L- R: Engr. Abraham Oshadami, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC; Ms Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani, Director General, Department of...

A civil society organisation (CSO), the Kwechiri Unity Forum, has filed a lawsuit against Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi and...

By Daily Trust Editorial The latest revelations on the abuse of constituency projects have exposed, in painful detail, how Nigeria’s...

By Sam Otuonye As part of ongoing financial interventions in Algeria since becoming a full member of the Bank in...

By Sam Otuonye The African Atlantic Gas Pipeline (AAGP) Project has received a major boost towards its actualisation as the...

Iran and the United States exchanged fresh attacks early Monday as their conflict entered a ninth day, with Washington saying...

 By Emmanuel Aziken It was not merely the accident at Chappaquiddick that destroyed Senator Ted Kennedy’s lifelong ambition of becoming...

By Ike Abonyi Today marks not merely the passage of another year, but a commemoration of the profound and lasting...

By Ifeatu Agbu  Conversations about the Niger Delta often revolve around what lies beneath the soil  rather than what grows from it. It is true that the Niger Delta has powered Nigeria's  economy since crude oil was discovered in commercial quantities in 1956 at Oloibiri, Bayelsa State.   Today, the narrative is changing as efforts are underway to reposition agriculture to  help secure Nigeria's future prosperity. The plan is to build an agricultural economy  that rewards investment, drives industrial  growth and positions the Niger Delta as  one of Nigeria's leading destinations for  agribusiness.   The Niger Delta possesses the natural and economic fundamentals that investors  seek. The region is endowed with fertile  land, abundant freshwater resources,  diverse ecological zones, extensive  coastline and inland waterways, and  access to major domestic and export  markets. Across the Niger Delta states lies enormous potential for crop production,  aquaculture, livestock,  agro-processing and agricultural trade.  On July 15, the Banquet Hall of the ...

  By Kabiru Haruna The conferment of a prestigious "Beacon of Education Award" on Grace Ike, the Chairperson of the...