By GOZIEM OKUBOR Something curious happened to a group of rice farmers in northern Nigeria. They found a way to produce more cheaply and became more productive. Then the economics of farming turned against them. That is worth understanding in a country where food has become painfully expensive. The IMF estimated that 27 million Nigerians […]

By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA — Nigeria’s oil palm industry has received a boost with the election of the President of the National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria, NPPAN, Amb. Alphonsus Inyang, as Chairman of the General Assembly of the World Coalition of Oil Palm Smallholders, WCOPS. Inyang was unanimously elected at the coalition’s General Assembly […]

ABUJA — Engr. Comfort Afella, PhD, FNSE, has been honoured with the prestigious Global Impact Award and formally inducted as a Fellow of Global Impact (FGI) in recognition of her outstanding contributions to engineering, leadership, STEM education, women’s empowerment, youth development and national development. The distinguished engineering leader, with over 25 years of outstanding service […]

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The decision of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to provide a $50 million facility to Geometric Power Limited after a seven-year delay was what made Aba Power a reality today. The Group Managing Director (GMD) of Geometric Power, Mrs. Agatha Nnaji, disclosed this during an interview with journalists who […]

By Juliet Umeh Stakeholders have urged businesses to adopt affordable clean-energy options, saying unreliable electricity supply is driving reliance on generators and worsening air pollution in commercial areas. They made the call at the Neighbourhood Power Protocol Stakeholders’ Engagement Dialogue, themed “Consumers for Clean Air,” in Lagos. CADEF’s Executive Director, Prof. Chiso Ndukwe-Okafor, said unreliable […]