•Foodstuffs Prices of essential food items have gone up by at least 30 per cent between December and April in at least eight states, according to surveys by our correspondents. The development has made consumers in the country groan, saying the hikes in the prices of goods have affected their budgets, reports The PUNCH Prices […]
•Food grains Weather experts have warned that over 50 million people in West Africa and the Sahel region may experience a food crisis between June and October. The representative of AGRHYMET, Dr. Abdou Ali while attributing the likely food crisis to insecurity, poor food production, and late outset of rainfall, said the crisis could be [&helli...
Recently, the naira has continued to gain against the dollar at the parallel market, while Nigerians have high expectations that the prices of foodstuff will reduce. A recent market survey conducted by this paper has a contrary view as some prices have remained the same from last week till this week, while some prices of […]
Four persons today died in a stampede during an almsgiving zakat exercise for the poor in Bauchi State. The stampede occurred at the Shafa Holdings Company plc headquarters along Jos Road, today, reports Sunday Vanguard. A 17-year-old identified as Naima Abdullahi, is currently receiving medical treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Universi...
•Food grains Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has directed that ‘Ounje Eko’ food markets commence operations from tomorrow, Sunday, March 17, 2024 across Lagos. The markets have been tasked with selling discounted food items across the five divisions. Here’s a full list of the produce prices at the food market: 5kg bag of rice – N5,325 [&he...
Many have asked, what is this Bulk Purchase Agency by Akwa Ibom State bringing to the table? With the signing of the Bulk Purchase Agency Bill into law by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno, expectedly that would be the question, like a refrain on the lips of many Akwa Ibom people? […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has intercepted 21 food trucks heading to neighbouring countries. Announcing the seizure in a statement on its X handle yesterday, the anti-graft agency said the items were heading towards N’djamena, Chad Republic, Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The seizure was made by operatives of ...
More facts emerged over the Sunday looting of a private warehouse in the Karmo community of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). It was reported how some hoodlums in their numbers attacked a government warehouse in Gwagwa town, as well a private one, owned by a trader in neighbouring Karmo town, all located within Abuja Municipal […]
•Peter Obi Amidst the food price hike and economic hardship besetting the nation, the government of Ukraine recently donated 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable, crisis-affected people in Nigeria’s northeastern region, a development which Mr Peter Obi has now described as disheartening. Obi who was the...
•TUC president, Festus Osifo The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria has asked the federal government to begin the importation of food in two weeks to mitigate the soaring prices of food across the country. This was disclosed by the President, TUC, Festus Osifo, during a press conference on the economic hardship ravaging the country today [&hellip...