Tag: beans
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Food prices continue to rise in Nigeria
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said that prices of selected food items increased in October.
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How prices of food continue to rise in Nigeria
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that prices of selected food items increased in September.
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Food prices continue to increase – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says prices of selected food items increased in May. It made the declaration in its Selected Food Prices Watch Report for May released in Abuja on Wednesday.
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Beans sellers deny using snipers for preservation
Beans sellers in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State have refuted the allegation, that they are using, an insecticide, called sniper, to preserve their commodity with Sniper. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that there have been concerns among residents of Lagos over the allegation that beans sellers were using sniper to preserve the commodity. The…
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Beware of ‘sniper-treated beans’, Consumer council warns Nigerians
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has warned Nigerians on the dangers of not parboiling their beans extensively before consumption. The director general, Babatunde Irukera, said the warning became necessary after the agency received information that has already gone viral on reported use of sniper chemical by retailers to preserve beans. Mr Irukera’s warning was contained…
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Rice, beans importation into Nigeria reduce by over 90% – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja reiterated federal government’s determination to continually review and strengthen ongoing reforms in the agriculture sector “until Nigeria regains its pride of place as food exporting country.” The president said this when he received a delegation of All Progressives Congress, APC, from Kebbi State, led by the state governor,…
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India moves to plant beans, peas, others in Nigeria
…as both countries move to sign Civil Aviation and Agriculture Agreements Mr Jagdeep Kapoor, Head of Chancery, High Commission of India, in Lagos, on Thursday annouced his government’s plans to encourage Nigerian farmers to plant more pulses that would be exported to India. Kapoor told the newsmen in Lagos that the initiative would create a…