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 

Nigeria the Next Afghanistan, Says Governor Who Challenges Abuja’s Gun-Control Laws

Unless rule of law returns to Nigeria soon, the nation will subside into a general civil war reminiscent of Afghanistan, Benue state governor Samuel Ortom told The Epoch Times in an interview. “From what happened in Afghanistan, we see that one day the president will run away from that [presidential] villa and hand it over to terrorists,” Ortom said, alluding to the departure of the Afghani president in August 2021 as the Taliban army closed in on Kabul. “The president’s own guards recently were attacked and killed,” said Ortom. As The Epoch Times has reported during the past 18 months, terrorists have derailed passenger trains, abducted whole student bodies of colleges, and broken into maximum security prisons to liberate their jailed comrades. Ortom says a national security summit for all the country’s 36 governors is urgently needed. “But the government is afraid of public exposure,” the outspoken governor said. “If nothing happens to change the situation in the next five years, there will be no more Nigeria. There will be lawlessness everywhere and anarchy, and it will be terrible,” Ortom said. Numerous subject experts, including former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell, have judged Nigeria to be a failed state. The crisis of lawlessness due to jihadist insurgencies and rampant kidnapping for ransom has overwhelmed the understaffed Nigerian police, Ortom said. “Where do you find a nation of 200 million people with only 500,000 police?” he asked. ……… READ MORE  The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has blamed the ineffective judicial performance on lack of character. Wike said Judges now lack the courage, and decency to live up to their judicial oaths in the discharge of their functions. He also said due to the prevailing political uncertainty in the country, democracy and the rule of law are under constant threat. The Rivers state governor said this at the launch of the book titled, “Legal Paradigm in Nigeria: A New Direction in the Study of Law and Practise,” in honour of retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Abdul Aboki, on Friday in Abuja. Governor Wike emphasised that the country and its democracy can only survive if the judicial system is strong and alive. “The judiciary dies where it lies comatose and removed from the aspirations of the citizens for good governance, the rule of law, the protection of fundamental rights and the guarantee of free and fair elections………….. READ MORE 

Nigeria’s 2nd Most Terrorised Country After Iraq, Syria 3rd
Acclaimed Global and International Terrorism Research/Analysis group which specializes in collating data on terrorist activities worldwide, Jihad Analytics has disclosed that Nigeria is the second most attacked and terrorized country in the world with only Iraq being the first and Syria being the third. The disclosure which was made in its half-year report spanning January to June 2022 stated that while Iraq recorded 337 terrorist attacks, Nigeria recorded 305 attacks with Syria coming third following142 terrorist attacks. The disclosure by Jihad Analytics which employs global and cyber open-source intelligence and data noted that the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorist group was mostly responsible for the attacks. The report is coming against the backdrop of the repeated claim’s by Nigerian government officials that terrorists have been degraded, decimated and terrorism checkmated to the barest minimum……… READ MORE 

Governor Samuel Ortom has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to hold a referendum to get the feelings of Nigerians toward the handling of security issues by his administration. Ortom threw the challenge while reacting to a statement by the presidency on Wednesday, accusing the governor of denigrating Nigeria’s security agencies by claiming that Mr. Buhari ordered security forces not to move against criminal herdsmen. Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, in a statement, challenged Ortom to mention that military personnel who told him that Buhari had ordered security forces not to move against criminal herdsmen. According to Mr. Shehu, in a period of heightened insecurity, politicians should be working to bring the nation closer together, not risking further violence by ”dishonestly seeking” to further divide Nigerians along ethnic or religious lines.” However, Ortom in his reaction on Thursday said the President’s image has been battered by terrorists “who are having a field day in the country.”…………. READ MORE