Tag: Rice
Kebbi to export rice, livestock to earn forex
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says the state is planning to produce rice and livestock in commercial quantities for export…
NCS Impounds 3,200 Bags Of Rice, Poultry Products
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, on Wednesday said it had impounded 3,200 bags of rice, 1,000 cartons of…
Customs impounds truck load of rice in Katsina
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has arrested a truck-load of rice concealed in animal dung…
Customs, Rice Farmers Sign MoU To Stop Smuggling
The Nigeria Customs Service and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to…
Presidential Taskforce On Rice, Wheat Seeks More Investment
The Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat has called on the Federal Government to increase its investment in agriculture…
Rice Production In Nigeria Increases To 5.8m Tonnes
Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, President Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) says annual rice production in Nigeria has increased from 5.5…
Price of rice to fall as minister meets Osinbajo, Kemi Adeosun
Concerned about the high price of local rice, the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, on Tuesday assured Nigerians that they…
Councillor jailed for selling rice meant for IDPs
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of a Supervisory Councillor from Mafa Local Government Area,…
Customs distributes 136, 476 bags of rice to IDPs camps in a year
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has distributed 136, 476 bags of rice in the last one year to Internally Displaced…
We can meet Nigeria’s annual rice demand— Gov
Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Monday said that the state had the potential to produce 10million tonnes of rice,…
Customs Restricts Exit Of Rice From Trade Zones
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has restricted the exit of rice from Free Trade Zones (FTZs ) in…
Over 3b people eat rice everyday – FAO
More than three billion people eat rice everyday, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has said.
Dangote to inaugurate 25,000 hectares rice outgrower scheme
Dangote Rice, a subsidiary of Dangote Group is set to launch a 25,000 hectares of rice outgrower scheme with a…
Jigawa adopts measures to boost rice, wheat production
The Jigawa Government has adopted proactive farmer support programmes to boost the production of paddy rice and wheat in the…
SON confisticates 1,000 bags of underweighed rice
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) in Osun says it confiscated more than 1,000 underweight bags of rice in Osogbo…
Price of local rice rises, tomatoes crash in Jigawa
Prices of locally produced rice have shot up by more than 20 per cent in Hadejia, Jigawa. Checks at Hadejia…
Ban on rice importation too hasty – rice farmer
Mr Raymos Guana, the Chief Executive Officer of Raymos Guana Farms, says the decision of the Federal Government to ban…
Muslim woman donates rice to over 50 Christian widows for Christmas
Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani has donated some bags of rice and other food stuff to over 50 Christian widows and their…
Rice smuggling thrives in spite of ban
The smuggling of rice through the land borders has continued to thrive in Badagry area of Lagos State in spite…
Sultan of Sokoto commends CBN’s rice initiative
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, says the Central Bank Nigeria (CBN), Anchor Borrowers’ Programme has boosted local…
Customs arrest bullion van with smuggled rice
The Oyo/Osun Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday said it had arrested a Bullion Van concealed with imported…
Hurray! Customs lifts restriction on rice import through borders
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has ordered the immediate removal of rice from import restriction list and…
Police arrest 4 for diverting rice meant for IDPs
The Katsina State Police Command on Saturday said it had arrested four persons for allegedly diverting tonnes of rice meant…
2 labourers jailed 14 months for stealing bag of rice
A Jos Chief Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday sentenced two labourers, Friday Duro, 21, and Friday Audu, 22, to 14 months…
Imminent price fall of rice predicted
Chief Anthony Ndubuka, a major rice dealer in Umuahia, has expressed optimism that the price of rice would soon fall…
Borno probes diversion of rice meant for Boko Haram victims
The Borno Government has directed security agencies to investigate alleged diversion of large quantities of rice meant for feeding Internally…
Prices of garri, rice, tomatoes remain high in Lagos
The prices of tomatoes, rice and garri, which went up at the turn of the season, have yet to come…
Lagos, Kebbi to produce Nigeria’s rice needs
In line with the persistent calls for a paradigm shift from over dependence on oil as the major earner of…
Lagos consumes N135bn rice, 2.19m cattle annually —Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State consumes N135 billion worth of rice and 2.19 million herds of cattle annually, says Governor Akinwunmi…
Customs bans rice importation again
Nigeria Customs Service has re-introduced the restriction order on importation of rice through land borders across the country. Comptroller-General of…