Tag: Hunger

UN sounds alarm on hunger, warns of famine in Northern Nigeria

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UN sounds alarm

Around 55 million people in violence-wracked West and Central Africa face acute food insecurity this year, and some are on the verge of famine in northern Nigeria, the United Nations (UN) said, yesterday. Violence across the region has triggered a hunger crisis that is being exacerbated by aid cuts, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) stated. According to the WFP, it had had to slash its food assistance in the area as funding dries up. In West and Central Africa, “a staggering 55 million people will be facing acute food…

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‘Terrorist attacks pushing 35m in the North towards severe hunger’ – UN warns 

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UN warns on hunger in North

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a stark warning that escalating terrorist attacks and worsening insecurity in northern Nigeria are driving hunger to levels unseen in years, with millions now at risk as the 2026 lean season approaches. According to a statement issued yesterday, nearly 35 million people across northern Nigeria are projected to face severe food insecurity between May and September – the period between planting and harvest when rural communities typically struggle the most. In Borno State, the epicentre of the 16-year conflict with Boko…

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UN Food Agencies raise alarm over high spate of hunger in Nigeria

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Global Hunger Index Nigeria2

The United Nations (UN) has raised concern over the rising levels of hunger in Nigeria, warning that millions of people in the country are at risk of severe food insecurity. In a joint report released yesterday by two UN food agencies — the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) — the organisations warned that millions more people around the world could face famine as funding shortfalls worsen already dire conditions. According to the Rome-based agencies, conflict and violence are driving acute food insecurity in most…

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Global Hunger Index: Nigeria ranked 115th, as 32m face food insecurity 

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Global Hunger Index Nigeria

Nigeria has dropped to 115th position out of 125 countries on the 2025 Global Hunger Index (GHI), signalling a deepening food security and nutrition crisis fuelled by high inflation, poverty, and insecurity. The Global Hunger Index, which tracks hunger worldwide, measures four key indicators – undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality. Nigeria’s poor scores across all categories place it among countries with “serious” levels of hunger. Speaking at the Nutritious Food Fair in Kano, the Country Representative of Propcom+ Nigeria, Dr. Adiya Ode, expressed concern that the situation…

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‘139m Nigerians now in poverty despite reform gains” – World Bank

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W'Bank on 9ja poverty

The World Bank has expressed concern that despite Nigeria’s recent economic stabilisation efforts, about 139 million citizens are now living in poverty, warning that the country risks losing reform gains if they fail to translate into tangible improvements in people’s welfare. The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Mathew Verghis, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja, at the launch of the October 2025 Nigeria Development Update titled: “From Policy to People: Bringing the Reform Gains Home”. The Nigeria Development Update is the bank’s biannual flagship report that reviews economic trends, policy…

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UN lists Nigeria as ‘hunger hotspot’

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UN lists Nigeria

…Warns acute food insecurity will worsen in North The United Nations (UN) yesterday reported that extreme hunger is intensifying in 13 global hot spots, with Gaza, Sudan, South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali at immediate risk of famine without humanitarian intervention. The “Hunger Hotspots” report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) blamed conflict, economic shocks, and climate-related hazards for conditions in the worst-hit areas. The report cited insecurity in northern Nigeria, which it said “is expected to deteriorate, with escalating violence driving further civilian…

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“Your policies lack human face” – UN, ILO, others tell Tinubu

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UN, others tell Tinubu

…Urges FG to address 60% poverty rate The United Nations (UN) Country Representative to Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, has faulted the economic policies of the Tinubu administration for their alleged lack of a human face. Fall, who stated this at the Global Coalition for Social Justice conference in honour of the visiting Director-General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Gilbert Houngbo, said irrespective of the praise singing of Government agencies, some of the economic policies of the Tinubu administration lack human face, and require urgent steps to address the country’s 60%…

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Ndume mocks poverty in South, circulates video of queues at Tinubu’s Lagos residence

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Ndume mocks

The lawmaker representing Borno-South in the 10th Senate, Ali Ndume, has shared a video of long queues of Nigerians waiting for palliatives at President Bola Tinubu’s Lagos residence on Christmas Eve. The lawmaker posted the video on his X account on Wednesday, December 25, wrote: “Queues for presidential handouts at Bourdillon on Christmas Eve highlight a sobering reality. Poverty is a universal challenge that demands collective action and sustainable solutions”. The senator’s comment comes on the heels of three deadly stampedes during palliative distributions in Oyo, Anambra, and the Federal…

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‘Hunger behind #EndBadGovernance protests’ – PDP

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PDP on protests

Urges FG to address hardship The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), says hunger sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protests in Nigeria. PDPs National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this at a press conference yestetday in Abuja. Recall that on August 1-10, thousands of Nigerians took to streets across the country to rail against a pervasive economic hardship. The 10-day protest, whuch was marred by looting and arson in the North, was spearheaded by the #Take-It-Back movement and a raft of civil society organisations. Ologunagbas comments come on the heels of the arrest of…

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Fuel price hike: “Nigerians are hungry”, Kukah tells Tinubu

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Kukah tells Tinubu

Archbishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Kukah, has warned President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), to urgently address the economic hardship in the country, saying Nigerians are hungry. The bishop, who spoke at the unveiling of The Progressive Institute, a brainchild of the Abdullahi Ganduje-led National Working Committee, in Abuja yesterday, also appealed to the government to consider reducing the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, (PMS), popularly called petrol, which was recently hiked, leading to long queues of motorists across various filling stations. He said,…

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