IMF calls on Nigeria to tackle hunger, downplays scale of crisis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) urged the Nigerian government to immediately address growing food insecurity, as Nigerians grapple with a cost-of-living crisis fuelled by...
Plantain 130%, rice 99%…How Nigeria food prices rose in last year
Food prices increased in January by 35.4 percent in the last one year, the fastest pace of food inflation in nearly 30 years, as...
Nigerians decry Tinubu’s no food import decision as hunger mounts
Nigerians have reacted with dismay to President Bola Tinubu's announcement on Thursday, ruling out food imports despite soaring food inflation and widespread hunger.
The decision...
Cost-of-living: Tinubu plans food prices control but no quick relief
The Nigerian government plans to establish a national body to regulate food prices as citizens grapple with the country’s worst economic hardship in a...
Russian company sends shipment of fertiliser to Nigeria as gift
Russian fertiliser maker Uralchem-Uralkali Group says it has sent a humanitarian shipment of over 34,000 tonnes of fertiliser to Nigeria.
The shipment of fertiliser is...