24 h. ago Childhood struggles with food insecurity made me start Lagos Food Bank –Sunbola, lawyer, social entrepreneur

By Agatha Emeadi   Michael Sunbola is the founder of Lagos Food Bank Initiative, a non-profit organization.  He is also a social entrepreneur and legal practitioner at Pundit Firms.  In an interview with Sunday Sun, Sunbola said he struggled with food insecurity while growing up. That personal experience inspired him to start off his initiative […] The post Childhood struggles with food insecurity made me start Lagos Food Bank –Sunbola, lawyer, social entrepreneur appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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3 d. ago Insecurity: Expert Warns Against Looming Food Crisis In Kogi

An agricultural expert, Dr. Tunde Arosanyin, has warned that agricultural production in Okunland, Kogi West Senatorial district, is facing an existential threat from the recent escalating insecurity in the region. Dr. Arosanyin’s assertion underscores the imperative for swift action to protect farmers, ensure food security and safeguard the region’s economic future. Presenting a paper on “The […]

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6 d. ago “Stop The Social Media Drama, Go To Court” – Lawyer Tells Cubana Chief Priest’s Alleged Babymama

Hellen Ati, the woman claiming to have a child for Cubana Chief Priest, has been advised to take legal steps instead of seeking public sympathy. Legal practitioner Stan Alieke shared this counsel in response to her ongoing demand for a DNA test. His advice follows Hellen’s public appeal to Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma, urging […] The post “Stop The Social Media Drama, Go To Court” – Lawyer Tells Cubana Chief Priest’s Alleged Babymama appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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1 week ago Embrace agriculture for food security, job creation – Ogun monarch urges youths

The Alake and Paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo has called on Nigerian youths to embrace agriculture to boost food creation and create jobs Gbadebo described the level of unemployment as well as the challenge of food insecurity in the country as worrisome saying that the youths can however bring about a turnaround with Read More

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2 w. ago Despite Right To Food Act: 11m Children Battling With Severe Food Poverty

Despite the passage of the Right to Food Act in 2023, which mandates the government to ensure food security, millions of Nigerians face hunger and malnutrition. The situation is particularly dire in Northern Nigeria, where food insecurity is exacerbated by insecurity, poor policy implementation, and economic challenges, with reports of a dramatic increase in the […]

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2 w. ago Foundation to aid struggling mothers, orphanages in $1m initiative

The Alice Jegede Feed My Children Foundation has begun an initiative to provide struggling mothers with vital food and financial assistance to bridge the hunger crisis in the country. Aside from struggling mothers, the initiative will also provide children in orphanages with much-needed meals, marking a significant movement against food insecurity. PUNCH Online reports that Read More

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2 w. ago Create policies to attract agric investments, stakeholders urge govt

Stakeholders in the agricultural sector have called for urgent policy reforms, increased investments, and technological innovations to strengthen the country’s food system. With food insecurity affecting millions of Nigerians, the agricultural experts, policymakers, and development partners convened in Abuja on Thursday for the National Stakeholder Dialogue on Food Security. The dialogue, themed “Achieving Food Security Read More

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2 w. ago We have to narrow lens on social reproduction, how frameworks automatically become burdensome to women —Aderonke Ige

Tribune Online We have to narrow lens on social reproduction, how frameworks automatically become burdensome to women —Aderonke Ige Aderonke Ige, a lawyer, human rights activist, advocate for organically African development, is social justice crusader, environmental justice advocate and founder of Help Initiative for Social Justice and Humanitarian Development (HI), whose work spans the intersections of social justice, environmental justice and the intersections of women’s rights in these development agendas. She speaks with ADEOLA […] We have to narrow lens on social reproduction, how frameworks automatically become burdensome to women —Aderonke Ige Tribune Online

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2 w. ago Nigeria’s Problem Is Largely Food Insecurity, Says Speaker Abbas

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has charged the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly to make legislative moves towards addressing hunger and malnutrition in Nigeria. According to him, this becomes necessary as food insecurity is the major challenge facing the country. Specifically addressing the House Committee on Food Security […]

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2 w. ago Media strategist says Nollywood actress plagiarised viral post on Asake

Media strategist, Esther Ijewere, has accused Nollywood actress, Dayo Amusa, of plagiarism, saying Amusa copied and shared her social media post about singer, Asake, and his father without proper credit. Ijewere originally shared her thoughts on Facebook, reflecting on Asake’s childhood struggles and the emotional weight of his public family issues. She posted on Facebook Read More

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3 w. ago Deji Adeyanju Ridicules Mercy Chinwo’s N1.1bn Suit Against VeryDarkMan, Calls It “Complete Joke”

Deji Adeyanju, the lawyer representing controversial social media critic Martins Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, has dismissed gospel singer Mercy Chinwo’s defamation suit against his client as “a complete joke.” It should be noted that a Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, issued a bench warrant on Thursday, March 13, 2025, for the arrest […] The post Deji Adeyanju Ridicules Mercy Chinwo’s N1.1bn Suit Against VeryDarkMan, Calls It “Complete Joke” appeared first on Information Nigeria.

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3 w. ago Insecurity threatens northern female farmers, food security —Don 

The Director of Research at the Centre for Population and Environmental Development, Dr Johnson Dudu, has raised concerns over the impact of insecurity in the North-East on food sufficiency, stating that many women farmers now require escorts to access their farms. Dudu made this statement on Thursday during a one-day empowerment programme for women in Read More

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3 w. ago Agribusiness DG advocates aggressive farming to curb food insecurity

By: Daniel Kanu The Director of the Agribusiness Incubation Centre at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Dr Philips Nto, has advocated aggressive farming by all adult Nigerians as a practical step towards curbing food insecurity. He said Nigerians must farm what they eat and eat what they farm ‘if they are to overcome […] The post Agribusiness DG advocates aggressive farming to curb food insecurity appeared first on The Sun Nigeria.

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