Category: Food

<strong>Excessive Fast Can Damage Kidney, NAFDAC Warns</strong>

24Jan

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Excessive Fast Can Damage Kidney, NAFDAC Warns

Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has warned that excessive fast can cause kidney problems. The NAFDAC DG stated this on Monday while interacting with journalists in Abuja, noting that using substandard, unwholesome products can equally lead to kidney failure and death. Recall that kidney failure occurs when your kidneys can no longer properly filter your blood. This leads to accumulation of toxins in your blood. The President of the Nigerian Association of Nephrology, Dr Adanze Asinobi, said that about 869 million globally are suffering from kidney problem and in Nigeria, there is an increasing prevalence of the disease. Speaking on the implications of fasting, Adeyeye, NAFDAC DG said, ...

Why Food Prices Will Increase In Nigeria – IMF

11Oct

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Finance, News

Why Food Prices Will Increase In Nigeria – IMF

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has warned that climate change and floods in the country may lead to an increase in food prices. This indication was given by the IMF African Department official, Mai Farid, on Monday during a session on ‘Climate Change and Food Insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa’. Farid said the IMF was abreast of the impact of the floods on communities in Nigeria and other neighbouring countries. She said, “We recognise Chad and Cameroon have also been hit. The supply of agricultural production is going to drop which will put even further pressure on prices. “The floods have affected some of the transportation networks which makes it even harder for food to transfer into the country or even out.” The IMF chief called on governments in Sub-Saharan Af...

Northern Ugandans Face Starvation As Hunger Bites – UN

9Jun

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Agriculture, News, Uganda

Northern Ugandans Face Starvation As Hunger Bites – UN

More than half a million people in Uganda’s north-eastern region of Karamoja are facing a high risk of hunger and starvation, according to a study by several UN agencies. Those affected are about 40% of the population in the region. In Moroto district alone, more than half of the population goes without any meal for a full day and night at least three times a month, the study found. The region has also witnessed high levels of malnutrition, especially among children under the age of five. In some cases, mothers were forced to feed their babies on a local brew made from sorghum. Read Also: UN Urges Urgent Action To Avert Famine In Somalia The semi-arid region normally has one rainy season a year and has had historical food security challenges. But an escalation of ...

UN Urges Urgent Action To Avert Famine In Somalia

8Jun

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Agriculture, News

UN Urges Urgent Action To Avert Famine In Somalia

The UN has warned that Somalia is heading towards a famine as the country faces its worst drought in at least four decades. Currently, close to half of the population is facing crisis-level food insecurity. The UN’s humanitarian co-ordinator for the country, Adam Abdelmoula, has said the international community must act now or more people will die. He said the country was on the brink of devastating and widespread hunger and mass starvation that could claim hundreds of thousands of lives. Read Also: 20 Million Farmers In Africa To Benefit From $1.5 billion Emergency Food Facility Four consecutive rainy seasons have failed and the UN estimates the ensuing severe drought has affected seven million people and displaced more than 800,000. At the same time, food prices ar...

Eat Cassava If Wheat Is Expensive, President Museveni Tells Ugandans

23May

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Agriculture, Cost of Living, Economy, News, Uganda

Eat Cassava If Wheat Is Expensive, President Museveni Tells Ugandans

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says his government will not intervene in the current economic situation amid a rising cost of living. Prices of petroleum products, imported raw materials and food have been rising in recent months, a crisis being experienced globally following the war in Ukraine. In a televised national address on Sunday night, Mr Museveni said that government subsidies or removal of import taxes would collapse the economy. There would be a haemorrhage of dollars from the national reserves for the purchase of those expensive products, he added. Read Also: Peter Obi Warns That Nigerians Now Spend 100% Of Salary On Food Mr Museveni said Uganda will need to frugally use the imported items it can afford. He advised citizens to substitute expensive whea...

