Too many Nigerians at high risk of hunger

TORMENTED by years of interminable Islamist terrorism, banditry, Fulani herdsmen rapine, militancy/industrial oil theft, kidnapping, and seasonal flooding, all conflating into economic downturn, Nigeria’s ability to feed its mammoth population of 216 million is becoming highly questionable. This has been reinforced by a new United Nations publication, which warned that nearly 25 million Nigerians are