Tag: rice
Smuggling: NIS intercepts 42 bags of foreign rice at Kankara
The vehicle intercepted with the 42 bags of foreign rice
Ibironke Ariyo
Abuja - The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it...
Customs raid Mubi market, seize foreign rice
By Yakubu Uba
Mubi (Adamawa) Officers and men of the Adamawa/Taraba Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday raided Mubi town market for...
RIFAN recovers N35m CBN ABP loan in Niger
By Obinna Unaeze
Minna - The Niger State chapter of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Saturday said that it had recovered N35...
Nigeria to export rice in 2 years – Nanono
By Rotimi Ijikanmi
Kura (Kano) - The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, says with the phenomenal increase in rice production...
Customs seizes goods worth N52m within 5 days in Kaduna
By Hussaina Yakubu
Kaduna - The Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Kaduna, on Wednesday said it seized smuggled goods...
Kaduna rice farmers urged to access CBN loan facility
By Moses Kolo
Kafanchan (Kaduna) - Rice farmers in the south of Kaduna State have been advised to avail themselves of the...
We can meet rice demand during Yuletide – Processors
By Mustapha Sumaila
Abuja - The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RPAN) says members have the capacity to meet the Nigeria’s demand for rice...
Imota rice mill to produce 650 bags of rice per hour...
By Florence Onuegbu
Lagos - The Lagos State government has said that the Imota rice mill, when completed, will produce 650 bags of 50kg...
The rice economy, by Moses Ochonu
When did we become a rice-centered economy? Everything I read about the Nigerian economy nowadays is about rice.
Even customs officers stationed at the...
Borders Closure ‘ll End Menace Of Turning Nigeria To Dumping Ground-...
By Kazeem Akande
Lagos - A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Bisi Yusuf, says the...
Border closure: Ogun rice traders laud FG’s policy, seek price regulation
By Itohan Abara-Laserian
Ota (Ogun) - Some rice traders at Ota in Ogun on Friday attributed the current hike in the price of local...
Council to flood markets with cheaper rice before Christmas
By Ismaila Chafe
Makkah (Saudi Arabia) - The National Food Security Council (NFSC), chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, will make rice available before...
Report: Nigeria’s Border Crisis Fueled by Rice
Peter Uzoho with agency report
The decision by the federal government to close all its land borders two months ago to tackle smuggling is affecting...
Customs impounds 250 bags of rice concealed in fuel tanker In...
The Nigerian Customs Service, Kano/Jigawa command on Friday impounded 250 bags of foreign rice concealed in a fuel tanker along Daura-Kano road, worth over...
Customs seize 1,072 vehicles, 19,000 bags of foreign rice
By Zubairu Idris
Katsina - The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it has seized no fewer than 1,072 vehicles from suspected smugglers since the...
Customs donates rice worth N4bn to IDPs in North-East
By Aisha Cole
Lagos - The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it has donated rice worth over N4billion to the Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs)...
FG approves N60bn for rice subsidy programme – Minister
By Ismaila Chafe
Abuja - The Federal Government has approved N60 billion in support of its rice subsidy programme aimed at bringing down the...
Navy seizes 3,039 bags of rice in C/River
By George Odok
Calabar - Authorities of Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Victory, said they had seized no fewer than 3,039 bags of contraband rice...
Benin, Nigeria and Niger meeting will end smuggling of rice –...
By Fortune Abang
Abuja, - The Benin Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Paulette Yekpe, has said that the proposed tripartite meeting by Nigeria, Niger and...
Shehu Sani Condemns Govt’s Planned Shutting down of Boarders Over Rice...
By Chibuike Nwabuko
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani has condemned the Planned shutting...