Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has promised that his country will do all it can to send more grain to Africa as he began his African tour this week in Senegal. After meeting with Senegal’s president and foreign minister in [...]
One person is estimated to be dying of hunger every four seconds, more than 200 NGOs have warned, urging decisive international action to “end the spiralling global hunger crisis”. In an open letter addressing world leaders gathering in New York for the [...]
The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) is planning a food relief programme targeting 700,000 people in Zimbabwe who are affected by a poor harvest and the Ukraine war, an official said. Zimbabwe’s government is working with agencies to provide food [...]
A United Nations-chartered ship loaded with Ukrainian wheat destined for millions at risk of starvation in Ethiopia has arrived in Djibouti, according to the World Food Programme. The bulk carrier MV Brave Commander, which is carrying 23,000 tonnes of grain, [...]
Nigerians will pay more for bread in the coming days as bakers in some states have announced price hikes to cover the high cost of ingredients. Kogi Master Bakers said on Sunday they were resuming production after weeks of strike, [...]
More than 30 percent of Sudan’s people are currently facing a food crisis because of the compounding affects of climate shocks, political turmoil, and rising global food prices. A joint report by the United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) and [...]
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended part of its food aid in South Sudan due to a funding shortage – heightening the risk of starvation for 1.7 million people. The move to suspend aid will affect almost [...]
Cutting Ukraine off from its most fertile land and main export hub will have long-term repercussions on global food exports, analysts say. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent food commodity prices soaring in March to the highest levels ever recorded, bringing to [...]
The EU aims to address rising wheat and fertiliser prices and expected shortages in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the Balkans with “food diplomacy” to counter Russia’s narrative on the impact of its Ukraine invasion. Food insecurity [...]
About 19.4 million people will face food insecurity across Nigeria between June and August 2022, a report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has said. The report, processed in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development -FMARD and other [...]
Food prices surged in September due to tightening of supply and robust demand, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has reported. The FAO, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of commonly-traded food commodities, said its Food [...]
National Emergency Management Agency ( NEMA) on Thursday began distributing farm inputs to 32,557 farmers affected by the 2020 flood disaster in Niger. NEMA’s Director-General, Alhaji Mustapha Ahmed, who launched the distribution of the inputs to the beneficiaries in Minna [...]
Rice farmer Donald Amokaha spends his days weeding a temporary plot outside the city of Makurdi, on the fringes of the Benue river in Nigeria’s agricultural heartland. Two hours drive away into the countryside, Amokaha has a swathe of prime [...]
Small-scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), Gombe State chapter, has lamented how insecurity in north-eastern Nigeria has disrupted farming, agribusiness and means of livelihood of thousands of households. In its 14-point communiqué, the group, after a stakeholders meeting recently, [...]
Global hunger levels have skyrocketed because of conflicts, climate change and the economic impact of COVID-19 as between 720 and 811 million people in the world faced hunger in 2020. The information is in a report on the “State of [...]
Some scientists at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) on Wednesday began a 12-month research project to tackle rising food shortage in Nigeria due to climate change. The lead researcher, Clara Ifeanyi-Obi, said in Port Harcourt that the project is [...]
Nigerian farmers and agricultural scientists have expressed optimism that food production will receive a boost as the southern governors have declared a ban on open cattle grazing in the regions. For decades, open grazing of cattle has led to violent [...]
The United Nations food agency said on Thursday that world food prices rose for a 10th consecutive month in March, hitting their highest level since June 2014, led by jumps in vegetable oils, meat and dairy indices. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, [...]
A Facebook user, Zion Godwin shared the news, with photos of the fish surrounded by residents of the community. Swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as broadbills in some countries, are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, [...]
Guinness Gold, the new premium lager beer, thrilled celebrities, media icons, media influencers and consumers as Guinness Nigeria Plc treated Nigerians to a one-of-a-kind immersion at the Landmark Centre, Lagos. Guests were immersed in a great night of rich flavours, [...]
Nigerians on Social Media are pissed after a couple Ignored their maid, and set her aside while they were enjoying a meal of freshly-made pizza, Ice cream and Chicken wings, at a popular pizza place in Abule-Egba, Lagos. The video [...]
Spatchcocking: It’s that time of the year when we eat copious amounts of Jollof Rice, Pop bottles of bubbly Champagne and eats lots of chicken-‘tis the season to be jolly! Traditionally, the chicken would be cut into little pieces and [...]
Jollof rice is a major delicacy at every event ranging from wedding ceremony, burial, naming, coronation and other activities that requires dishing of foods especially among youths and and people of the younger generation. Tuesday the 22nd of August is the [...]
Photos of this unnamed lady eating a special Rat soup delicacy has since gone viral the photos which have been shared thousands of times of facebook clearly depicts a lady seriously eating swallow with 3 small rats. Rat Soup It is [...]
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