Songhai forces decisively defeated by the army of the Saadi dynasty in Morocco, who make Timbuktu their capital. The fall of the Songhai Empire marks the end of the region's role as a trading ...

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 ...

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 Sole Administrator, Rivers State, 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 ...

The dramatic 17-m pyramidal structure of the Tomb of Askia was built by Askia Mohamed, the Emperor of Songhai, in 1495 in his capital Gao. It bears testimony to the power and riches of the empire that ...

Songhai forces decisively defeated by the army of the Saadi dynasty in Morocco, who make Timbuktu their capital. The fall of the Songhai Empire marks the end of the region's role as a trading ...

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 ...

15th-16th Century - Part of the Songhai Empire, which subsequently dominates the western Sahel and east-west trade routes across Africa following the fall of the Mali Empire.

15th-16th Century - Part of the Songhai Empire, which subsequently dominates the western Sahel and east-west trade routes across Africa following the fall of the Mali Empire.