By Our Reporters It is a sad day for government workers in Lagos State on Thursday as a moving train rammed into a state bus conveying civil servants to work. The unfortunate crash occurred at the PWD bus stop in the Ikeja area of the state on Thursday morning. Already, six persons have been confirmed dead by emergency responders, and
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By Elizabeth Ogunbamowo Claim: Results from the IReV portal show that Peter Obi won 19 states, including the FCT. Full Text Following the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the winner of the presidential election of February 25, 2023, supporters of opposition parties have expressed their angst against the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr. Tinubu, President-elect of Nigeria,
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By Dare Akogun The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11 by a week. The polls have now been rescheduled by one week to March 18, 2023. The news was contained in a statement signed the by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Commission
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By Dare Akogun The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has thrown it’s support behind the second term bid of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The Vice President North Central Zone of the council Amb. Akoshile Mukhthar in a statement made available to newsmen today in Abuja it is throwing it’s weight behind Gov AbdulRazaq because of the unprecedented number of young
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By Dare Akogun The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Sen. Gbemi Saraki, has debunked reports that she has joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki, in a statement signed by her media consultant, Moses Bello, and made available to newsmen denied joining PDP and supporting its Kwara state gubernatorial candidate, Shuaib Yaman. Mr Bello further added
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By Dare Akogun The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a legal team led by Lateef Fagbemi and twelve other Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the victory of its candidate, Bola Tinubu, at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the party’s official Twitter handle on Tuesday, March 7. The team
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From Dare Akogun, Egypt Nigeria has secured a $2.4 million support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the ongoing climate financing negotiation at COP27 taking place in Egypt. Minister for Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi disclosed this our Correspondent Dare Akogun on Wednesday in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, venue of the global climate change conference. He said the pledge was
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
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As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 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
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.
