The Director General, Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Akin Olateru, says 106 fatalities were recorded in the Kwara boat mishap that took place late Monday night. The DG who made this disclosure during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, June 15, revealed that a total of 144 passengers were rescued. He stated that the NSIB is currently carrying out
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UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has said that there are bridges to be built to realize the common ground that exists in the world as the Bonn Climate Change Conference closed today after two weeks of intense work that made progress on several critical issues. He spoke at the closing session of the conference which is organised to
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It has been almost ten days into the 2023 Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB58) yet progress on nearly all priority areas of negotiations is yet to be recorded. The midyear climate talks represent an important milestone on the road to the 28th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC -COP28) in Dubai, this December.
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The high death rate in the early Monday morning boat mishap in the Patigi local government area of Kwara state has been attributed to the negative attitude of people of the area toward the use of life jackets whenever they travel by water. Speaking at the inauguration of the 2023 subsidized fertilizers programme by the Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development
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The Hydro Electric Power Producing Areas, HYPPADEC has flagged off distribution of subsidised fertilizers to farmers in five local government areas in Kwara State as part of its efforts to boost food production in the state. The Managing Director of the commission Abubakar Sadiq Yelwa while speaking at the event held in Ilorin the Kwara state capital said ordinary farmers
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Kwara state, located in the north-central region of Nigeria, is known for its vast agricultural resources and fertile lands. However, the lack of good transport infrastructure in the agrarian communities is posing a major challenge to the transportation of agricultural produce from the farms to the markets, thereby affecting food production and economic growth. Several farmers in the state have
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No fewer than 100 persons including a father and his four children reportedly lost their lives in a boat accident on the river Niger late Monday night. It was gathered that the incident occurred when the boat conveying about 300 passengers who were wedding guests returning to Kwara state from a wedding ceremony in Egboti community in Niger state hit
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As part of it’s efforts to address the yawning gap in farm mechanization in Nigeria and also to boost food security in the country a tractor manufacturing company is to open a manufacturing plant in Kwara state in the North Central Nigeria. The venture is in a strategic partnership with a foreign-based firm that has been in the business of tractor manufacturing
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