Rice

Customs intercepts 700 bags of smuggled rice in Niger

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) said it has intercepted a truck loaded with 700…

Court orders Customs to pay N5.5bn for illegally impounding, stealing rice

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the Nigeria Customs Service and…

Ogun Customs record N1bn revenue from seized 7,030 bags of smuggled rice, 38 Tokunbo cars, others in May [Photos]

The Ogun State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted and seized 7,030…

Germany to support Nigeria’s rice production with €2m

Nigeria's rice production drive seems to be getting the needed support as the German…

Navy intercepts 450 bags of smuggled rice worth N8m, arrests smugglers [Photos]

The Nigerian Navy has intercepted 450 bags of smuggled parboiled rice from Cameroon valued…

Thinking outside the pot? Twitter lambastes man who complained his girlfriend cooked rice in his kettle

A lady has proven that there is no limit to the human ability to…

FOR EATING EXTRA PLATE OF RICE! Woman, 43, ties six-year-old niece  to a table, flogs her, lands in court

A woman has been dragged before the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly flogging…

VALUED AT N1.3M! Man collects 100 bags of rice under false pretence, lands in court

A 39-year-old man, Chucks Ezugwu, was on Friday brought before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in…

COMMITMENT! Customs seizes Tramadol, 1,100 bags of rice worth over N54m in Kaduna

The Zone `B’ of the Nigeria Customs Federal Operation Unit has seized three cartons…

ON BUHARI’S DIRECTIVE! Customs distribute seized bags of rice worth N4bn to displaced persons

The Nigeria Customs Service says it has so far distributed 424,391 seized bags of…

FLOODING! Nigeria may experience shortage of rice in 2019, says Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says if appropriate measures…

MAIN AGENDA! Impeaching Saraki won’t reduce price of a bag of rice to N7, 000, Fayose tells FG

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has advised the Federal Government to focus on…

DRIVEN BY WEAKER EXPORT OF WHEAT, MAIZE AND RICE! World food prices fall 3.7 per cent in July, says FAO

World food prices fell 3.7 per cent in July from the month before with…

COST TAXPAYERS N561 MILLION! Containers of rice donated by Chinese government to IDPs rot in NEMA’s warehouse, ports

The Director-General of National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Maihaja, has been under investigation for…

FOOD WATCH! Prices of rice, tomatoes and eggs fall as average price of yams increase, says NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics says the average price of one kilogramme of yam…