Minister: Nigeria doesn’t have food shortage

AS Nigeria joins rest of the world to commemorate 2022 World Food Day on October 16,2022, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, asserted that there is no food shortage in Nigeria.
Minister: Nigeria doesn’t have food shortage

The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Comrade Julius Abure, has cried out over what he alleged is a coordinated attack on members of the LP in some states of the federation.
2023: Labour Party under coordinated attack – Julius Abure

A shortage of cholera vaccines has forced a temporary shift to a one-dose strategy from the usual two in campaigns to fight a swelling number of outbreaks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday
WHO: Cholera vaccine shortage forces move to one-dose strategy

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on the various political parties in Nigeria to ensure that human rights protection is made a critical component of their campaign promises rather than indulging in hate speech to tarnish the image of their opponents.
2023: NHRC tasks political parties on hate speech

Bayelsa Governor Douye Diri has said the flood in the State is overwhelming and beyond what the government alone can handle.
Douye Diri: Bayelsa needs help over floods

The President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Comrade Festus Osifo, has disclosed the position of the union on the issue of petroleum subsidy removal.
Subsidy removal: Nigerian government must lead by example – PENGASSAN

The Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has declared a seven-day break for civil servants following the difficulties being faced as a result of the flood disaster ravaging the state.
Flooding: Bayelsa governor declares seven-day break for workers

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, lamented the ravaging flood in the state saying, “the situation is desperate and getting worse.”
Flood: Bayelsa facing humanitarian crisis – Douye Diri

The National Human Rights Commission, on Sunday, raised concern over the rising food crisis in Nigeria, saying it had worsened access to healthy and nutritious food, especially among Internally Displaced Persons and vulnerable group, leading to increase in widespread hunger and low quality of life.
NHRC: Food crisis has worsened hunger in Nigeria

The Federal Government has distributed food and relief items to various persons affected by the flood disaster in Sokoto State.
Nigerian government disburses relief items to Sokoto vulnerable persons

Bayelsa State Government has expressed the concern that the impact of this year’s flooding might result in a humanitarian crisis.
Flood submerges 300 Bayelsa communities, displaces 700,000 persons

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide support to African countries hit by food price rises, the institution’s Africa head Abebe Aemro Selassie has said.
IMF pledges support for African countries hit by rising food prices

The Senator representing Bayelsa West Senatorial District, Seriake Dickson, has called on Federal Government to urgently mobilize the national assets for immediate rescue operations in Bayelsa, as displaced residents groan over sudden food and fuel scarcity.
Flood: Seriake Dickson raises alarm as food, fuel scarcity hit Bayelsa

The immediate past Secretary to Katsina State Government, Dr. Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa, has said that unless drastic measures to address the prevalent insecurity and hunger in the country are taken before the 2023 general elections, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC will suffer worse defeat than the Peoples Democratic Party experienced in 2015.
Ex-Katsina SSG: What APC may face in 2023 elections

As some parts of Nigeria continue to experience outbreak of cholera, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, disclosed yesterday that 2187 confirmed cases of cholera had been reported from 31 states.
NCDC: Nigeria records 233 deaths, 2,187 confirmed Cholera cases in nine months

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has said her agency has seized over N1.7 trillion worth of tramadol containers since 2018.
NAFDAC seizes N1.7 trillion tramadol in four years

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that highlights “devastating” losses to nature due to human activity.
WWF: Wildlife populations plunge 69% since 1970

The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, says the federal government is considering tapping into the newly created fund by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Minister: Nigerian government considering additional borrowing from IMF, debt restructuring

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has seized drugs worth a million naira in Kaduna.
NAFDAC seizes unregistered N1 million products in Kaduna

National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has closed the social account of its Director General, Prof Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye, due to alleged the activities of fraudulent individuals impersonating her on Facebook and Linkedin.
NAFDAC alleges hacking of DG’s social media account

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said that measures have been put at various ports of entry into the country to prevent contaminated cough syrups.
NAFDAC: We’ve measures to prevent entry of ‘contaminated cough syrups’ into Nigeria

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has projected that Nigeria’s economic growth will slow to 3.0 per cent in 2023 while the inflation rate drops to 17 per cent.
IMF: Nigeria’s economic growth will slow in 2023

The International Monetary Fund has warned that the recent incidents of flooding in some states in Nigeria will worsen food insecurity and lead to further increase in food prices across the country.
IMF: Flooding will worsen food insecurity, inflation in Nigeria

A millionaire political novice won the most votes in legislative elections in Lesotho but fell short of securing a parliamentary majority that could have ended long-running political gridlock, officials said on Monday.
Millionaire considered ‘outsider’ wins Lesotho vote but no majority

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified Healthcare providers and the public of the death of 66 children in Gambia following the use of four substandard cough syrups as reported by WHO in September 2022.
NAFDAC warns on cough syrup from Gambia

A three-year-old child who managed to survive last week's massacre at a nursery in northeast Thailand slumbered through the horror under a blanket in the corner of a classroom.
‘Miracle’ toddler survived Thailand nursery massacre asleep under blanket

The International Organization for Migration, (IOM), Nigeria, has said that not less than 15, 000 Internally Displaced Persons, (IDPs), in Northeast Nigeria are in immediate need of shelter and food due to floods which destroyed their camps.
IOM decries humanitarian crisis as floods ravage IDPs in Northeast

The National Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said Nigeria needs a leader who is more competent than current president, Muhammadu Buhari.
Hakeem Baba-Ahmed: Nigeria doesn’t need a leader like Muhammadu Buhari again

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed relief materials to people displaced by flood in nine local government areas of Kogi.
NEMA distributes relief materials to Kogi flood victims

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified healthcare providers and the public of the death of 66 children in the Gambia following the use of four substandard cough syrups.
NAFDAC raises alarm on harmful pediatric cough syrups