The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has embarked on training 70 women on nutrition and fuel-saving techniques geared towards strengthening food security in three Northeast states.
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The Federal says more than four million children in the Northeast and Northwest regions are affected by malnutrition.
The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated its 2024 lean season Food Security and Nutrition crisis multi-sector six-month plan for the North-East in Nigeria.
As a result of insecurity, between February and March 2024, about 500 people were kidnapped in a series of mass abductions in Borno and Kaduna States alone. On February 29, suspected Boko Haram members abducted over 150 people, primarily women and children living in IDP camps.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, says no fewer than 8.3 million Nigerians are in dire need of humanitarian assistance in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Nigeria Red Cross Society (NRCS) say that no fewer than 25,000 individuals in the North-East have been reported missing by their family members.
The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mr. Matthias Schmale has revealed that an estimated 4.3 million people are food insecure in the Northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe.
After nine years in captivity by Boko Haram terrorists, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, received one of the 277 Chibok schoolgirls, Rebecca Kabu who was abducted among 276 others in 2014.
The Norwegian Government has committed an additional 4.5 million dollars in support of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), humanitarian activities in addressing the lingering crisis in the northeastern part of Nigeria.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has provided fuel-efficient stoves to 123,505 households in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.