Last week, Nigerian officials seized over 100 bags of what was claimed to be plastic rice. Lab tests have since shown the product isn’t fake, as Gizmodo and other outlets reported. But it is badly ...

Nigeria’s health minister, Isaac Adewole has debunked rumors that some bags of rice seized by the Nigerian Customs Service a few days ago was ‘plastic rice’. The Lagos customs chief Haruna Mamudu had ...

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LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec. 23 (UPI) --Nigeria's food safety agency is performing chemical tests on bags of imported rice after some government officials said it was made of plastic. Customs officials said ...

Nigerian officials have seized more than 2.5 tons of plastic "rice" believed to have been smuggled into the country from China. At least one suspect has been arrested in connection with the "haul of ...

Nigerian authorities have seized 2.5 metric tons of reportedly fake rice during the holiday season. On Tuesday, the Nigerian Custom Service said it intercepted 102 bags of a brand called Best Tomato ...