He sat on a bench under a sprawling mango tree in his farm, leaning his aching back on the trunk. He hit himself with his right palm in a desperate attempt to snuff lives out of mosquitoes that would ...

The Benin-Owena River Basin Development Authority (BORBDA) on Sunday launched two integrated farm projects in Okpe and Uneme Nekhua both in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo as part of the ...

Nigerian-born scientist, Father Godfrey Nzamujo, started with a small, barren piece of land in Benin in 1985. His quest to a "zero waste" agricultural system was ignited by the drought and famine of ...

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said that diversifying the economy of the state has become inevitable due to the need to solve the problem of food shortages while also providing jobs for ...

The dramatic 17-m pyramidal structure of the Tomb of Askia was built by Askia Mohamed, the Emperor of Songhai, in 1495 in his capital Gao. It bears testimony to the power and riches of the empire that ...

The Songhai Bamboo Roots Association hosted its 13th annual Kwanzaa celebration on Saturday at the Killeen Civic and ...

Nigeria desperately needs a rebirth--beginning with an appellative rebirth. That's why I think Professor Akin Oyebode, University of Lagos professor of international law and Ekiti State delegate at ...

IF there is anything that occupies the mind of the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today, it is how to explore the agricultural potentials of the state to rescue it from the current ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Prince Gbolahan Lawal on Sunday expressed the readiness and determination of the state government to complete all abandoned projects in the agricultural ...

SIR: Successive governments in Nigeria have come up with a number of strategies and approaches to address food scarcity that could lead to full blown food insecurity in the country. As ambitious as ...