Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, the newly appointed Managing Director of the Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA), has unveiled ambitious plans to boost irrigation coverage and paddy rice ...

Nigeria’s indigenous rice varieties, including Ofada, Igbemo, Abakaliki, and Ekpoma rice, possess unique characteristics that make them valuable beyond local markets. While these varieties are ...

Japan’s food rice stockpiles may reach the highest level in eight years at the end of June 2011, leading to a price drop and planting curbs by growers next year.

Despite warnings of an in imminent desert-like situation in near future, Punjab has drastically failed to reduce the area under paddy cultivation in the past four decades. In fact the state is still ...

The National Agency for Food, Drug and Administration Control (NAFDAC) has arrested a salesgirl and impounded more than 120 bags of fake rice from over ten shops in Rivers. The NAFDAC Coordinator ...

A recent explosion on the Trans-Niger Pipeline, responsible for 15% of export, highlights the country's security problem. Oil infrastructure attacks, potentially linked to militant groups in the ...

In a statement released on Thursday, the agency disclosed that a shop located along the YKC axis of Woji was identified as a key distribution point for the fake rice. The National Agency for Food ...

The “Community” movie, Warner Bros. Picture’s “Cut Off” and an untitled flick from the Daniels are among the 51 films receiving 2025 production tax incentives through California’s Film ...

An explosion has struck the Trans-Niger Pipeline, one of Nigeria’s largest oil pipelines, in the Bodo area of Rivers State. LEADERSHIP checks indicate that the incident, which occurred on Monday ...

Local refiners have saved the country about N4.8 trillion ($3.20 billion) from sourcing foreign exchange from Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to import Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the last four months ...

UCLA remained No. 1 in the Associated Press Women's Basketball Top 25 on Monday, a day after securing the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Bruins ...