It is no longer news that Nigerians are hungry, what is of interest at this point to every Nigerian is thinking clearly to survive till the next day. Before now, there was the problem of accessibility to essential food items, but now, in addition, there is the challenge of availability and affordability to contend with.

THE Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice, CEPEJ, yesyerday, expressed concern that many fishermen and peasant farmers in Niger Delta region, especially Delta State, have deserted their long-established fishing and farming occupations because of the continuous pollution of their environment by multi-national oil companies, pipeline vandals and oil bunkerers.

ENUGU—MEMBERS of the National Complementary and Alternative Medical Association of Nigeria, NACAMA, have appealed to the Federal as well as state ministries of health, to include their members in the event of any outbreak of communicable diseases like cholera, gastro-entertis, lassa fever, etc in the country.

Awka—THE Nigerian Red Cross has commenced the evacuation of flood victims to the 28 Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camps in the eight local government areas of Anambra State affected by this year’s flood.

The prices of food stuffs in Imo State have continued to sower , with rice selling between N22,000 and N24,000.