Rainfall pattern, others affect cost of local rice – Sanwo-Olu’s aide
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Agriculture, Dr Oluwarotimi Fashola, has identified inconsistent rainfall pattern as the ...
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Navy impounds 64 bags of smuggled rice in Akwa Ibom
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka in Akwa Ibom says it impounded 64 bags of smuggled rice on ...
FG to U.S. Agric Dept: You goofed on Nigeria’s rice importation
The Federal Government has dismissed reports by the United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Market and Trade indicating ...
Three trucks of spaghetti, rice seized by Customs in Kaduna
The Zone `B’ of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit has seized three trucks loaded with smuggled spaghetti and ...
Customs strike force seizes 4,200 bags of rice in Kogi
Mr Abdullahi Kirawa, Deputy Comptroller and National Coordinator, Comptroller-General Strike Force, said the team seized 4,200 50kg bags of smuggled ...
FG signs agreement with Indian firm to procure N10bn large scale rice mills
The Federal Government has signed an agreement with an Indian company to procure and supply 10 large scale rice mills ...
Lai Mohammed: Nigeria to achieve self-sufficiency in rice by 2020
The Federal Government says Nigeria will achieve self-sufficiency in rice production by 2020 with sustained implementation of the Anchor Borrowers’ ...
Thailand: Nigeria responsible for collapse of our rice mills
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, says Thailand has accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse ...
1150 bags of smuggled rice intercepted in Kano, Jigawa
The Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ of the Nigerian Customs Service, Alhaji Usman Dakingari, said his command has intercepted ...
FG to provide cheap funds to farmers, says Emefiele
The Federal Government will provide cheap funds of not more than five per cent to farmers who want ...
Nigeria’s rice importation drops by 95%, says Ogbeh
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says rice importation into Nigeria has dropped by 95 per cent ...
Healthy Living: Why Nigerians must eat rice with vegetables, by Chef
“No more rice without vegetables if Nigerians desire to live healthy,’’ says Chef Mark Punshak, a member of the Association ...
Lagos acquires 32 tonnes-per-hour Rice Mill from Switzerland, to produce 2.6m 50kg bags per year, create 200,000 jobs
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday in Zurich, Switzerland, led a team of the State Executive Committee (SEC) ...
Rice smuggling: FG threatens to shut land borders
The Federal Government has threatened to shut some land borders if the smuggling of rice continues from neighbouring countries. Chief ...
Dangote will become world’s largest exporter of rice in 2021, says Adesina
The President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr Akinwumi Adesina, says Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, will become the largest ...
250,000 Kebbi farmers to become millionaires by end of 2017, says Emefiele
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has assured farmers in Kebbi State that 250,000 millionaire farmers ...
Dangote, rice farmers, Sokoto Govt sign Rice Growers Scheme Agreement
A tripartite agreement spare headed by the Dangote Rice Limited to create jobs for 16,000 outgrower rice farmers in Sokoto ...
Zamfara/CBN to give interest-free loans to over 7000 rice farmers
Over 7000 rice farmers in Zamfara State are to benefit from interest-free loans by the state government and the Central ...
NAFDAC: No plastic rice in Nigeria
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday said laboratory result of the suspected fake ...
Customs raises alarm, says ‘most rice smuggled through Idiroko, Seme, Jibia, other border stations have expired’
The Customs Controller, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Ikeja, Lagos State, Comptroller Mamudu Haruna, raised the alarm on Tuesday that most ...
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