Nigeria faces severe hunger as food basket state boils

Hunger looms, as farm inputs out of reach for farmers – NEGF worries

Nigeria’s food basket state is boiling as killings and deadly attacks on farmers disrupt food supply and put the nation on the hunger map. No fewer than 100 persons were killed late Friday into Saturday morning in Yelwata, a sleepy, agrarian community in Benue State, according to Amnesty Intern

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