Niger is betting on increased oil exploration and gold mining to help modernise its economy. ... The fall of the Songhai Empire marks the end of the region's role as a trading crossroads.

The Nation Newspaper Ibas rues Songhai Farm's neglect in Rivers. Tuesday, July 8, 2025 ... “What we have seen today is not just neglect—it is a loss for our economy, our food security, and our ...

In the 1590s, Saadi sultan Ahmad al-Mansur appointed Spanish military leader Judar Pasha to lead a campaign, conquering the Songhai empire in West Africa. Thanks to his army, Morocco took control ...

That's why I named it Songhai -- after the great empire. Mansa Musa, who was from Songhai, was the wealthiest person in the world at the time. When he went on pilgrimage to Egypt, he carried so ...

Rivers Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, inaugurated a 5-man task to undertake the immediate reviving of the State Government-owned Songhai Farms with a charge on them to deploy their ...

The fall of the Songhai Empire marks the end of the region's role as a trading crossroads. ... Economic difficulties, droughts, corruption and food shortages trigger a military coup.

Rivers Administrator Vice-Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd) has lamented the abandonment of Songhai Integrated Farms in Rivers State, describing it as a loss to the economy.. Ibas, who said the neglect ...