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The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday it is releasing $100 million in aid for seven countries that include Nigeria and Ethiopia to help them avoid famine because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ethiopia, where fighting has broken out between the central government and the northern Tigray region, will receive one-fifth of this money. The other recipients
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News of Mayetti Allah’s support for their Life Patron, President Buhari falls into the “dog bites man category”. It would have been startling news if the herdsmen fail to approve of the only President who ever allowed them to kill, rape and commit arson with impunity. In the process, they sent over four thousand of fellow Nigerians, mostly farmers to the grave.
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The threat of massive famine in 2018 and 2019 is becoming a reality to those close to Nigeria’s farmlands. In the past, food shortages had occurred on account of unfavourable weather or pest infestation. Low rainfall or excessive flooding as well as locust attacks had in the past also resulted in low food productivity.
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The World Council of Churches (WCC), World Evangelical Alliance and All Africa Conference of Churches, along with a coalition of other partners, are promoting June 10, as the second annual Global Day of Prayer to End Famine.
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More than 20 million people are at risk from famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and the northeast of Nigeria, the United Nations warned on Wednesday.
Read More 3.2 m people are in crisis food situation in Adamawa, Borno & Yobe states, 1.4m are in emergency and 44,000 in famine
Read More ABUJA—INTERNATIONAL agriculture experts warned, yesterday, that famine and malnutrition were imminent in the country unless the Federal Government urgently put in place measures to address the problem of insecurity.
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The new United Nations fund set up to tackle the looming famine in crisis-ridden areas in Nigeria and avoid a deepening humanitarian crisis has reached $24 million.
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The Federal Government has denied the reports by some United Nations’ agencies of imminent famine in Nigeria, saying there was no threat of starvation in the country.
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From ancient Rome to modern times, mankind has suffered devastating periods of hunger caused by drought, war or misguided politics.
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