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NLNG, LCCI promote sustainable food security in Nigeria
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), in partnership with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), on Wednesday presented the joint-winning works of The Nigeria Prize for Science (2022) to industry players in an effort to push agricultural innovations that can…
Ukraine decrees $24.3 m food aid to Nigeria, others
Despite suffering crushing blows in the lingering Russian invasion of the country, the government of Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has decided to send up to 125,000 tons of wheat or corn as humanitarian aid to four countries in Africa and…
Flood: Atiku tasks Buhari on relief fund
Sopuruchi Onwuka Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on the curling government controlled by the All Progress Congress (APC) to quickly establish a flood relief fund to maintain a steady intervention in flood…
Flood, banditry, inflation menace Nigerians with starvation
Sopuruchi Onwuka The prediction of hunger which has formed a consistent warning since the occupation of the farming communities of the country has been amplified by the prevailing spate of flood incidents that submerged vast farmland and wiped hopes of…
NLNG 2022 prizes: The Obasanjo phenomenon
Sopuruchi Onwuka The choice of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to present the 2022 Nigerian Prize for Literature to winners amplifies the key messages and joint ambitions of the 2022 Nigeria Prize for Science and the Nigeria Prize for Literature respectively….
International doctors warn of starvation in besieged northwest
Nigeria faces worsening malnutrition in the northwest due to insecurity, high food prices and the impact of climate change, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said on Tuesday, calling for the region to be included in United Nations funding plans next year….
Factors that stoke runaway inflation in Nigeria
Sopuruchi Onwuka Rising insecurity at fishing hubs in the northern parts of the country is compounded by Ukrainian export holdup and rising petrol prices to push Nigeria’s inflation to pre-2005 highs, amplifying how Putin’s war decisions aggravated Buhari’s bad policies…
Ukraine war: 22m Nigerians, Sahel Africans starving
WFP seeks $777m for 6 month intervention programme Sopuruchi Onwuka Millions of people facing starvation in Sahel Africa and Nigeria will need urgent supply to avert mass undernourishment as the prices for food commodities like grains and vegetable oils reached…
Eni, FAO commission integrated water schemes in N/E states
Sopuruchi Onwuka Italian oil multinational, Eni, says it has delivered 11 rural water projects in the states of Borno and Yobe, northeast of the country. The integrated water schemes, according to the Italian firm, comprise boreholes, solar power systems, treatment…
Forest Capital acquires Kayvee Microfinance Bank
Sopuruchi Onwuka Forest Capital has announced acquisition of Kayvee Microfinace Bank, saying it is a strategic move to broaden its influence into greater social and business spheres. Forest Capital is the investment subsidiary of Farmforte limited, a valuechain development company…
