Kogi rice will feed the nation – Govt
The Kogi State Government has restated its commitment to creating an enabling environment for the much needed agricultural revolution,...
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50kg of rice to fall to N15,000 soon – Nigerian govt
Nigerian government has assured Nigerians that the price of rice would soon crash in the market. Currently, a 50kg of rice costs between...
Nigeria will be self-sufficient in rice production by November – Audu Ogbeh
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has said that the country will be self-sufficient in rice production by...
Imported rice Nigerians eat is poison – Governor Bagudu
Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Bagudu, has declared that rice imported to Nigeria for consumption is poisonous. Bagudu, the Chairman,...
Killer rice all over Nigerian market – Governors’ Forum
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed concerns over the quality of rice being imported and consumed by Nigerians. The...
Nigerian rice to compete with international brands soon – Osinbajo
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo has stated that Nigerian rice would compete favourably with any brand in the world. According to him,...
Price of rice has fallen – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics said the average price of imported rice decreased by 7.22 per cent, as one kilogramme was sold for...
Bag of rice to be sold at N10,000 from June – RIFAN
Rice farmers under the auspices of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, RIFAN, has assured Nigerians that in June 2017 a 50 kilogramme of...
Christmas: Lagos to sell N13,000 rice next week
The Lagos State Government on Friday said it could not commence the sale of its Lake Rice on December 15 as earlier planned to ensure...
Customs alerts Nigerians on expired rice from border posts
The Customs Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Ikeja, Mamudu Haruna, said on Tuesday that most rice smuggled through Idiroko,...
Lagos to sell rice at N13,000 for Christmas
The Lagos State Government has said it would sell rice to residents at N13,000 per 50kg, beginning from December 15. This was revealed by...
Nigerians prefer bags of rice to legislative bills – Reps member, Hon Onyema
Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon Chukwuka Onyema, says Nigerians prefer lawmakers that give them bags of rice...
Stop consuming imported rice – Aregbesola tells Nigerians
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has called on Nigerians to stop consuming imported rice, better known as foreign rice, urging them...
One judge claimed hidden dollars was estacode, another said he sells rice – Panel
The federal government has insisted that the arrest of some judges by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, was in...
Man beaten to pulp for buying two bags of rice with fake naira notes in Lagos [PHOTOS]
An irate mob in Lagos state on Monday almost lynched a man who allegedly bought two bags of rice with fake naira notes. The unidentified...
Hammed Ali, customs boss says rice smuggled into Nigeria can kill
The Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, says 99 per cent of rice smuggled through the land borders is not fit for...
Woman loses pot of cooking rice to thieves in Ebonyi
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited Agnes’s residence behind Nnodo Secondary School, Amike-Aba on Monday reports...
Two women jailed 10 months for receiving stolen rice, beans in Jos
The convicts, both of Jenta Adamu Street, Jos, were charged with receiving stolen property. The magistrate, Jovita Binjin, sentenced them...
Hunger led us to steal bag of rice – Labourers who bagged 14 months imprisonment beg court
The duo, who reside at Jenta Adamu Street in Jos are facing a two-count charge of criminal trespass and theft. The Magistrate, Mr Jovita...
Nigeria imports rice worth $6m daily – Ogbeh
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, said this while addressing farmers at Ndeagu-Echara and Omege-Echara...
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