The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, North Central Nigeria Hon. Engineer Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, has appealed to the Federal Government to dredge the River Niger as a lasting solution to the perennial flooding in parts of the state. Danladi-Salihu made the appeal while on a sympathy visit to the Emir of Lafiagi, Alhaji Muhammad Kawu, and the victims of the
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The Global Environment Facility’s governing body has approved the disbursement of $1.4 billion to accelerate efforts to tackle the climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises. The GEF Council’s support for the record work program targeting the root causes of environmental damage came amid significant momentum for environmental diplomacy, following recent breakthrough deals on biodiversity, the high seas, and progress on plastics
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The Deputy Governor of Kwara, Chief Kayode Alabi, has led the state government’s delegation to Odo-Ase community in Oke Ero Local Government Area over Friday night’s downpour that washed away the bridge linking it with other parts of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
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The King of Bapindi Kingdom in DR Congo, Kufulula Arnold popularly known as Wolf of Congo, has called for the repatriation of the remains of Ota Benga, a Congolese man who was enslaved and exhibited in a human zoo in the United States in 1906. Ota Benga from the Mbuti people of present-day Democratic Republic of Congo, was brought to
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Highly indebted business mogul and founder Ibrahim is the founder of Global Fleet Group, a conglomerate based in Nigeria with business interests and subsidiaries in neighboring West African countries, was among the 109 senators sworn in into Nigeria’s upper legislature on June 13th, 2023. He will be representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the red chamber. He won his election
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A corpse has been recovered from the canal by the entrance of Trademore Estate in Abuja following the flood incident that occurred in the area on Friday according to Abuja-based news medium PREMIUM TIMES. The estate, located in the Lugbe axis of the capital city, along the airport road, was flooded after a downpour in the early hours of Friday.
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There are indications that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is contemplating a new policy where candidates wishing to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be required to use their mobile phones and other personal devices to take the examination. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede made the disclosure on Saturday,
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Unspecified numbers of People are trapped in their Houses and many have been displaced at the popular Trade Moore Estate in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital due to hours of torrential rainfall on Friday morning. In videos posted on social media, houses, vehicles, and other structures were submerged in the downpour, trapping some occupants inside and others outside. Speaking with the Nigeria
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
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The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
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