Aluta News Glovo, a pioneering multi-category app, has recorded a 166 per cent year-on-year increase in jollof rice deliveries, with a jollof rice dish delivered every 1.5 minutes in the last 12 months. Mrs Lamide Akinola, the General Manager, Glovo Nigeria, made this known in a report on Thursday inContinue Reading
By Mohammed Baba Busu In an effort to ensure food security and sufficiency, a delegation from Niger, led by the Special Adviser on Social Investment Programme, Hauwa Bako, has visited Soilless Farm Labs in Ogun. The visit was to ensure the successful implementation of its agricultural policies in the state.Continue Reading
Aluta News Some perishable food prices have crashed by about 50 per cent amid the ongoing nationwide hunger protest, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The protest with hashtag #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria is planned to end on 10 August. It is aimed at calling the Federal Government’s attention to the economicContinue Reading
Aluta News The Senate has urged the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency initiate measures to tackle the impending food insecurity in the country. It also urged government to outline measures put in place to combat the situation and address Nigerians on it. The Senate’s resolution followed adoptionContinue Reading
Aluta News The Bishop of Ibadan Diocese in the Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Joseph Akinfenwa, has urged the Federal Government to immediately start the process of subsidising the movement of food items. Akinfenwa made the remark on Saturday in Ibadan at the Collation, Institution and Induction of Ven. Samuel OluwagbadeContinue Reading
By Aluta News March 14, 2024 The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has distributed food items to lepers in Abaji, Kuje and Gwagwalada area councils as part of efforts to fight hunger among vulnerable residents. Mrs Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, the Mandate Secretary, Women Affairs Secretariat, FCTA, said during the distribution inContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 27, 2024 The Federal Government and Niger Government have reiterated commitment to ensuring food security and driving down food inflation. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Sen. Abubakar Kyari and Gov. Mohammed Bago of Niger stated this when Bago visited Kyari on Friday in Abuja.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 11, 2023 Muktar Betara, House of Representatives member for Biu, Bayo, kwaya Kusar and Shani Federal Constituencies of Borno, has donated more foodstuff to vulnerable persons in his constituents. The piece of information about the distribution was made available by the lawmaker’s Spokesperson, Aishatu Ibrahim, onContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 13, 2023 President Bola Tinubu has ordered immediate action to stem rising food prices and ensure sustainable food security in the country. At a briefing on Thursday in Abuja by Mr Dele Alake, Presidential Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Tinubu said the interventions wereContinue Reading
By Aluta News June 21, 2023 The United Nations (UN) has allocated $20 million dollars to urgently ramp up the response to the alarming food security and nutrition crisis in the north-east of Nigeria. UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday at UN headquartersContinue Reading
