Tag: food, Lagos
Lagos reducing vulnerability to food shortages’ – Agric Commissioner
Lagos State has flagged off the construction of what will be the largest Food Security Systems and Central Logistics Park in sub-Saharan Africa. Governor Babajide...
Nigeria’s ‘Wheat Trap’ and kangaroo food importation,
By Simbo Olorunfemi No doubt, that Nigeria is faced with an acute food crisis. A report by the Food Agriculture Organisation (FAO) had projected that about 20 million...
Lagos residents consume N4.5bn food daily – Sanwo-Olu
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says residents of the state consume about N4.5 billion worth of food daily just as he reiterated...
19.4 million Nigerians may face food scarcity-FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says no fewer than 19.4 million Nigerians may face acute food and nutrition insecurity between June and August. Mr...
Declare state of emergency on food crisis, farmers tells SW governors
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter, on Tuesday I’m Lagos urged governors in the South-West to declare a state of emergency...
Food imports gulped $1.04bn in six months, Says CBN
In spite of emphasis on agriculture by the federal government,the level of dependence on food imports by the public and private sector has continued to...
Njoku, Nigerian food delivery driver shot dead on duty
The slate of killings in the United States have extended to a Nigeria struggling to feed his family via food delivery. But this job was cut shot as Noel...
Buhari agrees to pay foodstuff sellers N4.75billion within two weeks
The federal government has reportedly agreed to pay the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuffs and Cattle Dealers in Nigeria (AUFCDN) N4.75billion as the union agreed to...
Food blockade: Price crash worries Kano traders
…..As N37k bag of Onion now sells for N7k In the north Farmers and marketers at the Gun-Dutse onion market in Dawakin Kudu Local government Area of Kano State,...
Journalist that turn food hawker, narrates her story
Ugoma Johnson After snapping this picture on Tuesday at my business place at Olodi Apapa, Lagos, Trinity market to be precise, I showed it to one of my...
