Nigeria now largest producer of rice in Africa.

Nigeria has overtaken Egypt as the largest rice producer in Africa. This was made known by the Director-General, Africa Rice Center, Benin Republic, Dr Harold Roy-Macauley.

According to Roy-Macauley, Nigeria is now the largest rice producer at 4 million tonnes a year.

Egypt was producing 4.3 tonnes annually but production has reduced by almost 40 percent this year due to the Egyptian government decision to limit cultivation to preserve water resources.

Africa as a whole produces an average of 14.6 million tonnes of rough rice annually.

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Buhari returns to office

President Buhari on Tuesday resumed office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after returning from the presidential election break.

Arabic teacher strangles his student

9-year-old student of Muhawshat Primary School in Jalingo, Taraba state has been strangled to death by his Arabic teacher, Hashiru Bala. Muhammaded Suddas Umar Yola, who is the son of prominent Jalingo-based businessman, went for Magrib prayer in a Mosque located close to his father’s house on Sunday when he was killed. When the boy did not return home after the prayers, a search party was organized to look for him. A friend of the victim told his parents how the Arabic teacher had been asking other students about the movement of the victim as well as his brothers and sisters. The Arabic teacher, identified as Hashiru Bala, was then questioned about the boy's whereabouts. Family members reportedly said Hashiru initially denied seeing the victim but when Department of State Security (DSS) officials were called in, he confessed that he strangled the boy to death. Hashiru led security operatives to the place where he dumped the lifeless body of the boy. A senio...

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