Residents of Owerri, the Imo State capital, have called on Governor Hope Uzodinma to fulfill his promise of establishing the Imo State Marketing and Commodity Board as food prices continue to rise on a daily basis.The high cost of food items and other necessary services has left many families across the state struggling to cope, particularly as the removal of fuel subsidies has compounded the economic hardship.Speaking to our correspondent in Owerri, several residen...

The Nigeria Government is making plans to prosecute users of PolyChlorinated Biphenyl (PCBs), popularly known as transformer oil, in frying “akara” (bean cake), plantain chips, chicken and other food items.Prof. Babajide Alloy, a Consultant to the Federal Ministry of Environment, made the disclosure on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a workshop in Calabar.According to him, the consumption of food prepared from the chemical substance will exp...

There might be food scarcity in some parts of the country starting from next week as the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria (AFUCDN) threatened to stop food supply to the South and other parts of the country.The union said it would carry out this threat within three weeks if governments at all levels failed to meet its demands within three weeks.National President of the AFUCDN, Muhammed Tahir, who spoke with journalists at the end of an e...