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INVESTIGATION: How Corrupt Security Officials Help Smugglers To Import Rice From Benin Republic Into Nigeria Through iIlegal Kwara Border Route

In 2015, the Nigerian Government placed a ban on the importation of rice through land borders and imposed a hefty 70% tariff on imports coming through the ports. However, despite these restrictions, numerous incidents of smuggling and seizures of this contraband by the Nigerian Customs Service have been reported. In this investigation, Salihu Ayatullahi of

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CrossRice: The Ayade Rice Revolution – Making Rice Farming Attractive To The New Generation BY CHRIS OGAIDANG 

One of the greatest challenges to the growth of Agriculture in general and rice production in particular in Nigeria is its lack of appeal to the younger generation, who incidentally make up a larger percentage of its population. This is due to the old methods of farming employed in most parts of the nation. Another

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NDDC Partners Cross River On Rice Value Chain, Others

By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent Moved by Governor Ben Ayade’s rice value chain revolution in Cross River State, the Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Professor Nelson Brambaifa has disclosed plans to key into the project and expand it to other States within the region. Brambaifa

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JUST IN: Wet Season Rice Farming Flagged Off In Calabar (PICTURES) 

By Efa Sunday, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Governor, Senator Ben Ayade and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele today jointly flagged off wet season rice farming and other Agricultural value chains in Calabar. The official ceremony was carried out on the 32, 000 square kilometer site of the

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CrossRice: The Ayade Rice Revolution; Creating Jobs, Generating Income BY CHRIS OGAIDANG

The rate of unemployment in Nigeria has become catastrophic in recent years. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in Sept. 2018, about 20.9 million Nigerians were without jobs. This underscores the importance of job creation in the nation. The importance of income generation for economic growth of a nation cannot also

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Ayade’s Investment In Rice: Revolutionary Strategy For Achieving Self Sufficiency In Rice Production In Nigeria BY CHRIS OGAIDANG

Nigeria is the largest rice producing country in West Africa, but it is also the second largest importer of rice in the World. According to Index Mundi the total domestic milled rice consumption in Nigeria in 2017 was 6.7 million metric tonnes and rose to 6.9 million metric tonnes in 2018 showing a growth rate

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Industrialisation: Cross River Reaps From Rice City, To Partner Indian Firm

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By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent The Cross River State government on Monday harvested for the first time, rice seeds from its automated rice seedlings and seed manufacturing factory popularly referred to as rice city in Calabar. The governor, Senator Ben Ayade witnessed the event and described it as a feat for the state even

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Politicians Have Hijacked CBN Rice Anchor Borrowers Program In Cross River – Rice Farmer (AUDIO)

By Margaret John A Rice farmer in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Moses Egbung has accused politicians in Cross River State of hijacking the Federal Government funded CBN anchors borrowers program and turning it into a family affair. Mr. Moses who was speaking as a guest on“The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”,

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