Tag: Foreign Rice
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Lagos raid: Navy cracks down on illegal petrol, rice trade
The Nigerian Navy, operating from its Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry, conducted multiple operations in the Badagry creeks between March 7th and 14th, resulting in the interception of 13,800 liters of petrol and 71 bags of foreign rice.
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Customs seize 1,072 vehicles, 19,000 bags of foreign rice
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says it has seized no fewer than 1,072 vehicles from suspected smugglers since the closure of Nigerian borders with neighbouring countries. NCS Public Relations’ Officer, Mr Joseph Attah made the disclosure on Friday in Katsina during a sensitisation programme on the Border Drill Operation. He said that the vehicles were…
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Yuletide: FG warns Nigerians over consumption of foreign rice, says ‘they are smuggled, poisoned’
The Federal Government on Thursday warned Nigerians not to patronise or consume foreign rice currently on sale in the country as most of them (the rice) are smuggled and poisoned from their originating countries. According to the government, recent tests conducted by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development showed that most imported rice…