The Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has uncovered a warehouse where 16,800 bags of rice, intended as federal government palliative aid, were being repackaged for sale on the open market. The rice, suspected to have been released during last year’s ‘Ramadan Kareem’ palliative distribution, was marked with the label “Not for sale” and … Read more
Lagos and Borno state officials confirm they have not yet received the 20 truckloads of rice promised by the federal government for distribution to vulnerable citizens. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Bisola Olusayan, and Borno State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Director-General, Muhammad Saidu, confirmed on Thursday that their states have not … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ukrainian government has intervened by offering 25,000 tonnes of wheat as emergency food assistance to 1.3 million vulnerable individuals in northeast Nigeria, amid the country’s rising inflation and food price challenges. This information comes from a statement released by Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, the Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer at the … Read more
Many homes consume tomatoes to make paste and stews for scrumptious dishes like white rice, jollof rice, white yam, porridge, soups, and just to mention a few. If you enjoy delicious tomato stews, you may want to continue to do so during the season when tomatoes are abundant, as well as equally enjoy them during … Read more
Six people (Two policemen, four others) have been reportedly killed in Afghanistan after a deadly clash at public food donation in central Ghor province, AFP reports. Hundreds of people had gathered outside the governor’s office in the provincial capital Firozkoh, where a Qatari group was distributing aid. It was not immediately clear why the gathering … Read more