GOVERNOR Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger State reacted very poorly to the protests that rocked Minna, the state capital, and other areas recently over rising hunger and hardship. He blamed the “opposition” for allegedly “sponsoring” them. Some women who were part of the protests were arrested but later released with public apologies from the Governor. […]

Over the last 10 years, food inflation in Nigeria has risen by 133.5 per cent, moving from 9.9 percent in August 2012 to 23.12 per cent in August 2022.

By Luminous Jannamike The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, on Thursday, tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to prioritise investment in food production to reduce hunger and fast-track economic well-being of the people, especially women and girls. Ayokunle, who spoke at CAN’s launch of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence […]

As 100 million people threatened with poverty by 2030 By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja A French development agency, Agence Française de Développement, AFD, Thursday, assisted the International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, with €300 million loans to help small scale farmers tackle climate change and huger. This was disclosed in a statement jointly signed by […]

By Omeiza Ajayi The COVID-19 Pandemic brought with it so many things and even helped to expand the vocabularies of many students. For a long time, some were not conversant with words such as Coronavirus (a family of viruses to which COVID-19 belongs), pandemic and then, palliatives, which is often used in medical circles. With […]