Food
General Politics

FG deserves credit for subsidising food imports – Group

By Abdulfatah Babatunde The Democratic Front (TDF) has welcomed the implementation of the duty-free window for essential food imports into the country as a commendable short-term measure to address the high cost of food items. TDF’s Chairman, Mallam Danjuma Muhammad and Secretary, Chief Wale Adedayo, gave the commendation in a statement emailed to TheNewsZenith at […]

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Food Security General

 Food, security crises: TMC urges FG’s urgent action

By Abdulfatah Babatunde A faith-based organisation, The Muslim Congress (TMC), has called on the Federal Government to tackle pressing issues of food and security challenges before the country is plunged into avoidable violent crises. The TMC Committee on Social Mobility, the Economy & Politics gave this advice in “State of the Nation Address” on Saturday […]

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General National

Tinubu seeks collaboration with states on food, insecurity

From Our Correspondent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, met with the 36 state governors and the FCT Minister on Nigeria’s lingering insecurity and economic hardship and came out with far-reaching decisions to tackle the issues. TheNewsZenith reports that Mr Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy gave a […]

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General Health

Poorly-destroyed, expired products sneaking into markets – NAFDAC

By Our Correspondent The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned that poorly destroyed, expired or stolen products from food manufacturers are sneaking into the markets through scavengers. The agency gave the warning in a statement, on Sunday, in Lagos. It said that such practice was unacceptable as it endangered the […]

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Agriculture Food Security Foreign News

Tanzania seeks youth, women inclusion in Africa’s food agenda

Tanzanian President, Dr Samia Hassan,has launched Africa’s Food System Forum (AFSF) 2023 and calls for inclusion of youth and women as critical drivers of Africa’s food systems agenda. Hassan officially launched the forum described as ‘Africa’s premier platform’ for advancing the agriculture and food systems agenda in Africa. The theme of this year’s Forum is […]

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