In December 2020, as part of its Economic Sustainability Plan to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country, the federal government launched the Transport Track of the Transport and Artisans scheme under its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Survival Fund, expected to provide a one-off grant of N30,000 to about 4,505 people operating in the
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Between 2013 and 2019, the Kwara State Government awarded contracts for major road constructions across the state, among them the 32.8-kilometer Ilesha-Baruba to Gwanara Road in Baruten local government. Eight years later, our reporter, DARE AKOGUN reports that controversy surrounding contract reviews and inflation have caused delays in project completion, leaving residents at the mercy of a dangerous road.
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Kwara, the ‘state of harmony’ had lesser reports of insecurity ravaging the rest of the country, until recently when incidents of abduction and banditry became rife in the north-central state. Dare AKOGUN reports. SEGUN Arowolo, a businessman, based in Lagos, was kidnapped, alongside six others in August on their way back from a wedding ceremony along Oke Onigbin
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stated that a just, equitable, and sustainable future for all will simply not be possible without the involvement of the world’s 1.2 billion young people. The UN chief in a policy brief published on Thursday calls for an expanding and strengthening youth participation in public policy-making and decision-making at all levels, to realize the promise
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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has launched the International Consortium on Combating Wildlife Crime (ICCWC) a tool kit to assess and combat wildlife crime in Nigeria. Speaking at the event, UNODC country representative Oliver Stope, explained that environmental degradation has reached alarming levels in Nigeria. He revealed that Nigeria has one of the highest rates
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has saluted indigenous people across the world for the pioneering role they play in efforts to protect nature and preserve biodiversity. The UN Chief who gave the commendation in his address marking the opening of the 2023 session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on Monday, drew attention to the ways that indigenous
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Medical experts have arrived in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital to commence micro-planning activities for malaria intervention. This is part of the efforts of the Kwara State Government to provide quality healthcare services for its citizens. The team, led by the Head of Case Management for the National Malaria Elimination Programme, Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Nnenna Ogbulafor, stated that
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The Federal Government has given provisional approval for the use of R21/Matrix malaria vaccine produced by scientists at Oxford University. The Nigerian government granted the approval after Ghana became the first country to approve the vaccine which is said to be 80 percent effective. Speaking to newsmen on Monday, April 17, the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and
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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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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
Dare Akogun is a media innovator, strategic communication professional, and climate and energy transition journalist with over 11 years of impactful contributions to the media industry.
