Food

Food

Nigeria unable to feed citizens, plans more soybean, meat exports

Jane Kalu -
Nigeria plans to start exporting red meat and soybeans to Saudi Arabia, despite struggling...
Food

Nigerian traders turn to Cameroon as tomato scarcity worsens

Jane Kalu -
Nigerian traders are sourcing tomatoes from Cameroon as shortages drive prices to historic highs...
Food

Nigerian govt says experts deployed after tomato rose 550%

Glory Okah -
The Nigerian government has blamed the current high price of tomatoes in the country on...
Food

Exclusive: NAFDAC misleads Nigerians on Nestlé sugar controversy

Glory Okah -
A claim by Nigeria’s food and drug regulator about the absence of Nestlé's top...
Food

Cost of healthy diet in Nigeria rising faster than overall inflation

Glory Okah -
Nigerians striving for a balanced diet are facing a growing challenge – the cost...
Food

Soaring inflation, violence pushing millions of Nigerian children to starvation

Plu Team -
Around one in six – or 15.6 million – children in Nigeria are facing...
#PriceTracker

Rice soars to N90,000 as Nigeria’s punishing inflation continues

Plu Team -
Foodstuff traders in Lagos state have decried the volatility of prices as well as...
Cost of Living

IMF calls on Nigeria to tackle hunger, downplays scale of crisis

Olawale Afolabi -
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the Nigerian government to immediately address growing food...
#PriceTracker

Plantain 130%, rice 99%…How Nigeria food prices rose in last year

Eric Ojo -
Food prices increased in January by 35.4 percent in the last one year, the...
Food

Nigerians decry Tinubu’s no food import decision as hunger mounts

Olawale Afolabi -
Nigerians have reacted with dismay to President Bola Tinubu's announcement on Thursday, ruling out...
Food

Cost-of-living: Tinubu plans food prices control but no quick relief

Olawale Afolabi -
The Nigerian government plans to establish a national body to regulate food prices as...
Food

Russian company sends shipment of fertiliser to Nigeria as gift

Jane Kalu -
Russian fertiliser maker Uralchem-Uralkali Group says it has sent a humanitarian shipment of over...
Economy

Maize 88%, plantain 68%…How Nigeria food prices rose in last year

Olawale Afolabi -
Food prices increased in September to 30.64% in the last one year, the highest...
Food

Ukraine to send grains to Nigeria, Sudan, Somalia as aid

Plu Team -
Ukraine intends to supply 57,000 tonnes of grain to Nigeria, Sudan and Somalia as...
Food

Global food prices rise the first time in four months

Olawale Afolabi -
Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the...
Food

Nigeria hunger worsens in last one month amid hardship, UN data shows

Anietie Umoren -
Nigeria's hunger problem has worsened in the last one month as the economy staggered...
Food

Russia ends Ukraine grain deal: These 15 African countries most affected

Ubong Ekott -
Russia on Monday terminated the Black Sea grain deal that allowed the export of Ukrainian grains to Africa...
Food

Milk 49%, plantain 34%…How Nigeria food prices rose in the last year

Anietie Umoren -
Food prices increased in May by 24.82% year-on-year, the sharpest jump in 17 years,...
Companies

Daewoo wins US$262 million fertilizer plant contract in Nigeria

Plu Team -
South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co. said Monday its Nigerian unit has won...
Small Business

Guinness World deducts Hilda Baci’s hours but awards her cooking record

Plu Team -
Guinness World Records has awarded Hilda Effiong Bassey, better known as Hilda Baci, the...
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