Tag: rice

The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Agriculture, Dr Oluwarotimi Fashola, has identified inconsistent rainfall pattern as the ...

The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka in Akwa Ibom says it impounded 64 bags of smuggled rice on ...

The Federal Government has dismissed reports by the United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Market and Trade indicating ...

The Zone `B’ of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit has seized three trucks loaded with smuggled spaghetti and ...

Mr Abdullahi Kirawa, Deputy Comptroller and National Coordinator, Comptroller-General Strike Force, said the team seized 4,200 50kg bags of smuggled ...

The Federal Government has signed an agreement with an Indian company to procure and supply 10 large scale rice mills ...

The Federal Government says Nigeria will achieve self-sufficiency in rice production by 2020 with sustained implementation of the Anchor Borrowers’ ...

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, says Thailand has accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse ...

The Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ of the Nigerian Customs Service,  Alhaji Usman Dakingari, said his command has intercepted ...

    The Federal Government will provide cheap funds of not more than five per cent to farmers who want ...

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says rice importation into Nigeria has dropped by 95 per cent ...

“No more rice without vegetables if Nigerians desire to live healthy,’’ says Chef Mark Punshak, a member of the Association ...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday in Zurich, Switzerland, led a team of the State Executive Committee (SEC) ...

The Federal Government has threatened to shut some land borders if the smuggling of rice continues from neighbouring countries. Chief ...

The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will become the largest ...

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has assured farmers in Kebbi State that 250,000 millionaire farmers ...

A tripartite agreement spare headed by the Dangote Rice Limited to create jobs for 16,000 outgrower rice farmers in Sokoto ...

Over 7000 rice farmers in Zamfara State are to benefit from interest-free loans by the state government and the Central ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday said laboratory result of the suspected fake ...

The Customs Controller, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Ikeja, Lagos State, Comptroller Mamudu Haruna, raised the alarm on Tuesday that most ...