Category: Foods

Farmers and the federal government have disagreed over the recent drop in prices of food items across the country. Many of the farmers and their associations, who spoke to Daily Trust, cited what they described as massive importation of food items recently approved by the government as the cause of the price crash. But the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Dangote Group, Niger Foods and Africa Rice are working together to increase rice production in Nigeria. Rice remains the most staple food in the country The Chairman, Niger Foods, Engr, Sammy Adigun, who dropped the hint in an exclusive interview with our correspondent in Osogbo yesterday opined that this decision-making process […]

Nigeria’s efforts to reduce food prices has received another major boost as Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, unveiled a multi-billion naira rice production initiative in Niger state. This is coming days after fellow billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu vowed to continue crashing rice prices across the country. Speaking at the opening of the 2025 Niger National […]

Rice farmers have raised the alarm over the collapse of Nigeria’s rice industry, attributing the shutdown of local mills and mass job losses to cheap imports, insecurity, and lack of government support. Peter Dama, Chairman of the Competitive African Rice Forum Nigeria, lamented the closure of processing facilities and its devastating impact on workers in […]

Agency Report The Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, has attributed the reduced patronage of eggs to low purchasing power, greedy retailers, and low consumption. The PAN Lagos Chairman, Mojeed Iyiola, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos. Iyiola noted that eggs remain the cheapest […]

For many poultry farmers, year 2024 will not be forgotten in a hurry, considering the series of challenges that almost ran the sector aground. Based on reports, while many farms were shut down, others were running skeletal operations, as others moved to other line of businesses, due to their inability to cope with the hardship […]

Agency Report The Poultry Association of Nigeria, Lagos State, and other stakeholders in the sector have lamented the incessant hike in the price of eggs while calling for the Federal Government’s intervention. They also expressed concern that eggs, which used to be the cheapest source of protein, were becoming unaffordable for many Nigerians. They made […]