Attah said that a total of 221 bags – each weighing 25 kilos – came into Nigeria, but only 102 were recovered, which means 119 have already been distributed. “Though rice contribute a ...

A member of the millet family, fonio fits into two main categories: Digitaria ibura (known as black fonio, which grows in Nigeria ... as a good luck charm to bags on the first day of school.

The Nigeria Customs Service says it is investigating reports people were trampled to death during a sale of bags of confiscated rice amid growing anger over skyrocketing prices of food in ...

ABUJA – A bill to stop the manufacturing, importation and use of all plastic bags for commercial and household packaging in Nigeria may soon be passed into law by the House of Representatives.

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 ...

Native to West Africa, it’s a staple most commonly enjoyed in the mountainous areas of countries like Burkina Faso, Guinea, Senegal, Mali, and Nigeria (1). Other names for fonio include acha ...

It is often women who end up doing the processing and, by hand, it can take up to 15 days for one woman to separate and husk a bag of fonio, leaving many farmers reluctant to grow the crop ...