Customs seizes 9000 bags of rice in Ibadan

In another dramatic raid, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Oyo/Osun Command, has seized 9,000 bags of…

Customs seizes 16,643 bags of rice in Katsina

The Kaduna/Katsina Command of the Nigeria Custom Service seized 16,408 bags of 50kg rice and 235…

Rice seized by Customs is not plastic but contaminated – NAFDAC 

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) yesterday said laboratory result of…

Rice, wheat importation gulps N1trn annually — CBN

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, said that importation of rice…

Christmas: Lagos to sell rice at N13,000

  The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it was ready to roll out Lake Rice…

Rice farmers seek total ban on sale of imported rice

Rice farmers have urged state governments to follow the footstep of Ebonyi and ban the sale…

CBN: Nigeria’ll begin to export rice in 2017

Nigeria will begin to export rice to other countries before the end of 2017,  the Central…

Imported rice: Stakeholders caution Ebonyi Govt’s proposed ban on sales

Agricultural stakeholders in Ebonyi have called for caution on the State Government’s planned ban of the…

Customs intercepts fuel tanker loaded with rice

The Ogun State Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted a petroleum tanker, and no fewer…

Vietnam plans sell more rice to Nigeria 

Deputy Director-General at the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ngo Hoan, on Monday announced the…

Rice: Vietnam plans more exportation to Nigeria

The Deputy Director-General at the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ngo Hoan on Monday announced the Vietnamese…

Nigeria’s rice demand short by 4 million tonnes – Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says the country has huge deficit…