A leading fertility scientist has warned against microwaving food in plastic containers because of its possible effects on fertility. Dr. Shanna Swan, an expert on endocrine disruptors, highlighted how these substances can disrupt hormones and harm reproductive health, reports Saturday Vanguard. During a recent health podcast, she advised peop...
•Tinubu The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to immediately declare a state of emergency on food nationwide. OPC in a statement signed by Comrade Bunmi Fasehun, OPC General Secretary, lamented the reported deaths last week of 35 people in Ibadan capital of Oyo State, 20 in Okija area of Anambra […]
•Foodstuff market Citizens have cried out over continued rise in the cost of common perishable and preservable food items across various markets in Niger State. This is coming barely few months after the state government inaugurated prize control committee to check excesses of foodstuff merchants and middlemen whose activities is adding to the...
•Students on campus When Elisha (other names withheld), a student in one of the public universities in Lagos State came home during a break, his father could barely recognise him, as though not sick, he was visibly emaciated, no thanks to malnutrition. On campus, the accounting education student told his inquisitive father that he was [&hellip...
•Ibim Semenitari A former Managing Director (MD) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari, has asked President Bola Tinubu to address food security, lamenting that hungry Nigerians can no longer afford garri to drink once a day. “The first thing therefore was the issue of food security. If people can even eat,” she [&h...
•Food items Prices of foodstuff have again gone up in major markets across the country as Nigerians engaged in panic buying in a bid to stock their homes before the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest begin today. This comes as last-ditch moves by the federal government to stop the protest failed to arrest the momentum generated [&hel...
•Customs Comptroller-General, Adewale Adeniyi Suspension of import duties on essential food items has gone into effect, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said yesterday. It is part of the federal government’s efforts to address the high cost of food, reports The Nation. Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi said the measure aims to make essentia...
•Dr Nnimmo Bassey Our right to safe food is fundamental for our enjoyment of the right to life. All living beings need food for nourishment and for the sustenance of life. Food is so central to our well being that the denial of food even to prisoners is considered an inhuman and degrading treatment. What […]
•Tinubu and palliatives Nigerians have said the distribution of palliatives by the federal government was not the solution to the food shortage facing the country. They urged President Bola Tinubu to declare an emergency in food security, introduce a national food policy, and tackle insecurity caused by herders, which had forced farmers in dif...
•A market place Nigeria’s inflation figure has reached a new high, hitting 34.19 % for June 2024, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of State Statistics (NBS). This is an increase of 0.24% points when compared to the inflation figure for May 2024 released by the NBS. “In June 2024, the headline […]
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