35 million Nigerians ‘risk hunger after global funding collapse’

ABUJA: Nearly 35 million Nigerians are at risk of hunger this year, including 3 million children facing severe malnutrition, ​the UN said, following the collapse of global aid budgets. Speaking at the launch of the 2026 humanitarian plan in Abuja, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Mohammed Malick Fall said the long-dominant, foreign-led aid model in Nigeria is no longer sustainable and ‌that Nigeria’s ‌needs have grown. Conditions in ‌the conflict-hit ​northeast ‌are dire, Fall said, with civilians in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states facing rising violence.

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