[Published: Sunday January 25 2026]
 Nigeria: Looming food aid cuts put one million at risk
ABUJA, 25 Jan. - (ANA) - More than a million people in northeast Nigeria could lose emergency food and nutrition assistance unless funding can be found “within weeks”, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Thursday.
Nigeria is facing one of the worst hunger crises in recent times, with nearly 35 million people projected to face acute and severe food insecurity during the lean season.
They include roughly 15,000 people in Borno?state?who risk falling into?catastrophic hunger, which is?one step away from famine.?These are?the worst levels of hunger recorded in a decade, WFP said.?
The crisis is unfolding amid renewed violence in the north which has devastated rural communities, displaced families and destroyed food reserves.
‘Catastrophic’ consequences
“Now is not the time to stop food assistance,” said David Stevenson, WFP’s Nigeria Country Director.?
He warned of “catastrophic humanitarian, security and economic consequences”?for?Nigeria’s?most vulnerable people, who had been?forced to flee their homes in search of food and shelter.??
WFP is urgently seeking $129 million to sustain its operations in the northeast over the next six months, warning that this work could shut down unless funds are received. - (ANA) -
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