… Say palliatives distribution wasteful venture, unsustainable | NEMA asks organisers to engage community leaders State governments and other stakeholders in the distribution of food assistance to needy Nigerians have been taken to task over the handling of the exercise ...
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Feed SubscriptionFood Crisis: Customs Intercepts Bags Of Grains, Onions, Pepper Enroute Benin Republic
Less than 48 hours after the Seme border command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), intercepted 400 sacks of grains on the verge of being smuggled into Benin Republic, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, of NCS announced that ...
Read More »FG Mulls Commodity Board To Tackle Food Security, Price Volatility
…We’ll deploy security forces to protect farmers, activate more farmlands — VP Shettima The Federal Government has hinted at plans to establish a National Commodity Board as a solution to the escalating food inflation in the country. In tackling price ...
Read More »IN WEST AFRICA… Food Cheapest In Nigeria Despite Complaints – Governors
…3 days after Kano, protesters in Niger say ‘we’re hungry and dying’ …Seek help, Labour Party tells Tinubu Amidst the cost of living crisis caused by persistent increase in the prices of goods and services, the chairman of Nigeria Governors’ ...
Read More »NAFDAC Enforces Ban On Alcoholic Beverages In Sachets
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has banned the manufacturing and sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets, small bottles of 200ml and below. The director-general of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, who stated this yesterday at a ...
Read More »Agric Ministry, States Collaborate On Food Security
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security in collaboration with Sokoto and Niger states has outlined plans to boost food security and agricultural production. The synergy aims to ramp up the production of cassava, rice, maize, and other grains ...
Read More »Naira Depreciation: Cadbury Seeks $7.7m Foreign Debt Conversion To Equity
Cadbury Nigeria has offered to swap its $7.7 million (N7.03 billion) debt owed to Cadbury Schweppes Overseas Limited for more equity. Cadbury Nigeria, in a statement released on Tuesday, said it borrowed $23 million from Cadbury Schweppes to settle outstanding ...
Read More »NAFDAC Warns Against Consumption Of ‘GFuel’ Energy Drink Over High Level Caffeine
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified the public that the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have announced the recall of ‘GFuel’ brand of ...
Read More »Presidency Targets 10m Pupils For School Feeding Programme
The Presidency has said the soon-to-be resuscitated National Homegrown School Feeding Programme will cater for over 10 million pupils across the country. This was disclosed in a press statement, signed by Oyedokun Oyewumi of the office of the Senior Special ...
Read More »CBN, Reinstate The FX Restriction: A Ray Of Hope
The recent decision by the Yemi Cardoso-led Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to lift foreign exchange restrictions on 43 previously banned food and non-food items sheds light on one of the fundamental leadership challenges we face – policy flip-flops and ...
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