‘No plastic rice in Nigeria’

‘No plastic rice in Nigeria’

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has explained that laboratory result of the suspected fake rice showed that the product was not plastic but rice contaminated with micro organisms. The Acting Director General, NAFDAC, Yetunde...
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Anxiety as Customs intercepts 102 bags of plastic rice

Anxiety as Customs intercepts 102 bags of plastic rice

(NAN) The Nigeria Customs Service (FOU), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Ikeja, has seized 102 bags of plastic rice branded “Beat Tomato Rice’’ with no date of manufacture. The Customs Area Controller of  F.O.U. Comptroller Mohammed Haruna,stated this in...
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Minister at Olam farms, reiterates FG commitment to enhance rice cultivation, food security

Minister at Olam farms, reiterates FG commitment to enhance rice cultivation, food security

Inline with the Federal Government’s desire to enhance domestic food security, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh has assured Nigerians that adequate measures are being taken to scale up rice cultivation, encourage local prod...
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CBN canvasses support for 2000-hectare Coscharis rice farm

CBN canvasses support for 2000-hectare Coscharis rice farm

As part of measures to sustain ongoing diversification into agriculture, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to fund the rice milling plant for the 2000-hectare Coscharis Farm located at Anaku, in Anambra State.  CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, who made...
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‘Rice imports remain banned through land borders’

‘Rice imports remain banned through land borders’

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has not reversed the ban on rice importations through land borders.     In a statement on Saturday, NCS Public Relations Officer (PRO), Wale Adeniyi also denied granting press interview to that effect.   Adeniyi said:...
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Customs FOU impounds N130m contrabands in September

Customs FOU impounds N130m contrabands in September

For the month of September, the  Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos intercepted contrabands amounting to Duty Paid Value (DPV) of  N101.5 million.   Similarly, the Unit through its interventions recovered N30,1...
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