Rice importation dips in 2018, says CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday said the volume of rice imported into the…

Reps ask Customs to return rice seized in Kano

The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Customs Service to return the large quantity of…

Reps orders Customs to return impounded rice

The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Customs Service to return the large quantity of…

Customs intercepts N50m rice, vegetable oil, sugar

The Nigeria Customs Service Kano/Jigawa Area Command has seized over 2000 bags of foreign rice, 500…

Rice imported into Nigeria fit only for animals – FG

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has raised the alarm that expired rice…

Customs impounds truckload of codeine syrup, 9504 bags of rice

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted an Iveco…

Rice: Customs rejigs anti-smuggling strategy

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Sunday, said it has re-directed its strategy on rice anti-smuggling…

Smuggling: Importers seek policy to encourage local rice consumption 

The Rice Millers, Importers and Distributors Association of Nigeria (RIMIDAN) has urged the Federal Government to…

Customs: Smugglers repackage foreign rice as locally produced in Ogun 

The Ogun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has uncovered antics devised by rice…

NCS intercepts petrol tanker conveying rice in Kaduna

The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone “B” Federal Operations Unit (FOU), has impounded a petrol tanker, a…

Customs Strike Force intercepts another truck load of rice in Oyo

Barely one week after the Comptroller General of Customs Strike Force intercepted 3000 bags of rice…

Can we truly curb rice smuggling by closing the borders?

As part of the 2017 Democracy Day celebrations, the Minister for Agriculture, Audu Ogbe after reeling…