World Food Day
22 Oct
In celebration of World Food Day, itel Nigeria and the Lagos Food Bank Initiative extended their generosity and support to the students of Mawumadoka Orphans and Less Privileged School/Home, reaching over 1,000 children with essential food items and educational resources
18 Oct
To commemorate the World Food Day, the reigning Queen of Queens Nigeria 2023/2024, Benedicta Marcus, has embarked on a remarkable initiative to feed 350 persons on the streets of Abuja.
18 Oct
As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the World Food Day last Wednesday, stakeholders have expressed fear of further hike in the price of food and other agro-based commodities owing to the impact of the Federal Government economic policies and other prevailing factors.
17 Oct
Data from the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), showed that Nigeria lost an estimated 855,629 metric tonnes of food to flooding during this year’s wet season farming.
16 Oct
Amid the worsening food crisis rocking the polity, more Nigerians are assuming the beg-borrow-or-steal desperate mode of survival. Despite the conservative threshold of N1,255 per healthy diet, more citizens are finding feeding unbearable
15 Oct
As the world marks World Food Day 2024, the Chop2Green Nigeria initiative has concluded arrangements to plant 100 million trees for the Great Green Wall in the country. The lead managing partner of the Kilishi Kulture Initiative, Mr. Victor Wilkinson Agih, in a statement explained that the initiative is needed to address food security and…
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