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25 Dec 2019
As Nigeria continues to partially close its land borders with Benin and Niger, shoppers in Nigeria continue to lament the high price of rice and other commodities as they celebrate Christmas.
23 Nov 2019
The closure of borders by President Buhari has encouraged and stimulated the production of local rice.
19 Nov 2019
The closure of borders by President Muhammadu Buhari has encouraged and stimulated the production of local rice production in Borno state.
30 Oct 2019
The Tincan Island Customs Command has uncovered thirty-three containers of expired smuggled foreign parboiled rice in Lagos. Another twenty-one containers were also found to contain hundreds of cartons of tramadol, performance enhancement drugs and other unwholesome products.
30 Aug 2019
Customs seize illegally imported truckloads of rice, SUVs
22 Jun 2019
Machetes in hand and wearing a straw hat against the sun, the participants of an "agro-bootcamp" in the farmlands of the West African nation of Benin harvest maize, cowpeas and rice.
6 Mar 2019
Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest producer of rice in Africa. Egypt was producing 4.3 tonnes annually but its production reduced by 40 percent this year as government limited cultivation to preserve water resources. Africa produces an average of 14.6 million tonnes of rough rice annually.
31 Mar 2018
Nigeria remains largest importer of rice in Africa despite interventions.
24 Nov 2017
Nigeria's rice importation drops to 21,000 metric tonnes in 2yrs.

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