawale Afolabi -
Japan is set to release nearly 250,000 tonnes of stockpiled rice in a rare...
Food

Tinubu budgets N1.6 trillion for agric bank – but will it fix food crisis?

Ini Ekott -
The Tinubu administration says it is injecting N1.6 trillion into the Bank of Agriculture...
Food

Millions going hungry as Borno floods worsen economic hardship

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By Ope Adetayo Unrelenting price rises and a brutal insurgency had already made it hard...
Food

World Bank approves $50 million for Nigeria’s worsening nutrition crisis

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The World Bank has approved a $50 million allocation under the Accelerating Nutrition Results...
Food

While rice prices fall globally, Nigerians pay all-time highs

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While global rice prices have dropped to their lowest point in 16 years, rice...
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