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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Riverine communities in Kwara North had always enjoyed the benefits of living close to the river. This is because it provides them with water for farming activities, fishing and transportation. The 2022 flooding that ravaged the riverine communities in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State has been described as the most devastating in recent years, sweeping away large hectares
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In commemoration of World Environmental Day, an Ilorin-based non-governmental organization (NGO) Brain Builders Youth Development Initiatives, BBYDI, University of Ilorin chapter in conjunction with Wheather Reporters Club Unilorin chapter, took to the streets today, Saturday June 10, 2023 to evacuate refuse Tanke area in the state capital. The exercise, which was carried out by volunteers from the NGO, was aimed
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Mohammed Tsadu was a rice farmer in the agrarian and fishing community of Kpata-Gbaradogi. He lost his farm to the 2022 flooding that ravaged the major country and since then he has had to fend for himself and his young family by doing menial jobs in the community or Patigi township to make ends meet. He said youths like him
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The International Ocean Institute (IOI), has urged people to adopt an attitudinal change from indiscriminately disposing of plastic wastes and other forms of litter in the ocean to protect coastal and marine ecosystems and help boost their chances of survival in the long run. Managing Director of the International Ocean Institute (IOI) Antonella Vassallo, made the plea in Lagos on
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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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