Tag: Rice
Hardship: Dangote donates 80,000 bags of rice to Lagos residents
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has donated 80,000 bags of 10kg rice to the vulnerable in Lagos State.
Dangote, who is President of Dangote Group...
2 varsity students die in rice distribution stampede
Two students of the Nasarawa State University in Keffi were confirmed dead in a stampede when the students looted rice given for distribution by...
Pastor: How kidnappers used my son as collateral to buy rice
A Lagos-based pastor, Joshua Ogbonna, says some suspected kidnappers abducted his son and used him to buy two bags of rice valued at N180,000...
Customs suspends rice distribution in Lagos over stampede
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended its food disposal initiative following a stampede that claimed seven lives in the Yaba area of Lagos...
Food Shortage: Tinubu orders release of maize, rice from reserve
As a short-term response to address the food shortage in the country, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the immediate release of various food items...
Global food prices inflation remains high – World Bank
The World Bank has said that the inflation in food prices remains high globally.
The World Bank declared in its latest Food Security Update report...
Reps: FG gave rice as palliative to our constituencies, not N100m
The House of Representatives says the Federal Government gave its members rice to be distributed to their constituencies as palliative and not N100 million...
Ogun Customs intercepts 975 live ammunition hidden in bags of rice
The officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, have intercepted 975 rounds of live cartridges of red star ammunition concealed...
CBN: Rice, cement, poultry products, others not totally banned
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has clarified that the 43 items were never explicitly prohibited from importation or sale in Nigeria.
The CBN Governor,...
Customs intercepts N1.24bn donkey skins, vehicles, rice, others
The officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, have intercepted donkey skins, vehicles, and other items worth N1.24 billion...
