By Mercy Omoike The Lagos State Government has unveiled the Biofortified Blending Machine and Biofortified Rice to tackle growing micronutrient deficiencies in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unveiling of the Biofortified Rice was held at the Lagos State Rice Mill, Imota, Ikorodu onContinue Reading
By Rita Iliya Niger Government and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)-assisted Value Chain Development Programme Additional Financing (VCDP+AF) had recorded significant milestones in rice and cassava value chains in the state. Hajiya Hadizat Isah, Coordinator of the Niger State Programme Management Unit (SPMU), disclosed this during a Steering CommitteeContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua The RICOWAS Project was designed to boost climate-resilient rice production in Nigeria, Dr Umar Abdullahi, the National Coordinator of the project has said. Abdullahi made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the project also focuses onContinue Reading
Rice By Felicia Imohimi The German Government has inaugurated the Carbon Offsetting Rice Emissions (CORE) Project to support 12,000 smallholder farmers in climate-smart rice production across Benue, Nasarawa, and Kano States. Speaking at the inauguration in Abuja, Annett Günther, German Ambassador to Nigeria, represented by Johannes Lehne, Deputy Head ofContinue Reading
Rebuttal By Raji Rasak The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has dismissed the allegation of releasing poisoned rice seized from smugglers, which had reportedly resulted in multiple deaths in the town. The spokesman for the command, CSC Isah Sulaiman, denied the allegation in a statement onContinue Reading
By Ginika Okoye The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has raided and sealed some shops at Utako market for selling re-bagged and under-weight bags of rice. Sealing the shops in Abuja on Tuesday, Mrs Boladale Adeyinka, the Director, Surveillance and Investigations Department of FCCPC, said the raid followedContinue Reading
By Abdullahi Mohammed No fewer than 40,000 bags of rice are to be distributed to residents of Borno through the Food Intervention Programme of Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF). Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno made this known in Maiduguri at the flag-off of the distribution exercise of the 10kgContinue Reading
Navy By Raji Rasak The Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry of the Nigerian Navy has intercepted 13,800 litres of petrol and 71 bags of foreign rice in multiple operations along Badagry creeks. The Commanding Officer of FOB Badagry, Navy Captain Oyeleye Omotayo, in a statement on Sunday in Badagry, LagosContinue Reading
