#foreign rice

Customs invades Ibadan market, carts away truckloads of foreign rice

Men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone A invaded Oja Oba Market in Ibadan in the early hours of Saturday and carted away truckloads of foreign bags of rice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officers broke into shops and warehouses in the market taking away no fewer than eight truckloads of bags of rice. NAN reports that the invasion is coming…

Nigerian Border To Remain Closed As Smugglers Pay 10 Million – Gov. Umahi

…CBN Account Opening Week (AOW)

  The Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Nweze Umahi has declared his total support for the Federal Government to maintain the closure of the Nigerian border in order to curtail the level of smuggling of fake products and for security reasons. He made this declaration on Monday, December, 2nd, 2019 at the flag-off event of CBN Account Opening Week(AOW)…

Dying for rice: Okada rider hit, as Customs fire at smugglers

An Okada rider has allegedly been killed by stray bullets on Sunday as Custom officers reportedly fired live rounds in a bid to stop suspected smugglers traveling in a bus that’s filled with foreign rice.

Abia City Blog reports that a twitter user, Iya Kunmi, shared the tragic story:

“Barely 20 minutes ago, the men of the Nigeria Customs were in hot pursuit of a Sienna bus allegedly…

When foreign rice becomes endangered

Nigerians love eating rice at Christmas. But the prices of imported brands of rice have skyrocketed. Although some cheaper brands have recently emerged, scary reports about plastic rice being sold in some markets in parts of the country have dampened the people’s spirits, ANNA OKON writes Among the popular videos circulating in the social media is one that features somebody boiling rice. The rice…

David Umahi Bans Sale Of Foreign Rice In Ebonyi Markets

The Ebonyi Government is to enforce its ban on the sale of foreign rice in markets and other outlets in the State. Gov. David Umahi made the disclosure when participants of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Senior Course 39, Jaji, visited him in Abakaliki on Monday. According to the governor, the order would soon be enforced to ensure that the residents patronise home-grown Ebonyi Rice.…