Economy

Palliative: Customs Begins Sale of 25kg Rice for N10,000

Web News 23 February 2024 691 0

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, will today commence the sale of seized bags of rice to the public at the rate of N10,000 per 25kg . Disclosing this to newsmen in Lagos, Comptroller General of the NCS, Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, said the process for the sale of the food items has been perfected such Continue Reading

Economy

Abiodun Orders Supply of 100 Trailers of Subsidized Rice

Web News 22 February 2024 673 0

*To be distributed Free for the Elderly By Abimbola Bamgbose As part of the efforts to cushion the high cost of foodstuffs currently affecting the nation, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has ordered the supply of one hundred trailers of bags of rice for residents  Governor Abiodun gave the order at a stakeholder’s meeting […]Continue Reading

Crime

Smugglers Conceal 1,245 Rounds of Ammunition in Rice Bags

Web News 14 August 2023 300 0

By Olusegun Folarin The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted one thousand, two hundred and forty five rounds of live ammunition concealed in bags of rice. The Controller of Customs, Ogun Area 1 Command, Mr Bamidele Makinde, who announced this to journalists in Abeokuta said the five vehicles conveying the ammunition, were intercepted on a bush […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

Increasing Investment in Large Scale Production of Rice

Web News 6 August 2020 526 0

Nigeria is one of the countries of the world blessed with green land for agriculture which her forefathers were known for. No wonder in the southern part of the country, school pupils are made to memorize a song in Yoruba language that western education without hoe and cutlasses is not a complete education. Previous administrations […]Continue Reading

Agriculture

FG, Ekiti Govt. Empowers Hundreds of Rice Farmers

Web News 30 July 2020 1039 0

As part of efforts to increase rice production in Ekiti State, Federal Government has empowered hundreds of rice farmers across the sixteen local government areas. The empowerment which was supervised by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and an Insurance company took place in Igbemo Ekiti where the farmers went home with herbicides, knapsacks, sprayers and […]Continue Reading