From Dare Akogun, Egypt The United States President Joe Biden, on Friday, announced $150 million in support for climate adaptation projects in Africa. He made the announcement at the ongoing climate summit, otherwise called the Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt. Mr Biden pointed that controlling climate change is imperative for the future of the world, adding that there is
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Sobi FM’s senior and award-winning editor, Dare Akogun, has landed in Egypt, to cover the forthcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, UNFCCC, commonly tagged “COP27”. His accreditation was concluded, and participation was confirmed, last week in an email, sent by the UNFCCC IBC Manager, Tim Davies, in which he indicated that one Workstation had been reserved for SOBI FM at
Continue ReadingBy Dare Akogun A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, has ordered the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop recognising Alhaji Mustapha Salman Isowo, as the secretary of the party in the state. The order was sequel to a motion ex-parte filed by counsel to members of the party in Alanamu Central Ward, Ilorin West
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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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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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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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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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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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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
Nuclear power is a solution to climate change because it is the largest source of low-carbon energy that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions and can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
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.
