Tag: food shortage
Food shortage: 8 people die in Benue IDPs camp
Eight people died at the Mbawa Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Benue between January and this month. The Chairman…
Boko Haram: Food shortage hits IDPs Camp in Adamawa
No fewer than 1,400 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) including the elderly, women and children from Fufore in Adamawa are complaining…
Hundreds of IDPs protest over shortage of food in Adamawa
Hundreds of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Fufore and Malkohi camps in Adamawa staged peaceful protests over lack of food…
Nigeria may experience food shortage, UNDP warns
The UN Development Programme (UNDP), on Thursday, warned that Nigeria might experience food shortage, if urgent interventions were not put…
Concerns over food shortages in Ebola-hit nations
The United Nations warned on Tuesday of “grave food security concerns” in the west African countries hardest hit by the…
Boko Haram Sacks 19,000 Farmers
Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from their land in northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands…
Flood: Minister allays fears over food shortage
Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has assured the country that it would not be plunged…
IMF, World Bank warn on West Africa’s food emergency
The IMF and World Bank on Saturday raised the alarm on the “humanitarian emergency” in West Africa’s Sahel region, where…