Food

EFCC impounds 21 trucks smuggling food to neighbouring countries

EFCC impounds 21 trucks smuggling food to neighbouring countries The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has intercepted…

2 months ago

FG releases 10 high-yield crop varieties to farmers to enhance food sufficiency

FG releases 10 high-yield crop varieties to farmers to enhance food sufficiency The Federal Government, through the National Varieties Release…

11 months ago

Prices of rice, beans, others rise, says NBS report

Prices of food items in Nigeria including rice, beans and beef have continued to rice as shown in a new…

1 year ago

Agric budgets hit N874.83bn, food imports gulp N7.81tn

The Federal Government budgeted about N874.83bn for the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development from 2016 to 2021, whereas…

2 years ago

Surge in food prices ‘ll hinder poverty alleviation progress in Nigeria, World Bank warns

THE World Bank has warned that the rising prices of food items will reverse the progress of poverty alleviation in…

2 years ago

IPOB Order: Food, Cattle Dealers Mull Fresh Blockade In South-East

The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff & Cattle Dealers of Nigeria Wednesday expressed its readiness to stop the transportation of livestock…

2 years ago

Woman arrested for hiding drug in food for boyfriend

• Agency seizes 8.3m tramadol capsules, 57, 782 bottles of codeine in Lagos The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)…

2 years ago

Gunmen abduct two Ogun clerics, eat prepared food, demand N15m

A gang of kidnappers has abducted two Islamic clerics after taking time to eat at their residence at Ayetoro in…

2 years ago

Teenager laced guardian’s food with rat poison in Ogun

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command say they have arrested an 18-year-old female senior secondary school student for allegedly…

2 years ago

Why I buried my father without drinks, food, party — Akintola

A Lecturer with the University of Lagos, Professor Ishaq Akintola, has offered explanations for why he buried his father in…

2 years ago