Food prices

President Bola Tinubu has called for a Federal Executive Council committee to move swiftly and implement measures to further reduce food prices across the country. Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Aliyu Sabi…
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The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari, has attributed the recent drop in food prices to the federal government's strategic interventions under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda. In…
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As Nigerians continue to lament over economic hardship facing the country, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has said Nigeria is a poor country with exaggerated sense of wealth. …
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President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security to release about 42,000 metric tonnes of grain including maize, millet, and garri. Similarly, the Rice Millers Association of Nigeria has also committed to…
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The presidency said on Tuesday evening that President Bola Tinubu was concerned about the rising prices of food prices in the country and has directed the Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention to work out immediate measures…
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Amid rising food prices, Kano residents resort to Chinese 'white maggi' without NAFDAC approval In Kano, northern Nigeria, unbranded and unauthorised additives, also known as monosodium glutamate (MSG), seem to have come to stay in the…
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, rose to 27.33 percent in October 2023 — up from 26.72 percent in the previous month. This was disclosed by the National Bureau of…
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Food prices have again pushed Nigeria’s inflation to 18.17% in March 2021, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Recalls that Nigeria’s inflation had risen 15.75%  16.47%, 17.33%, in December, January and February respectively.…
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