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By Dr. Barthy Okorochukwu INTRODUCTION: Agriculture is the production of crops and livestock for the sustenance of man and economic gain. It is also the processing, marketing and distribution of crops and animal products for money and food. Agriculture was the most important sector of the Nigeria economy before the discovery of oil from the […]

By Sam Agbavem and Eunice Sampson There is no gainsaying the fact that Imo State is blessed with a large gas deposit, which can be harnessed to power its industries and households. But will Imo State be able to utilize this resource, or will it be a case of a stranded asset? What is the

Introduction The recent incident in an illegal oil refinery site in Egbema/Ohaji area of Imo State, where over a hundred people reportedly lost their lives, has reopened the debate on how to resolve the thorny issue of illegal oil refining. High youth unemployment, the growing culture of oil bunkering and a desire to get rich

By Dr. Emmanuel Ogbonna The vast majority of the over 1 billion Sub-Saharan Africa population, of which over 200 million reside in Nigeria, live without reliable electricity. Nigeria has the largest energy access deficit in the world, with about 43% of its population without access to grid electricity (World Bank, 2021). However, of those already