Renewed Rice Smuggling: Won't FG Heed RIPAN's Clarion Call? By Abdulsalam Mahmud   Again, rice smuggling. Will it ever end? Let me be categorical. When will the illegal importation of rice into Nigeria become history? It doesn't appear to be soon, if the cover of one...

RIPAN Knocks Saboteurs Behind Border Re-Opening Video, Cautions FG The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria, RIPAN, suspects that persons and groups who do not wish the Nigerian economy well, were behind the re-circulation of an old video where the Idiroko Border was re-opened. PRNigeria reports that...

RIPAN and Burden of Tackling Rice Smuggling, by Abdulsalam Mahmud   Nigeria is one country where the smuggling of foreign goods of all kinds is rife. The country's porous land borders are gateways for criminals better known as smugglers to bring in all sorts of contrabands. Are...

Despite Govt's Interventions, Smuggling Remains Bane of Nigeria's Rice Production - RIPAN Days after an investigative report by Economic Confidential on How Illicit Rice Importation is Threatening FG’s Agricultural Sector Interventions, a major stakeholder has raised its voice on the situation. The Rice Processors Association of...

Should Senate Tackle Customs for Rice Seizure?, by Zubaida Baba Ibrahim       Despite being Africa’s highest producer of rice, Nigeria spent an average of $4.2bn on its importation. These statistics were the basis on which the ban on rice importation was implemented in 2019. The importation ban...

Rice Processors Tackle Senate Over Directive on Customs to return Confiscated Smuggled Rice Rice Processors Association of Nigeria(RIPAN) has frowned at the directive given by the Senate to the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) to return to their owners confiscated smuggled foreign rice seized from various shops...