Practically 35 million folks ‘projected to face extreme meals insecurity’, together with ‘famine-like situations’.
Printed On 25 Nov 2025
Armed assaults, instability and help cuts are pushing northern Nigeria in the direction of document ranges of starvation, the World Meals Programme (WFP) has warned.
Practically 35 million folks within the north of the nation are “projected to face extreme meals insecurity” from Could to September 2026, the United Nations company stated in a report launched on Tuesday.
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The determine is the best recorded in Nigeria – probably the most populous nation in Africa – by the organisation since monitoring started.
A projected 15,000 folks will face “catastrophic starvation” or “famine-like situations” in Borno State, which has borne the brunt of “armed rebel assaults” over the previous 16 years, the report reads.
Malnutrition charges are highest amongst kids in Borno, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara, the WFP says. Practically six million folks lack fundamental minimal meals provides in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, that are primarily comprised of rural farming communities.
“The advance of insurgency presents a critical menace to stability within the north, with penalties reaching past Nigeria,” stated David Stevenson, WFP’s Nigeria nation director. “Communities are beneath extreme strain from repeated assaults and financial stress.”
In addition to Boko Haram within the northeast, Nigeria additionally suffers violence led by armed gangs within the centre and northwest of the nation, the place they raid villages, kill folks and kidnap for ransom.
Over the previous week, the nation has skilled three mass kidnappings.
A minimum of 303 kids and 12 lecturers had been kidnapped by gunmen from the Saint Mary’s Catholic College in north-central Nigeria’s Niger State on Friday.
In neighbouring Kebbi State, 25 Muslim highschool women had been taken, whereas 38 worshippers had been snatched from a church throughout a livestreamed service in Kwara State.
The starvation disaster in Nigeria and the area is predicted to worsen as worldwide our bodies attempting to help struggling populations face rising funding challenges.
The WFP was compelled to scale down its diet programme in Nigeria in July, affecting greater than 300,000 kids and exacerbating malnutrition ranges from “critical” to “crucial” within the third quarter of 2025.
Underneath President Donald Trump, the US – the NGO’s largest donor – has slashed help, leaving the company liable to working out of funds for emergency meals and diet by December.
