Food

Social commentator and good governance advocate, Bello Galadanci, popularly known as Dan Bello, has sparked heated debate after criticizing Chef Hilda Baci’s recent attempt to set the Guinness World Record for the biggest pot of jollof rice. Dan Bello described the Guinness record feet that drew over 20,000 audience as a distraction from Nigeria’s pressing development challenges. Writing on his …

President Bola Tinubu has called for a Federal Executive Council committee to move swiftly and implement measures to further reduce food prices across the country. Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the directive focuses on ensuring the safe passage of farm produce across transport routes …

FAKE CHLOROQUINE TABLETS IN CIRCULATION -NAFDAC WARNS NIGERIANS The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday alerted Nigerians on the circulation of falsified chloroquine phosphate 250mg tablets. In a a statement the Director-General of the agency, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, said the NAFDAC was notified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of the circulation of the …

FOOD PRICES REMAIN HIGH DESPITE FOURTH INFLATION DECLINE – CPPE The Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, CPPE, has said food price rises persist despite the fourth consecutive decline in headline inflation in July 2025. The Director of CPPE, Muda Yusuf, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in reaction to Nigeria’s July inflation figures. DAILY POST reports that …

FOOD CRISIS: 34 MILLION NIGERIANS AT RISK OF HUNGER AS UN FOOD AID ENDS About 1.4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in northeastern Nigeria are at the risk of starvation following the withdrawal of humanitarian funding by the United Nations (UN). The Cadre Harmonisé Food and Nutrition Insecurity Analysis, led by the government of Nigeria, with support from the Food …

POORLY PROCESSED GARRI MAY CAUSE IRREVERSIBLE BLINDNESS – EXPERTS WARN Medical experts have warned that consuming poorly processed garri and unregulated alcoholic beverages could lead to irreversible blindness due to their toxic effects on the optic nerve. They explained that the presence of high cyanide content in inadequately fermented garri and methanol in locally distilled spirits can cause permanent nerve …

FG RAISES ALARM OVER FOOD INSECURITY, SAYS 161 MILLION NIGERIANS ON DANGER LIST The federal government says about 161 million Nigerians are currently food insecure, even as it intensifies efforts to avert an impending food and nutrition crisis. The Director, Nutrition and Food Safety Department, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Nuhu Kilishi, said this on Friday in Abuja …

PRICE OF BEANS CRASHES BY OVER 100 PERCENT The Cowpea and Beans Farmers, Processors, and Marketers Association of Nigeria (C&BFPMAN) has attributed the recent crash in the price of beans and cowpeas to a bumper harvest across farming regions. Speaking in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, stakeholders, including farmers, wholesalers, and consumers, highlighted increased …

AGRIC MINISTRY DECLARES THREE-DAY PRAYER, FASTING FOR FOOD SECURITY The federal ministry of agriculture and food security has declared a three-day fasting and prayer programme for divine intervention in the country’s agricultural sector. In an internal circular dated June 11, the ministry’s director of human resource management, said the spiritual exercise is intended to seek God’s guidance for Nigeria’s food …

SUGARY DRINKS CAUSE OF RISING DEATHS, CHRONIC DISEASES – EXPERT A public health expert has raised serious concerns over the increasing health risks posed by the consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) in Nigeria. The expert warned that the country is facing a growing crisis of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related diseases. In an exclusive interview with Abayomi Sarumi, Associate Director …