Special Reports/Investigations

Despite the numerous challenges in setting up cold chain outlets in the country, private firms are taking the plunge.

Nigeria loses about half of its perishable export goods yearly due to a dearth of cold chain technology at airports,...

Yam farmers in Benue say they record about 40 per cent post-harvest losses. It's a similar situation for other food...

Nigeria, which suffers from food shortages, loses tonnes of various types of foods to post-harvest losses.

In 2018, Governor Lalong announced the purchase of 400 tractors for the use of farmers across Plateau State.

Abdulkadiri Babalakin, who grew up in Odo-Omo, a village in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State, said things weren’t...

In 2004, some displaced white farmers from Zimbabwe arrived in the agrarian communities in the Shonga district of Edu Local...

Irregular rainfall patterns, extreme weather, land degradation, and desert encroachment are some of the challenges the Katsina farmers face.

Kaduna ginger farmers are struggling to get back on their feet after an infection devastated their crops last year

A project of the Ondo State Government for massive production of oil palm through agro-allied companies has led to thousands...

Regulatory and operational problems plague Nigeria’s water transportation, fuelling deadly crashes, a joint investigation by Pluboard and Premium Times finds.

In the Nigerian state, dry season farming – typically spanning October through March – is becoming increasingly challenging.

A significant surge in rainfall in some parts of Nigeria over the decade has affected the country's largely rain-fed farming...

In Ondo State, communities along the Atlantic coast have endured years of sea incursions caused by rising sea levels and...

Three of Mongabay’s Y. Eva Tan Conservation Reporting Fellows detail the local situation in their region.

Aside from the challenges of inadequate storage facilities, extreme weather events and pests attacks also had a huge toll on...

Africa faces the most severe environmental damage from the conflict – countries must actively work on diplomatic solutions.

Niger State lost 76 hectares of tree cover, equivalent to 324 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, in 2022, according to...

The mandate of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) is to reform and rehabilitate offenders to become better citizens but some...

While the life expectancy for a man is estimated at 58.2 years in the South-west, it is 50.8 years in...

A state project to improve palm oil production leads to the destruction of cocoa farms in what should be a...

“I have lost a lot on that farm. Feeding my two wives and seven children has become difficult. ... Now...

Between 1955 and 1960, the late Obafemi Awolowo, then Premier of the defunct Western Region, established farm settlements and institutes...