A report the other day that Nigeria of barely 198 million people has just dethroned India of more than one billion people as the global capital of extreme poverty is a sad commentary of public affairs in the county. It should be an unacceptable paradox of development that the world’s most populous black nation on…

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Olufemi Baniro, yesterday, called on African leaders to invest in research in order to end hunger, unemployment and underdevelopment in the continent, rather than depending on foreign aids. He said this at an event organised by the University of Benin, Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health…

Agriculture has been described as a potent tool to reduce the alarming rate of poverty and hunger in Nigeria and other developing countries of the world.   Approximately 1 billion people in the world are said to be extremely hungry especially in the developing countries, while average of 12.9 per cent of the developing population…

Researchers got 40 obese children to cut the sugar out of their diet completely. In barely more than a week the results showed the participants had decreased cholesterol, blood pressure and liver fat levels.

The organisation, therefore, called for swift and decisive action from the international community to protect of millions of families that depend on farming, livestock and fishing for their food and livelihoods. 

The experience of most Nigerians in the first year of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari is that of an increase in suffering.

Up to 50 million people in Africa will need food by Christmas as a crisis across the continent triggered by El Niño worsens, the United Nations (UN) and major international charities have warned.

A Non Governmental Organisation, Oxfam, has warned against growing hunger in the Lake Chad Basin of West and Central African, saying the number of people going hungry may double in the next three months.

Shonde had disclosed that the incident began after the wife returned from a five-day trip to Abuja, where she allegedly met up with Oluokun.

In a Nation where hunger, poverty, unemployment, power failure, killings, kidnappings, accidents, and hardship, etc, have become the order of the day, it is pertinent for our leaders, both past and present......