The Women Advocates and Research Documentation Centre (WARDC) has called for the end of maternal deaths from unsafe abortions. The organisation also decried societal norms that pressure women with health conditions to carry pregnancies to the detriment of their health.…
FRSC Partners Police to Suspend Checkpoints at Onitsha During Festive Season
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says checkpoints would be suspended at the Onitsha end of the Niger bridge to ensure free flow of traffic during the yuletide. The Anambra State Sector Commander, FRSC, Mrs Joyce Alexander, made this known…
WAPA Distributes Tools, Equipment to Promote Entrepreneurship
By Joan Odafe Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) has given aspiring entrepreneurs tools, equipment and grants to help promote economic sustainability through entrepreneurship. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries received the…
HEDA Advocates for Youth Inclusion in Anti-corruption Crusade
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has called on Nigerian youths to use their ingenuity in the fight against anti-corruption in the country. Speakers at a conference organised by HEDA made the call on Monday to mark…
TUC National Deputy President Commends Lagos Water Corporation on Ongoing Transformation Process
L-R: SSASCGOC branch secretary, Comrade Alade Olawale; NPA SSASCGOC, Comrade Akanbi Ismail; LWC Executive Director, Operations, Engr. (Mrs.) Helen Omolanke Taiwo; LWC, Director (Administration and Human Resources), Mr. Hakeem Kosoko; and TUC National Deputy President/President General (SSASCGOC), Comrade Kayode Alakija,…
GBV: Speakers at Headfort Foundation Rights Advocacy urge survivors of GBV to speak out
Speakers and stakeholders at the Headfort Foundation for Justice workshop to educate girls about their rights after sexual violence have called on the survivals of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and sexual abuse to demonstrate the moral courage to speak out.…
NNPC Insists Port-Harcourt Refinery Fully Operational – Invites Skeptics for Facility Tour
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Mele Kyari has confidently assured Nigerians that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery is fully operational and actively involved in loading operations. Kyari made this statement during…
Ntia, NNPC Ltd’s New EVP Upstream, Charges Stakeholders on Corporate Governance, Transparency
The NNPC Ltd’s new Executive Vice President, Upstream, Mr. Udobong Ntia,has called on upstream stakeholders in the nation’s oil and gas industry to strengthen corporate governance, transparency and efficiency in their operations. Ntia, spoke during an Upstream Governance, Risk and…
NNPC Ltd Pledges Collaboration with Stakeholders to Develop Nigerian Football
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has pledged towork closely with stakeholders in the sports sector to develop and commercialisethe game of football in Nigeria. The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari, made thecommitment…
LSMTL Partners ACEN To Ensure Adherence To Standards For Building Materials
… Warns Consultants on Inaccurate Test Results The General Manager of the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory Agency, Engr. Olayinka Abdul has called for absolute caution on results emanating from its Technical Consultants to be valid and directed at aligning…
