USDA: Nigeria To Become 2nd Biggest Rice Importer In 2019   Nigeria’s rice imports will rise by 13 per cent next year to 3.4 million metric tons, making the country the world’s biggest rice importer after China, according to the US Department of Agriculture. “China and Nigeria...

Flood May Lead To Shortage Of Rice In 2019 – Ogbeh   The heavy flood in about 14 states may lead to shortage of rice across the country next year, the Federal Government has warned. It warned that if adequate measures were not taken to replant the...

Kebbi Rice Farmers Lament Fertilizer Shortage   Rice farmers in Kebbi State have expressed concerns over their inability to secure fertilizers for the rainy season, saying the shortage of the product will hamper their output. A prominent rice farmer along the Dikku Road, Birnin-Kebbi, Alhaji Ibrahim Guluma,...

Customs Intercepted 3,000 Smuggled Rice In Ogun The Comptroller General of Customs’ Strike Force on smuggling of foreign parboiled rice has intercepted five trailers that were loaded with the commodity from Ogun State. The smuggled rice numbering about 3,000 bags of 50kg. The parboiled foreign rice were...

In Three Years Lagos Spends N1bn On Lake Rice Subsidy   The Lagos State Government thursday said it had subsidised LAKE Rice to the tune of N1.049billion from December 2016 till date, as part of efforts aimed at sustaining food sufficiency and food security in the...

Customs Seizes Rice, Vegetable Oil worth N65m The Federal Operation Unit Zone B of Nigeria Customs Service said it seized 1, 500 bags of smuggled rice and vegetable oil valued over N65 million in Kaduna. The Controller, Usman Dakingari who displayed the seized items before newsmen...