Agricultural experts and government officials have called for the promotion of healthy diets and sustainable food systems as key steps to achieving food security in Nigeria.They made the call on Thursday during a walk to mark the 2025 World Food Day celebration in Abuja, themed “Our Actions Are Our Future – Healthy Diets, Sustainable Food…
The Director-General of NAFDAC, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye and other stakeholders at the event on Trans-Fatty Acids.The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has set an 18-month grace period, effectively giving food companies until early 2026 before facing full enforcement of regulations to eliminate industrially produced Trans-Fatty Acids (TFA).The initiative, launched as a…
A former All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Mr Adamu Garba, on Tuesday said the activities of terrorists and bandits would destroy Nigeria’s food security and sovereignty. Mr Garba said importers of garbage in form of foods, the chemically combined, hybrid kind of foods that makes human beings grow like chickens and fish benefits from…
Food and petrol price hikes have pushed Nigeria’s inflation to 33.88 percent in October 2024, from 32.70 percent recorded in the previous month.The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this on Friday in its Consumer Price Index and Inflation report for October 2024.Looking at the data, month-on-month, Nigeria’s headline inflation rate in October 2024 was…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a one-month notice to traders and other market stakeholders involved in exploitative pricing to crash the prices of goods. A Thursday statement by the commission, said the Executive Vice-Chairman of the FCCPC, Tunji Bello, gave the order at a one-day stakeholders’ engagement on exploitative pricing…
Following the prevalent hardship and hunger in the country partly attributed to banditry attacks on farmers, cattle rustling and kidnapping among others, the Arewa Economic Forum (AEF), has called for the establishment of Safe Grazing Areas (Sites) in the North where cattle can be reared under protection as well as farming. Chairman of the forum,…
The United Nations World Food Programme has announced plans to support eight countries in the west and central Africa with its lifesaving food and nutrition assistance programme. In a statement posted on its website, the United Nations food body listed Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania Burkina Faso and Niger as the beneficiaries…
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Nigerians to keep growing their own foods and control population growth.The former President expressed satisfaction that a considerable number of Nigerians have embraced farming once again.Buhari, however, expressed deep concern over the unchecked rise in population within the nation, saying the situation now calls for immediate attention.He spoke to…