The Federal Government says it has launched several intervention programmes to ease the ongoing food crisis and boost agricultural productivity across the country. Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, stated this on Monday in Akure during the distribution of farm inputs to local farmers. Kyari explained that the programmes aim to tackle the …
The hot sun beats down on Nigeria's farmlands, drying up the once fertile soil. Dust sweeps across fields that used to be full of life. Maize plants are broken, cassava tubers are rotting under the intense heat, and rice paddies are dried up, with no water left to help the crops grow. From Niger to …
The smell of smoky jollof rice filled the Lagos air. Drums beat, cameras flashed, and hundreds lined up under the scorching sun, waiting for a scoop from what would become the world’s largest pot of Nigerian jollof rice. Celebrity chef Hilda Effiong Bassey, beaming in her apron, stirred the mammoth pot as cheers rose around …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Sudan’s army has denied allegations that its forces bombed a convoy carrying humanitarian supplies to civilians in a famine-stricken region, amid intensifying scrutiny of both warring parties over the deepening humanitarian crisis. Reports emerged on Friday that airstrikes had targeted vehicles transporting food and medical aid to communities cut off by months …
