World Food Programme

The United Nations World Food Programme has welcomed a contribution of $500,000 from the Republic of Korea that will provide one month of food assistance for nearly 125,000 food-insecure people in the conflicted-affected North East Nigerian…

The head of a major UN agency, who was nominated to the post by the Trump administration, said on Tuesday that he believes climate change to be a global threat.

The World Food Programme together with its partner, INTERSOS, has distributed fuel-efficient stoves to 7,340 displaced families receiving WFP food assistance in the town of Banki, Nigeria’s Borno State.

The World Food Programme says it has spent 126 million dollars to provide food aid in various forms, to 1.2 million people, in 16 Northern Nigerian states, since 2017.

Using a “twin track” approach, FAO is providing enough seed and fertilizer to produce up to eight months’ worth of food during the 2018 rainy season, while WFP covers the food needs of households until these crucial harvests in September. 

WFP Representative and Country Director in Nigeria, Myrta Kaulard, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Food Programme highlighted the extremely critical importance of humanitarian support for affected countries

Major General Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, gave the clarification in a Short Service Message to the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Kidah, who said that the exercise was in conjunction with World Food Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation, said the beneficiaries were trained under skill acquisition programme of the NGO.

NEMA has confirmed the death in a statement on Friday

He said: “Unidentified men attacked staff of the International Medical Corps at Gubio IDP camp in Maiduguri. IMC is a client to WFP.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that about two million persons displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency are taking shelter in various camps in Maiduguri and other liberated communities in the North East

The EFCC boss, who noted that corruption is a serious threat that negatively affects the development of a nation, said the new partnership will in no small measure help in alleviating the sufferings of internally displaced people especially…

WFP, the Dangote Foundation and other partners are working to identify sustainable solutions to delivering food in conjunction with Government partners