Tag: Rice
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...
Reps summon CBN gov for lifting forex restriction on rice, cement,...
The House of Representatives has resolved to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Olayemi Cardoso, over the apex bank’s...
CBN lifts forex ban on rice, cement, toothpicks, poultry products, others
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted the ban placed on all 43 items previously restricted from purchasing Foreign Exchange to boost liquidity...
Customs intercepts N1.76bn foreign rice, petrol, used clothes
The officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja in Lagos State, have intercepted eight trailer loads of...
