The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has unveiled a strategic anti-smuggling operation to counter the illicit exportation of critical food resources for individual financial gain.
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An organic poultry farming expert, Mr Kingsley Ejimadu has urged local poultry farmers to go organic, due to its affordability and numerous health benefits.
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, has blamed the increase in the price of eggs on the fluctuating foreign exchange rate and greed by some middlemen.
Marka Abass, Bauchi State Coordinator of Small-Scale Women Farmers of Nigeria SWOFON, stresses the dynamic role of empowering rural women…
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Sokoto state council has said that operations of security operatives intercepting truckloads of assorted grains within the interior parts of the country are causing additional hardships for communities.
ASHENEWS reports that the joint border patrol team of the Nigeria Customs Service in Sokoto, also tagged “Sector IV”, has intercepted large quantities of food items allegedly being exported to Niger Republic.
The management of Dawanau International Grains Market in Kano State has dismissed speculations that dealers transacting business in the market are hoarding foodstuffs to create artificial scarcity.
Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to revisit the National Food Safety Bill.
Some rice millers in Gombe State on Friday blamed the rising price of rice on the unavailability of paddy for processing rice due to hoarding by some merchants.
ASHENEWS reports that The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has sealed Sahad Stores located in the Garki District of Abuja on allegations of price fixing, and hoarding.