Food Crisis Hits Over 657,000 People In Adamawa-Report, FAO Poise To Intervene

YOLA — Report by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said over 657,000 people across Adamawa, Northeast Nigeria, are suffering from a food crisis. OCHA stated that out of the total $1 billion estimated to be required for humanitarian assistance in Northeast Nigeria this year, $225 million (22.5 per cent) is required for Adamawa State.” The insurgency in the region, various studies have said, has worsened displacement and food insecurity....

Federal Government Trains Irish Potato Farmers In Kano

KANO — The Federal Government has trained some Irish Potato farmers in Kano tagged ‘5-Day Training on Farmers Business School (FBS) for Irish Potato Farmers in Gezawa Communities on farming business models which will improve the way they cultivate the crop. Addressing the trainees, the Director, Federal Department of Agriculture of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Hajiya Karima Babangida, said Irish potato is a premium cash crop sought after by many in...

Central Bank Of Nigeria To Cultivate Over 500,000 Hectares Of Farmland In Northeast

MAIDUGURI — Northeast Zonal Coordinator, Development Finance Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN Mr. Mahmood Nyako has commenced mapping of over 500,000 hecters of farmland for the cultivation of rice in the northeast cropping season. Nyako disclosed this during a meeting with the leadership of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria RIFAN, Borno state chapter in Maiduguri. He expressed confidence that with the special programme embarked by the Central Bank for the dry and...

Over 2.6 million People Faces food Crisis In Borno State- UN Report

MAIDUGURI — The  Director, North East Development Commission (NEDC), Alhaji Mohammed Akali says according to United Nations reports that over 2.6 million people are at risk of facing food crisis in Borno. Akali made this known during a roundtable meeting with stakeholders on the humanitarian situation in the region. “The NEDC was mobilising resources to stockpile food to intervene in an event of an emergency and stressed the need for a coordinated approach by all...

Buhari Boast of Increasing Local Production of Staples Despite Food Inflation

ABUJA — In the face of a persistent surge in the prices of staples across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has boasted of increasing the local production of food under the Anchors Borrower Programme (ABP). ABP according to him has facilitated the local production of staples like rice, maize, cotton, and cassava. Buhari indicated this on Saturday during a broadcast to commemorate the year’s democracy day. “This initiative supported local production of rice, maize, cotton...

VSF Provides Families Of 61 District Heads killed by Boko Haram In Borno State With Materials

MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday ordered the release of N12.2m as an addition to a need-based intervention. The Victims Support Fund (VSF) has assisted families of 61 district heads killed by Boko Haram since 2009 across Borno State with each family getting one million Naira worth of materials. The VSF, a public and private funded humanitarian body set up by the Presidency during the Jonathan administration, had after meetings with all...

OPINION: Northern Nigeria Faces the Threat of Famine

By John Campbell, Guest Columnist and Blogger   The Western media is focused on the struggle between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with searing images of the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding. Yet the magnitude is tiny compared to the humanitarian crisis in northern Nigeria. Total confirmed deaths number 239 in the current round of fighting between Hamas and the Israelis. In comparison, there have been at least 755 deaths since January 1, 2021 in northeastern Borno State, the...

Bird Flu: Bauchi State Government Kills 27,000 Birds

The Chairman, Technical Committee on the Control of Avian Influenza in Bauchi state Samaila Burga, says the government has killed about 27,000 birds to curtail the spread of Bird flu in the State. Burga told newsmen on Friday in Bauchi that nine poultry farms were affected by the outbreak in Bauchi and Toro local government areas of the state, explaining that 27,000 birds were killed in one of the poultry farms to avert its spread...

Ramadhan: Buhari Support Group Distributes 7,000 Bags of Rice in Adamawa

YOLA —  A group, Buhari for All, has distributed 7, 200 bags of rice to underprivileged persons in Adamawa. The rice was distributed to some of the beneficiaries in Yola on Thursday by Alhaji Aminu Jaji, National Chairman of the group. Jaji said that the rice would be shared with indigent persons in all the 21 local government areas of Adamawa. “Today, the national body of  Buhari for All is presenting about 7,200 of 25 ...

Ramadan: NGO Put Smiles On Faces Of 130 Orphans Other Vulnerable In Adamawa

An Islamic Faith-Based Organization, Initiative for Muslim Women in Nigeria (IMWON) Adamawa state chapter, on Sunday distributed food items and clothes to 130 orphans and vulnerable in Yola North and Yola South local government areas of Adamawa state as part of annual activities of the organization. The orphans lost their parents either by death or conflicts. In her message to the occasion, the wife of the Adamawa state Governor Hajiya Lami Ahmadu Fintiri, represented by...

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