Tag: rice
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RIPAN gives reasons for hike in price of rice
The Rice Processors Association of Nigeria (RIPAN), Kano State Chapter, has attributed the hike in price of rice from 19,000 to N23,000, to the increase in price of paddy rice. Alhaji Abba Dantata, a member of RIPAN stated this in Kano Monday during a joint press briefing with Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission…
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Viral video: Tinubu denies distributing rice ahead of 2023 election
National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied distributing bags of rice in some states in the northern part of the country. Tinubu made this known in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Mr Tunde Rahman, in Lagos State. A viral video of images depicting the face…
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BREAKING: Three killed as Customs, youths clash over smuggled bags of rice in Ogun
Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday as three persons were feared killed by stray bullets in Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The incident happened at the Kikelomo area in Ayetoro early morning on Tuesday. The men of Nigeria Customs Service had reportedly stormed the area following a tip-off of smuggling activities. The…
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Abuja residents moan, groan under harsh economic conditions
…commercial transporters double cost …’keke’ and okada riders increase cost by 50 percent …there’s palpable fear that a bag of foreign rice may hit N50k by December It was moaning and groaning as Abuja residents bitterly complain about the high cost of living in satellite towns barely one week after the federal government increased electricity…
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I hate trains, I hate bridges, I hate rice, By Femi Adesina
Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr Ben Gbenro: “Why are some people allergic to good news about Nigeria? You are angry about the test-run of Lagos-Ibadan rail, you are angry about the development…
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How Buhari averted Nigeria’s road to Venezuela – Femi Adesina
“Each time, as I see palliative materials being handed out at this time of health and economic emergency, and I behold heaps and heaps of bags of rice, all locally grown, I imagine what else could have happened. What if we had needed to import, and there was no foreign currency, and all international borders…
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COVID-19: Akwa Ibom govt lauds Moni Pulo over donation of ambulance, 2000 bags of rice
The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Emmanuel Udom, hasthe indigenous upstream oil giant, Moni Pulo Limited, for supporting the efforts of the Akwa Ibom State Government in combating COVID-19. The Governor made the remark while taking delivery of a brand new ambulance donated by Moni Pulo to the State Government. Represented by the Secretary of…
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We didn’t reject FG’s palliative rice – Ekiti govt
The Ekiti government on Monday said it did not return 1800 bags of rice donated to the state by the Federal Government as palliative to mitigate the effects of the lockdown aimed at curtailing the spread of the COVID-19. Prof. Bolaji Aluko, the Coordinator of the COVID-19 19 Task Force and Director General, Office of…
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‘Double wahala’ in South-West over handling of Buhari’s expired palliative rice, Covid-19 pressures
Like the immortal lyrics of Afro legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, ‘double wahala for dead body and the owner of dead body’, some South West governors were at the weekend faced with double jeopardy of handling the burden that comes with supposed expired palliative rice sent to the region by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government while still struggling…