25 Million Nigerians Suffering from Hunger – Nutritionist Prof Kola Anigo, the National Coordinator of the Academic and Research Network for Scaling up Nutrition in Nigeria, has revealed that 25 million Nigerians are hungry. Mathew bemoaned the fact that Nigeria is ranked first in Africa and second in the world in terms of malnourished children. He said this in Abeokuta, Ogun State’s capital, during his keynote address at the Nutrition Society of Nigeria’s 52nd annual general meeting and scientific conference. Anigo lamented the prevalence of malnutrition in Nigeria while speaking on the conference’s theme, “Bridging the Malnutrition Gap: Nutrition Multi-sectoral Commitments for Sustainable Nutrition in Nigeria.” According to Anigo, the country’s insecurity is a major threat to Nigeria’s achievement of the global nutrition target by 2025. According to the expert, banditry, terrorism, and kidnapping have all contributed to food insecurity, and Nigeria may not achieve self-sufficiency in food production if insecurity is not addressed. “Nigeria ranked first in Africa and second in the world in terms of the number of malnourished children,” he said. “25 million people are hungry, and 9.3 million people are food insecure.” ……….READ MORE
ICPC Exposes how Nigerian Politicians, Others are Stealing in Trillions Annually
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Professor Bolaji Owasanoye declared Thursday that money to fix Nigeria is within but being stolen on a daily basis aided by pervasive systemic or malignant corruption in the country. Owasanoye who stated this in Abuja as a Guest Speaker at the 2-day Capacity Building Workshop organized for members of the House of Representatives Committee on Anti–Corruption and Military Officers, by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies ( NILDS), said on electronic transactions alone, N24trillion has been transacted between January to June this year, which is always about N50trillion yearly. Corruption in Nigeria, he added, is highly systemic or malignant by being carried out in most of the government-owned agencies, particularly the revenue-generating ones. From 19 of such agencies, he disclosed, ICPC intercepted N181million attempted to be diverted or stolen by corrupt public officers between January and June this year, saying, “We are not in short supply of anti-corruption legislations but grossly in short supply of integrity”. Adding, “If not for lack of integrity from affected public officers, Nigeria has enough anti-corruption agencies or institutions to stem the tide of systemic corruption…”………. READ MORE
National Grid Collapses Again, Lagos, Others in BlackoutBlackout is being experienced in some parts of the country as the national grid has collapsed again. The PUNCH Newspaper reports that the national grid is collapsing for the seventh time in 2022. Announcing the development, Monday, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, in a statement via its verified Twitter handle, said, “This is to inform you that the outage you are currently experiencing is due to the system collapse of the national grid, which occurred earlier today at 10:50hrs. This has affected the Transmission Stations within our network and resulted in the loss of power supply to our customers. Kindly bear with us as we await the restoration of the grid.” The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc also announced system collapse, adding that the current blackout being currently experienced had affected the entire South-East …………… READ MORE
Kaduna: Terrorists Kill 3, Kidnap 22 in Birnin Gwari CommunitiesTerrorists have again attacked Birnin Gwari communities in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, where they killed three residents, abducted 22 people, and seized three Bajaj motorcycles, while they looted shops in the communities. According to the Birnin Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU), the terrorists on Saturday attacked Hayin Gada of Damari Community in Kazage Ward where they killed two people and kidnapped 12 others, they also attacked Farm Center along Birnin Gwari – Kaduna Road, where one person was killed and six others kidnapping. The terrorists, on the same Saturday, struck Dajin Jangali where they abducted four people and seized three Bajaj motorcycles from farmers in the Kamfanin Doka area. A statement signed by the Chairman of BEPU, Malam Ishaq Usman Kasai, and made available to Blueprint on Monday said, “armed bandits continue to attack locals, particularly farmers in different communities in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. “On Saturday 24th September 2022 around 7:30 pm, the armed bandits invaded Hayin Gada of Damari Community in Kazage Ward, killed two locals (namely; Sanusi Zubairu and Kabiru Zubairu), and kidnapped 12 persons. The bandits also looted shops in the same community during the attack. “On the same Saturday, another group of armed bandits killed one and kidnapped six persons at Farm Center located around Birnin Gwari – Kaduna Road. The bandits also kidnapped four others at Dajin Jangali and seized three motorcycles (Bajaj model) from farmers at Kamfanin Doka area.t. …..… READ MORE
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