Drought Killed 70 Kenyan Elephants In One Year

20May

By Chukwuebuka FestusNo Comments

Agriculture, Environment, Kenya, News

Drought Killed 70 Kenyan Elephants In One Year

Over 70 elephants have died in the last year as a result of the ongoing drought affecting all of East Africa, Kenya’s Tourism Minister Najib Balala has said. The animals were in Tsavo National Park, one of the country’s oldest parks. It is also one of the world’s largest wildlife reserves. The Kenyan authorities fear the ecosystem will experience more wildlife deaths if the drought continues. A number of giraffes have also died, said Mr Balala. Read Also: Elephants Killed 60 Zimbabweans this Year – Official "We have an abundance of wildlife but still every animal counts and we care if one goes down," he added. The Kenyan government is aiming to use an old dam to create water pans in the area to prevent further wildlife deaths. The drought in East Africa has also a...

26Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Drug Abuse, News, Nigeria, Safety

Adesina: Buba Marwa and the Bad Guys

New things are happening at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and suddenly, there’s a throwback to the 1996-1999 Lagos State, when the then Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa was the military administrator. Marwa took a broom, and swept Lagos almost clean. With Operation Sweep, criminals were given bloody noses, and sent scampering for cover. Roads, which had hitherto become craters, were suddenly fixed. Bitumen, which we had been told didn’t exist, miraculously materialized. Different aspects of life and livelihood were touched, and it became one big pleasure to live in the country’s commercial capital once again. Now, another Operation Sweep is happening at the NDLEA. President Muhammadu Buhari has unleashed Buba Marwa on the agency, and the bad guys are screaming blue mur...

Nigeria To Commence Manufacturing of Vaccines Soon – NAFDAC

18Dec

By Chinedu Ibeakanma1 Comment

News, Nigeria

Nigeria To Commence Manufacturing of Vaccines Soon – NAFDAC

The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has expressed confidence that Nigeria would soon start manufacturing vaccines, with the upgrading of existing laboratories across the country. She stated that achieving the ISO 9001 in June 2019, which is the world’s most recognised Quality Management System (QMS) standard, places the country in good standing to strive to get to maturity level three, which enables the country manufacture its own vaccines. Speaking during the NAFDAC’s Staff Recognition Award Ceremony for 2019 and 2020, where serving and retired staff were awarded for excellence and dedication, Prof. Adeyeye said, “NAFDAC is a leading national regulator in Africa. The Agency is driven by internation...

Nigeria Governors Forum Speaks on Hoarding Palliatives

26Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, News, Nigeria

Nigeria Governors Forum Speaks on Hoarding Palliatives

Following allegations of hoarding COVID-19 palliatives, governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) debunked hoarding the palliatives intended for distribution to poor Nigerians to curb the hardship induced by the pandemic. The governors in a statement titled, ‘Governors and the CACOVID Palliatives,’ issued by Abudulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, Head of Media and Public Affairs of the NGF, said some state governors delayed distribution of all the palliatives to ‘keep a strategic reserve ahead of a projected second wave of COVID-19’. The AGF said governors have set up judicial panels of inquiry to address concerns of the #EndSARS movement and to prosecute officers of the Nigeria Police that violated the right of individuals. According to the statement, the NGF said, “The ...

Nigerian Farmers to Get $1.1 Billion Loan Intervention from CBN

19Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Agriculture, Covid-19, Economy, Finance, Nigeria

Nigerian Farmers to Get $1.1 Billion Loan Intervention from CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it plans to empower farmers with N432 billion ($1.1 billion) intervention loan to upscale food production during the planting season. The apex bank said through its Twitter handle on Thursday that about one million farmers will be given loan to cultivate more than one million hectares of land to ensure adequate food supply as the economic effects of covid-19 unravels. The West African nation has been pushing for more investment in the agricultural sector as a drift from reliance on crude, which accounts for estimated 90% of the countries revenues. The CBN projects increased production of cash crops such as cotton, rice, tomato, cassava, cocoa and maize for self-reliance cum revenue generation through export.