IWD: Nigeria has Over 7m Malnourished Girls, Women of Reproductive Age – UNICEF

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By Dare Akogun Nigeria recorded additional 1.7 million undernourished adolescent girls and women of reproductive age between 2018 and 2021, this is according to a new report published by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). With the report Nigeria now has about 7.3 million adolescent girls and women of reproductive age suffering from undernourishment, a sharp rise from 5.6 million

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Commercial Banks Begins Skeletal Re-Circulation of Old Naira Notes in Ilorin

By Toyin Saheed Commercial Banks in Ilorin the Kwara State capital have begun partial compliance with the Supreme Court order approving the use of old N1,000 and N500 and N200 notes as legal tender for 10 months. Our Correspondent Toyin Saheed, who went round the Ilorin metropolis reports that commercial banks had begun partial compliance with the order even though

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President Buhari Seeks Preferential Market Access for Least Developed Countries

By Dare Akogun President Muhammadu Buhari has canvassed for duty-free and quota-free market access for products originating from the world’s 46 least-developed countries to ensure their integration into regional and global value chains. Speaking in Doha, the capital of Qatar at the United Nations (UN) Conference of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), the President strongly criticized the current structure of the

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INEC Presents Certificates Of Return To Senators-Elect

  By Toyeeb Omotayo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday issued Certificates of Return to winners of the February 25, 2023 Senatorial elections in Nigeria The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu made the presentation at the National Collation Centre (the International Conference Centre) in Abuja. Yakubu had on Saturday said winners were declared for 423 legislative seats, indicating

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Global Fund to Prevent Violent Extremism Expands Funding to Iraq and Yemen

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By Dare Akogun The Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF) has announced that it will fund grants to Iraq and Yemen, marking the first countries in the Middle East to become part of the GCERF global partnership. Projects supported by GCERF aim to reach vulnerable individuals and communities, equipping them to be better able to counter violent extremist rhetoric

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2023 elections: APC Maintains majority in National Assembly With 57 Senators, 162 Reps

By Dare Akogun The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, today released the breakdown of results for the National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday, February 25 with the All Progressive Congress retaining majority in bith chambers of the assembly. INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood, noted that 98 out of 109 Senate seats have been declared. In the House of Representatives, 325 out

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Barr. Oba Task INEC on Improvement on Logistic

  By Kayode Adeoti The candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) representing Magaji Ngeri Constituency, Barrister Magaji Oba Abdulkadir, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on its logistics system in order to ease voting exercise for the electorate in the forthcoming gubernatorial and House of Assembly polls in Kwara State. Abdulkadir, said INEC should ensure

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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.