Tag: Food
Traders: Why food items still expensive in markets
Some traders have attributed the hike in prices of food items to fuel prices and insecurity in the country.
The traders said the prices of...
FCCPC begins engagements in markets to crash food prices
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has commenced fact-finding engagements with traders associations and marketers to determine factors responsible for the continuous...
Hardship: Dangote begins N15bn food intervention programme in Kano
The President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has launched his food intervention programme in Kano State.
The food intervention programme spearheaded by Aliko Dangote Foundation...
Hardship: Fidelity Bank donates 3,000 food packs to Zamfara community
In its bid to cushion hardship among the less privileged, the Zamfara State branch of Fidelity Bank Plc has distributed over 3,000 food items...
Agric coys pledge support for food security
A consortium of mid-sized agricultural companies in Nigeria has promised to support millions of farmers across different value chains to increase food security in...
Lagos govt, Niger State sign MoU on food production, security
The Lagos State Government has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Niger State Government on the enhancement of food production and security in...
EFCC intercepts 21 food-loaded trucks into neighbouring countries
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have intercepted 21 trucks loaded with food and non-food items heading towards Chad Republic,...
Hardship: Residents break into Abuja warehouse, loot foodstuffs
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have broken into a government storage facility in the Gwagwa area of Abuja and looted food...
U.S. military begins air-dropping food into Gaza
U.S. military cargo planes air-dropped 38,000 meals into the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, as part of a series of drops planned by the...
U.S. military to airdrop food, supplies in Gaza
United States President, Joe Biden, has announced plans to carry out the first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza following attacks by...