AdminSep 15, 20161 min readMan arrested for attempting to exchange 9-year-old boy for bag of rice in LagosThe suspect was almost exchanging the nine-year-old boy, who was sent to buy sachet water (pure water), for a bag of rice when someone,...
AdminSep 11, 20161 min readRice may sell for N40, 000 per bag in December – MinisterLokpobiri said this at the weekend during a town hall meeting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He said, “For your information, we spend about...
AdminSep 2, 20161 min readSix men arrested for stealing 600 bags of rice, selling each at N7,000The six-man gang was arrested for hijacking of 600 bags of rice valued at N6million. Prior to their arrest, the IGP had ordered the SIRT...
AdminSep 2, 20162 min readMan abducts, exchanges two siblings for bags of rice in LagosThe suspect, simply identified as Joshua, was said to have abducted the children, aged 13 and 8, who were returning from extra-moral...
AdminSep 1, 20162 min readPrice of rice to crash soon – DealerWorkers unload 42,494 tonnes of Thai rice at the Tanjung Priok harbour in Jakarta January 25, 2011. Indonesia’s state procurement agency...
AdminAug 23, 20161 min readMinimum wage can’t buy bag of rice, reduction of workers’ salary by states wicked – NLCThe NLC Chairman in Anambra state, Mr. Jerry Nnubia, stated this on Tuesday during a rally in solidarity with Nasarawa state workers who...
AdminAug 5, 20162 min readEconomy: Prices of rice, beans, maize soar at Lagos marketThis is reflected in the commodity index update, prepared by Novus Agro Nigeria Ltd, an agro-based firm, and made available to the News...
AdminJul 5, 20161 min readEbonyi government allocates land to Commissioners, others for compulsory rice productionThe allocation of land was done at Ezillo Government Farm in Ishielu Local Government Area, which is the first phase of Governor David...
AdminJun 14, 20161 min readThere is no food in Nigeria, open the borders for rice importation – Sultan begs CustomsSpeaking in his palace in Sokoto, when he played host to the Comptroller-General of the Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd) yesterday, the...
AdminMay 4, 20162 min readBuhari’s government has made us kings – Rice, wheat farmersThe Buhari presidency has a clear idea on how to execute its agricultural policy to achieve self-sufficiency in food production, and...
AdminApr 6, 20161 min readI no longer eat foreign rice – Governor IkpeazuThe Governor disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists during his quarterly press briefing at the banquet hall of the...
AdminMar 13, 20161 min readRice will become very affordable by April – FGWorkers unload 42,494 tonnes of Thai rice at the Tanjung Priok harbour in Jakarta January 25, 2011. Indonesia’s state procurement agency...
AdminJan 17, 20162 min readBuhari orders Customs to distribute seized rice, others to displaced personsThe Service Public Relations Officer, Wale Adeniyi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday....
AdminOct 8, 20151 min readCustoms orders removal of rice from import restriction list at land bordersThe Public Relations Officer of customs, Mr Wale Adeniyi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
AdminJul 30, 20153 min readSenate moves to stop waiver on rice importationThe Senate on Thursday recalls that rice policy waiver of the Federal Government was a deliberate attempt to encourage agriculture in...
AdminJun 25, 20152 min readImporters of rice, cement to stop accessing Forex from banks – CBNThe Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says importers of rice, cement and other products will no longer access Foreign Exchange from CBN,...
AdminApr 10, 20151 min readThree arraigned in court for allegedly stealing 35 bags of riceThe accused persons identified as Ifeanyi Harrison, 45; Ikechukwu Okafor, 43, and Emeka Elias-Okolie, 43, all residents of No. 16, Oyekan...
AdminFeb 26, 20151 min readNigeria loses N1bn daily to importation of rice – NjezeThis was disclosed yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, NEPAD, and African...
