Nigeria, March 5 -- Dear Reader,

Nigeria's food crisis took a worrisome turn in February as residents of Minna, Niger State, trooped out in large numbers to protest the hardship in Nigeria caused by the rising cost of living occasioned by the downturn of the economy. Women and many youths blocked the roundabout in the Pkakungu area of Minna to express their grievances over the issue.

Apparently rattled by the Minna protest, the Bola Tinubu administration issued marching orders to relevant officials to work out immediate measures to check rising food prices in the country. "The government is very concerned about what Nigerians are going through, especially what happened in Minna yesterday," the Minister of Information and National Orient...