IBM will support projects that can help improve access to safe drinking water for all, improve water quality by reducing pollution, increase water-use efficiency, protect and restore water-related ecosystems, increase sanitation management, and reduce the number of people suffering from…
Prioritise your health to prevent stress-related illnesses, sudden death – Don urges Nigerians
By Fabian Ekeruche A Public Health expert, Prof. Dennis Aribodor, has urged Nigerians to prioritise their health in spite of economic hardships to prevent stress-related illnesses and sudden death. Aribodor who lectures at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, made…
Foundation gives $10,000 support for Nigerian business women
Fabian Ekeruche The Coca-Cola Foundation says it is supporting Nigerian business women with 10,000 dollars grant to acquire digital skills. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Segun Olabode, Analyst at Precise platform and made available to…
Association appeals to FG to secure Benue community from attacks
By Fabian Ekeruche The Turan Development Association (TUDA) has appealed to the Federal Government to stop the incessant attacks on Kwande Local Government Area in Benue State by suspected terrorists. Mr Festus lorkyaa, President, Turan Development Association (TUDA), made…
EMBRACING EQUITY THROUGH POSITIVE ALLIANCE
By Isoken Nwabunka On the occasion of the 2023 International Women’s Day (IWD) with the theme, “Embracing Equity’, it is pertinent to discuss a subject close to me, ‘encouraging the girl child to succeed’. The #EmbraceEquity campaign topic for IWD…
IWD: Foundation emphasises gender equality, women empowerment
By Fabian Ekeruche As the global community marks International Women’s Day, Cakasa Engineering Company and Cakasa Ebenezer Foundation have emphasised the need for gender equality and women empowerment. They made the call at an event to mark International Women’s Day…
Sanwo-Olu to Help PSPs Recapitalise, Empower Recyclers
…as AWAMN canvasses for Lagos State Governor’s re-election Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a 2023 budgetary plan to help Private Sector Participation (PSP) operators in the state recapitalise by injecting new waste evacuation trucks into their fleet. This was disclosed…
LAWMA Celebrates Female Staff on International Women’s Day
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in collaboration with Godrej Ltd and May & Baker Pharmaceuticals today, marked the International Women’s Day by celebrating LAWMA’s female staff, as the real faces of waste management in the state. The event, which…
Moscow Metro: The Big Circle Line Becomes Longest in the World
On March 1, the Big Circle Line (Bolshaya Koltsevaya), designed to expand and modernize the subway system, mainly to relieve traffic congestion on the Circle Line (Koltsevaya Line) and reduce traffic jams in Moscow, finally became fully operational. The Big…
Supreme Court Verdict: HEDA tasks CBN, EFCC on illicit funds flow, vote buying
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), an NGO, has asked the CBN and the EFCC to clampdown on illicit funds transactions ahead of the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections. This is contained in a statement signed…