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FG faults USDA’s claims on Nigeria’s rice importation, local production

·November 6, 2018
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The Federal Government on Tuesday said there was no truth in the United States Department of Agriculture’s World Markets and Trade Report that claimed that Nigeria imported three million metric…

Rice Production: Your lie is exposed, Atiku tells Buhari as global rice production figures contradict president’s claim

·November 6, 2018
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar on Monday described President Muhammadu Buhari's claim that Nigeria is nearing self-sufficiency in rice production, as false. In December 2017…

Fraud allegations, unremitted loans, crop failure, other anomalies dog Nigerian govt’s “rice revolution”

·June 4, 2018
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Speaking to a packed audience at the 10th Bola Tinubu Colloquium, an annual conference held to mark the birthday of Mr Tinubu, the national leader of the ruling All Progressives…