Ileya Festival: Olori Afolabi Launches Food Bank, Distributes Rice to Apomu Residents
Olori Janet Afolabi, CNN award-winning journalist and Queen of Apomu Kingdom, has launched a food bank and distributed 150 bags…
Federal Lawmaker Olumide Osoba Donates 1,000 Bags of Rice to Constituents in Ogun
Segun Atanda/ One-thousand bags of rice were on Saturday distributed by Hon. Olumide Osoba, a member of the House of…
Nigeria at 60: Police Spearhead FG’s New Drive for Independence
Dipo Kehinde/ Two months before Nigeria marked her Independence Day anniversary last year, President Muhammadu Buhari launched a battle for…
FG to Make Rice Cheaper, Sufficient for Christmas
By Ismaila Chafe/ The National Food Security Council (NFSC), chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, is expected to make rice available…
Court Freezes 45 Bank Accounts Used By Rice Dealers
NAN/ A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the temporary freezing of 45 bank accounts belonging to three companies…
‘Poisonous Rice’ Kills Twins, Family of 7 in Lagos
Patience Ogbo/ The police in Lagos are suspecting that a poisoned rice meal or generator fume must have caused the…
600,000 Tonnes Rice Mill Underway in Nigerian City
Agency Report/ Mr Fahad Mangal, Executive Director, Darma Rice Mill Ltd, said the company would set up a 600,000 tonnes…
Customs Officers Kill Woman in Lagos
Matilda Omonaiye/ Barely 48 hours after a civil defence corps member shot a civilian dead in cold blood, in Lagos,…
Video: Rice Smugglers Rule Nigerian Border
Here’s a viral video of smugglers merrily moving what appear to be bags of rice across Nigeria’s north-western border. Is…
Buhari Set to Stop Rice Importation This Year, Deliver Chinese Financed Power Project at the End of Second Term
Segun Atanda/ President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that Nigeria will stop importing rice this year. He also revealed in his…