Governments at both the federal and state levels have been charged to take decisive actions to tackle the worsening hunger and food insecurity across the country. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) which sounded the alarm also called on the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction to revive its […]
The UN’s World Food Programme warned Tuesday that funding cuts mean it will struggle to feed even a third of the 318 million people facing severe hunger in 2026. “Declines in global humanitarian funding are forcing WFP to prioritise food assistance to roughly one third of those in need,” targeting 110 million of the most […]
By Dooyum Naadzenga Nigeria faces an alarming rise in chronic hunger and food insecurity. Millions of households, particularly among the working class and poor farmers, are grappling with the harsh reality of starvation as food prices soar. Even middle-class families find it increasingly difficult to afford three square meals a day, highlighting a deepening food […]
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) and Ecobank Nigeria have partnered to tackle the severe hunger crisis ravaging the country with a campaign for local resource mobilisation to support the Nigeria Hunger Crisis Appeal. Led by the secretary-general of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Dr. Abubakar Kende, both parties emphasised the urgent need for collective […]
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said that a staggering 2.6 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto, Zamfara States, and the FCT could potentially face a severe food crisis between June and August 2024. This alarming information was revealed by FAO’s country representative, Dominique Kouacou, during the presentation of the October to November round of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on reducing extreme poverty and hunger by his administration at the strategic High Level Event on the margins of the 74 Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Protocol It is my pleasure to be here with you to deliver this Keynote Address at this strategic High Level Event […]
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Jummai Aisha Alhassan has said that children experience more deprivations of their basic needs in the society than men and women saying hunger and poverty remains major concern for the African children. Hajia Jummai, speaking in Abuja on Thursday in a press briefing to commemorate the […]
Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the 2016 Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has said the All Progressives Congress(APC), has betrayed the trust of Nigerians who voted them into power by infesting them with hunger, killings and untold hardship. Ize-Iyamu, made the allegation at the Solidarity Rally held in his honour and other […]
… Says battered economy, injustice, killings, hunger reign supreme under Buhari A chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has written an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, where he apologised to former President Goodluck Jonathan but lamented cases of Corruption, battered economy, killings, hunger and injustice under the current administration. […]