Tag: Food
Laos prioritizes food security, agricultural modernization
Vientiane, March 2, 2026 (Xinhua/NAN) Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has called for accelerated efforts to strengthen food security, modernize agricultural production, and improve...
Food safety: Association tasks farmers on organic practices
Abuja, Feb. 6, 2026 (NAN) The Organic Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (OFPAN) has urged farmers to adopt organic practices in food...
NGO raises concern over ‘unhealthy’ food marketing during festive periods
Lagos, Feb. 4, 2026 (NAN) An NGO, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) is worried that sugary drinks and ultra-processed foods are being...
FG distributes input to farmers to boost food production in Kwara
Ilorin, Jan. 29, 2026 (NAN) The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has distributed inputs to farmers to boost food production and address...
Air Chief’s Wife decries exploitation of widows, distributes food, cash to...
Abuja, Jan. 24, 2026 (NAN) Mrs Ngozi Aneke, the National President, Nigerian Air Force Officers’ Wives Association (NAFOWA), has decried the persistent exploitation of...
Physician blames rising diabetes on unregulated food production, self-medication
Lagos, Jan. 24, 2026 (NAN) A General Physician, Dr Gerald Chinasa, has identified self-medication and lack of proper regulation of foods and drugs consumed...
Foreign Looming food aid cuts in North-East, Nigeria put 1m persons...
New York, Jan. 23, 2026 (NAN) No fewer than a million people in North-East Nigeria could lose emergency food and nutrition assistance unless funding...
Nigerian celebrity chef Baci becomes three-time Guinness World Record holder
Anuja, Jan. 21, 2026 (NAN) Nigerian Celebrity chef, Hilda Baci, has become a three-time Guinness World Record holder.
This is after she broke the world...
Food, nutrition policy review key to Nigeria’s food security – Perm....
Abuja, Jan 21, 2026 (NAN) The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning (FMBEP), Dr Deborah Odoh, says the ongoing review of...
Abuja residents hail FG’s intervention on food price drop
Abuja Jan. 20, 2026 (NAN) Some Abuja residents have commended the Federal Government’s intervention towards food prices reduction, saying crashing prices of food items...
How an NGO is tackling malnutrition among children in rural communities
In Nigeria, protein deficiency among under-five children remains a pressing public health concern.
Many families struggle to access affordable animal-based protein, leaving young children at...
Food price reduction: FG earns praises, farmers call for support
Ibadan, Oct. 27, 2025 (NAN) The Federal Government (FG), along with farmers, particularly in the South-West, has been praised for the reduction in food...
Food security: Nigeria deploys AI, other technologies to monitor production –...
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), July 28, 2025 (NAN) Vice-President Kashim Shettima says Nigeria is deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other modern technologies to monitor food...
EU to introduce new rules to cut food, textile waste
The representatives of European Union member states and the European Parliament on Wednesday agreed on new rules to reduce food and textile waste.
Waste generated...
FG donates food, non-food items to returnees from Chad
The Federal Government has donated food and non-food relief items to the Borno Government to support the resettlement of Nigerians who returned from Chad.
Mrs....
50 million in West Africa face food insecurity – FAO
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Thursday said the number of people facing food insecurity in West Africa has risen to 50 million.
FAO...
Secure farmers, farmlands to enhance food security, Group urges FG
The Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups has called on the Federal Government to secure farmlands to prevent farmers from being abducted...
