Tag: Rice
Customs foils smuggling attempts, seizes over 2,000 bags of rice in Ogun
Speaking to journalists in Ikeja, Comptroller Kola Oladeji emphasised that while no arrests were made, the primary objective was to…
Abiodun flags off sale of rice at discounted rates
Abiodun, who was represented by the Head of Service, Kehinde Onasanya said the occasion was a significant step in the…
Dangote distributes 120,000 bags of rice in Kano, to distribute 1m bags nationwide
Chairman of the foundation, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said that ultimately, one million 10kg bags of rice would be distributed to…
Yuletide: Jos residents lament local rice price hike
Some residents of Jos have decried the recent hike in the price of local rice in the area, describing the…
Easter: Price of rice stable in Enugu
Three days to 2020 Easter celebration, the price of rice has remained stable in Enugu metropolis following the availability of…
Customs seizes 28,180 bags of rice in 11 months
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has intercepted 62 fairly-used vehicles, 28,180 bags of imported…
Study reveals gene responsible for early-maturing, high-yielding rice
Chinese researchers have identified a gene that enables hybrid rice varieties to have a higher yield and shortens maturity duration…
Customs donates over 30,000 bags of rice, other materials in Ogun
Nigeria Customs Service has donated 32,576 bags of rice, 1,794 kegs of Vegetable oil, 329 bales of used clothes and…
No dollars to import rice, cement, chicken, others, CBN insists
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday said the bank’s policy to restrict importers of…
Edo State set to crash price of rice
The Edo State Government has said that its Food and Agro Fair will hold in Benin City, the state capital,…
Rice importation ends 2020
Rice importation into Nigeria would end by 2020, the Policy Adviser of the John Kufuor Foundation (JKF), Hon. Abraham Dwuma,…
Nigeria Should Achieve Zero Importation of Rice In 2 Years’ Time – John Kufuor Foundation
The Policy Adviser of the John Kufuor Foundation (JKF), Hon. Abraham Dwuma, on Tuesday expressed the belief that rice importation…
USDA lied for saying Nigeria imported 3 million tonnes of rice in 2018 – Ogbeh
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has described as “mischief” the report credited to the United States…
USDA goofed on Nigeria’s rice importation – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has dismissed reports by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Market and Trade indicating an…
Flood submerges rice, maize farms in Adamawa
The Adamawa Chapter of the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has said that with over 5,000 of its members…
Benin, Nigeria and Niger meeting will end smuggling of rice
The Benin Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs. Paulette Yekpe, has said that the proposed tripartite meeting by Nigeria, Niger and…
Customs releases rice, other goods, to IDPs camps
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has released 12,051 bags of rice for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the…
Customs intercepts 10 trailer loads of rice, other contraband worth N1.6bn
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone `A` of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted 10 trailers loads of parboiled rice and…
Rice: Smugglers make nonsense of Audu Ogbe’s chest-beating claim
Many imports are smuggled in from Benin, which despite a population of 11 million -- barely 5 percent of Nigeria’s…
We will deliver local rice below N10,000 per bag – Gov Bagudu
Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi says the state will work together with farmers and millers under the Federal Government’ Anchor…
Kebbi governor assures Nigerians Buhari is working on affordability of rice
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi and the Chairman, Presidential Taskforce on Rice and Wheat Production, has assured Nigerians of President…
Edo Govt. accused of diversion of rice meant for IDPs
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo on Wednesday accused the Edo Government of diverting 4,721 bags of rice donated…
China donates 135,500 bags of rice to Internally Displaced Persons
The Government of People’s Republic of China has donated 135,500 bags of rice for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
Customs donates 421 trailers of rice, others goods to IDPs
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has donated 421 trailers of rice totalling 252,666 bags valued at N3.78 billion to Internally…
NPS harvests 400 bags of rice from Plateau farm
The Plateau Command of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS), has harvested 400 bags of rice from its farm at Lakushi…
Unregistered rice: NAFDAC tells Anambra to suspend production, sale
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on the Anambra Government to suspend production…
Why Nigerians Must Eat Rice with Vegetables
“No more rice without vegetables if Nigerians desire to live healthy,’’ says Chef Mark Punshak, a member of the Association…
Price of local rice drops in Jalingo markets
The price of local rice has significantly dropped in some major markets in Jalingo, Taraba.
Customs seizes 3, 278 bags of rice, 55 vehicles
The Niger Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service, says it generated N1.9 billion from January to September.
Customs seize 497,279 bags of rice in 2 years
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has seized 497,279 bags of imported rice between 2015 and August, 2017 with…