Supply Chain
Logistics, distribution, and food supply networks
Lagos Cuts the Middleman With Food Hubs
Lagos has commissioned a third neighbourhood food hub, in Agege, part of a hub-and-spoke network meant to shorten supply chains, curb spoilage and lower prices …
Crayfish Grows Dear as Rivers Thin
Crayfish, the tiny dried shellfish that flavours soups in nearly every Nigerian kitchen, keeps getting pricier. Thin supply from the country's creeks, high transport costs …
Sudan's War Squeezes the World's Gum
Sudan supplies most of the world's gum arabic, the acacia resin that binds fizzy drinks, sweets and medicines. More than three years of war have …
Mile 12 Market Onions Surge 75.5% to N8,250 a Bowl as Carrot Prices Crash
Red onions at Mile 12 Market rose from N4,700 to N8,250 a big bowl between the weeks of January 19 and February 2, a 75.5 …
Nigeria Loses ₦5 Trillion to Food Waste Annually as Households Spend 70% of Income on Food, Report Finds
A new report by Rome Business School Nigeria finds that the country loses approximately ₦5 trillion worth of food annually to waste and spoilage, driven …
ALERT: Nigerian Farmers Abandoning Fields After "Great Loss of 2025" — Dry-Season Retreat Signals Fresh Food Price Surge Ahead
Nigerian farmers are shrinking planted acreage and abandoning staples after devastating 2025 losses. With input costs elevated and insecurity worsening, the production retreat threatens to …
CPPE Demands National Farm Price Stabilisation Framework, Warns Import-Driven Price Crash Could Destroy Nigerian Agriculture
CPPE urges FG to establish a Farm Price Stabilisation Framework, warning that collapsing commodity prices are inflicting heavy losses on farmers and threatening Nigeria's long-term …
FG and APC Governors Donate ₦8 Billion to Kano Singer Market Fire Victims — Solar Battery Explosion Confirmed as Cause
Vice President Shettima led a federal delegation to Kano, announcing ₦5 billion from President Tinubu and ₦3 billion from APC governors for Singer Market fire …
Fire Destroys Over ₦5 Billion in Goods at Kano's Singer Market — 7 Dead, Over 1,500 Shops Razed
A devastating fire at Kano's Singer Market — northern Nigeria's largest commodity market — has destroyed goods worth over ₦5 billion, killed at least 7 …