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FoodNational SecurityNewsFood Inflation Caused by Insecurity — Magashi

Beloved John (Staff Writer)November 8, 2021

ABUJA — The minister of defence, Bashir Magashi, has said the food influx in Nigeria is triggered by the country’s security situation. The minister disclosed this at the opening of a retreat for defence advisers/attaches, organised by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in Abuja. According to him, the attacks by bandits,  Boko Haram insurgents, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) and other outlaw gangs poses serious security threats to Nigeria. The threats currently...

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FoodNewsUnited NationsHalf a Million People In Borno, Yobe, And Adamawa Faces Starvation- WFP

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 17, 2021

YOLA — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that half a million populations of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states are at risk of starvation as its funding for the region dries up. The global agency, in a statement, said it might soon be forced to cut food rations except it secures urgent funds to continue its life-saving operations in the crisis hotspot. The UN agency also said the number of internally displaced...

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Accidents and SafetyFoodEnugu State Government Takes Full Responsibility Of 9 Month Old Survivor Of Food Poisoned Family

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 13, 2021

ENUGU — The Enugu State Government has promised to take over the welfare of the only surviving child of late Mr and Mrs. Lawrence Chukwu who lost their lives alongside their three-year-old daughter, Nazareth and house help Ukamaka after eating alibo and Ora soup suspected to be poisoned. The State Government revealed this during a condolence visit to the extended family of the deceased by the Commissioner for Gender Affairs and Social Development, Princess Peace...

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Accidents and SafetyFoodWellnessMan, Wife, Daughter, Maid Die After Eating Poisoned Food In Enugu

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 13, 2021

ENUGU —Tragedy struck in Ugbo Paul, a suburb of Abakpa Nike, in the Enugu East council area of Enugu State, following the death of three family members and their maid after eating a meal suspected to have been poisoned. It was gathered that only a nine-month-old baby girl of the family survived the tragedy, as she was not fed with the food. The victims were identified as the head of the family, Mr Lawrence Chukwu;...

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FoodUnited NationsUN-FAO Decries On Amount Of Wasted Food

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 29, 2021

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Tuesday that 17 per cent of all food available to consumers in 2019 ended up being thrown away. The UN food agency therefore, launched an urgent appeal for action to reduce the amount of food that is wasted, maintained that lack of food, hunger and malnutrition affect every country in the world. Nancy Aburto, Deputy Director of FAO’s Food and Nutrition Division Economic and Social Development Stream,...

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FoodStandards & Consumer ProtectionNAFDAC Advocates Proper Export Product Registration

PilotnewsSeptember 9, 2021

ENUGU — The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advised export stakeholders to always seek proper registration of their products to prevent their rejection. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Moji Adeyeye, gave the advice on Thursday at a one-day South-East Stakeholders’ Sensitisation on Registration and Guidelines for Export Trade held in Enugu. Adeyeye, represented by the Director, South-East Zonal Office of the agency, Mrs Olajumoke Ojetokun, said that NAFDAC offices...

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FoodHealthFood Poisoning Kills 24 People In A Single Household In Sokoto

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 12, 2021

SOKOTO — Tragedy has struck Danzanke village of Bargaja ward, Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto state following the death of 24 people in a single household as a result of food poisoning. Dr. Ali Inname, Sokoto state Commissioner for Health who confirmed this in a statement said members of the household used fertilizer type known as “Gishirin Lalle in Hausa”, as seasoning in cooking food, instead of common salt. The statement read in part:...

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FoodHealthNAFDAC to Strengthen Enlightenment Campaign on Marketing Breast Milk Substitute

PilotnewsAugust 6, 2021

KADUNA — National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will partner with relevant stakeholders to strengthen enlightenment campaign on the Breast Milk Substitute (BMS) Code, among healthcare providers and professionals. The Kaduna State Coordinator, Nasiru Mato, disclosed in Kaduna on Friday, at a Policy Dialogue Webinar on Breastfeeding, organised to commemorate the 2021 World Breastfeeding Week. The webinar with the topic, “The Role of Stakeholders in Domestic Resource Mobilization for Optimal...

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BusinessFoodFoodstuff Traders In Enugu Attribute Rise In Cost To Insecurity

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)July 28, 2021

ENUGU — The menace of suspected Fulani herdsmen at farm settlements in Enugu state has crippled rate of farm produce in the state resulting in the high cost of foodstuffs in the market. Speaking to WAPN correspondent, a vegetable seller in the popular New Market Enugu, who pleaded anonymity explained, “The cost of foodstuffs are very high now as opposed to what it used to be at this time of year, rainy season,” “This is...

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AgricultureFoodNational Home Grown Feeding Programme Reduces Hunger, Others- Sadiya

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)July 9, 2021

DAMATURU, (Yobe State) — The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruk said the Federal Government’s National Home Grown Feeding Programme special intervention has impacted positively on millions of Nigerians in areas of hunger reduction, malnutrition, employment generation, and wealth creation. The minister while flagging off Stakeholders’ engagement and enrolment exercise in Damaturu to scale up the programme in Yobe state, said over 100,000  Pupils and 215 cooks in Yobe state are currently benefitting from...

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