N8bn Total Worth Of Rice Lost In Benue Due To Herdsmen Attacks In 2018     The Benue state Commissioner for Agriculture, James Anbua has stated that the state has lost over N8billion to herdsmen attack this year. The commissioner told journalists on the aftermath of herdsmen attack...

Bagudu: Kebbi Farmers Cultivate 400,000 Hectares Of Rice   No fewer than 200,000 farmers now grow rice on over 400,000 hectares of land in Kebbi State, the state government has said. The Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Bagudu, recently said that the number of farmers cultivating rice...

Dangote Inaugurates Multi-Billion Rice Processing Plant In Jigawa   The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has announced the construction of a multibillion naira rice processing plant in Hadin, Jigawa State. A statement from the group indicated on Thursday that the project was part of the Dangote’s Rice...

  The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has directed a restriction on the exit of rice from the Free Trade Zones (FTZ) into the country’s market as Customs tackled smuggling through the land borders. NCS spokesman, Mr. Joseph Attah, in an interview...

Lagos State government is planning to sell special rice at N13,000 per 50kg bag for the Xmas and New Year Celebrations. The government said it would roll out Lake Rice on December 15, 2016 to Lagosians at fixed price of N13,000. Mr Sanni Okanlawan, Special Adviser...

If the purpose of government is to ease the lives of the people, then it is time for President Muhammadu Buhari to really sit down and find solutions to the growing inflation and the economic difficulties of Nigerians. If the purpose of government is...