rice production

Dangote Group has announced plans to make Nigeria self sufficient in rice production, noting that the company is investing massively in the rice industry for which it is targeting 240,000 metric tonnes. The Group Managing…

President Muhammadu Buhari says the recent statistics reeled out by the National Bureau of Statistics shows that his administration is doing well. Buhari said this on Wednesday during a Gala Night organised by beneficiaries of the…

Rice Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Zaria Local Government chapter has pulled out of the Federal Government’s RIFAN loan scheme alleging that the programme that involved the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been hijacked by few…

Nigeria is inching closer to achieving self-sufficiency in rice production as the present administration targets seven million tonnes production of the commodity in 2018, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said.…

In pursuit of the self-sustenance agenda of the government, the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will Tuesday commission the N10 billion WACOT Rice Processing Mill in Argungu, Kebbi that will generate about 1,000 employment. The…

In its bid to ensure that the state is food secured and boost employment, Lagos government has acquired 32 tonnes high tech rice mill from Switzerland to enhance its status as a rice producing state. The State Governor, Akinwunmi…