A combined team of security outfits in Kwara State on Monday rescued a two-year-old child and 11 market women from their kidnappers. The 11 market women, who went to trade at Oke-Ode Market in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State last Wednesday, were waylaid and abducted around Oyi Bridge in Yaaru-Olayinka village by some kidnappers. The traders, according …

The Federal Government will advance a non-interest loan of N50,000 each to 1.5 million marketwomen under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment (GEEP) programme to improve their capital and expand on their businesses. According to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu the N75 billion market women fund, to be known as the Iyaloja Fund for poor …