Special Reports/Investigations

Food insecurity threatens an estimated 4.4 million people, 775,000 of whom are at extreme risk.

Abari is one of the communities on the bank of the River Niger in Patani Local Government Area of Delta...

Nigeria faces the possibility of food shortage as a combination of climate change and insecurity curtails farming activities and output.

The environmental situation becomes even more severe during the dry season, thus worsening the security situation.

Safia Yahaya says the major challenge women farmers face is insecurity.

Mercy Nnanna says rural women farmers should be given loans at single digit interest

Nigerian snail farmers say lack of support from the government, as well as some of its policies are greatly affecting...

The discovery of crude oil in the 1950s progressively led to the neglect of Nigeria's agricultural sector.

Twenty-one women and four men are part of the coop, centered in the community of Ajahonmè - one of eight...

Decades after being the leader in oil palm production in the world, Nigeria is currently an importer of the product...

This year's flood is the worst in the history of the state since 1988.

The Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs under Mr Akpabio's has been overshadowed by corruption scandals in NDDC which it supervises,...

Some farmers said the lockdowns allowed them to give more attention to their farms.

Researchers say in the last 5 years, BASICS has created a viable and sustainable cassava seed system in Nigeria.

While the full impact of the pandemic on food security is still unknown, it’s likely to take different shapes around...

Nigeria has failed for decades to reclaim its pre-oil global cocoa production ranking despite promises by various governments. Things are...

The government argues that all these activities were channeled at improving the lives of average Nigerians.

Farmers and fishermen lament the toll oil spills have taken on their livelihood.

Residents of Olorunda in Oyo State have never had electricity. There is also no school, hospital, potable water and others...

In this second part of an investigative report from Plateau undertaken by UDEME & Premium Times, the reporter brings to...

Low level of mechanisation makes rice milling in Nigeria tedious and wasteful, keeping local production at below half of potential.

The business leads say groups and cooperatives are important structures if small-holder farmers want to be attractive for funding.

“It has been said that GMOs have higher yield simply because they are made in the laboratory. This is not...