The Aliko Dangote Foundation on Monday donated 20,000 bags of 10-kilogram rice to support vulnerable residents at Ramadan in Bauchi State. The state government, in collaboration with the foundation, inaugurated the distribution of the rice palliatives to persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups across the state. Speaking, Gov. Bala Mohammed, represented by his Deputy,…
The Abia State government has targeted 8,500 hectares of land for wet season rice farming at different communities across the state to address food insecurity. The commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu said this while addressing the media in Umuahia, the capital on the outcome of this week’s executive council meeting chaired by Governor Alex Otti…
The Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE has intercepted 1,306 bags of foreign rice being smuggled into the country. The NNS BEECROFT Commander, Commodore Paul Nimmyel, said this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Apapa, Lagos State. Nimmyel, who is the Maritime Component Commander, South-West Operation AWATSE, said that the rice was intercepted on Saturday at…
Global rice prices reached a 15-year high in August after top exporter India banned some overseas sales of the grain, the Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. While global food prices eased in August, those of rice rose 9.8 percent compared to the previous month, “reflecting trade disruptions in the aftermath of a ban on…
