Nigerian Navy has intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice during an anti-smuggling operation in the Majidun ...

The Nigerian Navy has intercepted 1,306 bags of smuggled rice during an operation in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The seizure was made on April 12, 2025, by officers attached to the Maritime ...

The navy said the interception was executed professionally, with no casualties recorded during the operation. The Nigerian Navy has announced the interception of no fewer than 1,306 bags of ...

The Maritime Component of Operation AWATSE has intercepted 1,306 bags of foreign rice ... He said that the smuggled parboiled rice had been handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service, Western ...

“For example, Mama Gold stopped selling rice in Nigeria in 2015. Yet, traders are repackaging local rice into these foreign-branded bags to deceive consumers who still crave imported rice ...

That is against consumer economic interests.” Adeyinka added that the rice bags bore the branding of companies that had ceased exports to Nigeria nearly a decade ago. “They are not imported.

The Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Abuja and the Kogi State Government have received food donations from the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), as part of the N16 billion Annual National Food ...

Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers ... It was gathered that the boat was overloaded with over 200 bags of rice and capsized about 9p.m., on the fateful day as a result of heavy ...

“The arrested 1,306 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine ...

The seized bags of foreign rice were handed over to the Nigeria Customs Service. The Nigerian Navy says it has intercepted over 1300 bags of foreign parboiled rice at Majidun Community in Ikorodu ...