Stakeholders in the OML 13 Host Communities Development Trust (HCDT), alongside Sumedha Energy Limited (SEL), Sterling Oil’s joint venture with NNPC Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL), have formally presented a comprehensive Needs Assessment Report aimed at guiding development interventions across…
Tanzania, Dangote Group Explore Multi-Billion-Dollar Investments in Infrastructure, Energy, Fertiliser
President Samia appoints minister to coordinate strategic partnership President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania has held high level talks with President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, on a major expansion of the Group’s investments in…
Safe Blood Saves Lives: VCDF, Sterling Oil and Delta State Government Mark World Blood Donor Day
Efforts to strengthen voluntary blood donation and improve access to safe blood supplies received renewed attention in Delta State as the Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF), with support from Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company Limited (SEEPCO), joined the…
Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians
© IOM Passengers arriving in the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, are screened as part of Ebola prevention efforts. By Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer, Geneva Ebola has been spreading at unprecedented speed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing…
VCDF, SEEPCO Partner Iru LCDA to Train 100 Women in Adire Production
One hundred women across communities in Iru Local Council Development Area, which covers communities across Victoria Island and its environs, have completed a 15-day Adire-making and entrepreneurship training programme; an intervention organized by Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) with support…
Africa CDC & WHO Seek US$ 518 million, Launch Unified Response Plan to Combat Ebola Virus
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a joint continental preparedness and response plan on the ongoing Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus. The plan aims to raise…
Simon Stiell, UN Climate Chief Warns Against Delays as Climate Crisis Intensifies and Global Energy Risks Mount
The Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell, has called on governments to accelerate climate action and avoid reopening settled negotiations, warning that the world is running out of time to address escalating climate impacts, economic instability, and…
NNPC Enhances Diagnostic Healthcare Capacity with MRI Machine Donation to Dala Orthopaedic Hospital
GCEO NNPC Ltd, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, represented by the Managing Director of NNPC Foundation, Mrs. Emmanuella Arukwe (centre) cuts a tape to commission a state-of-the-art, 1.5 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) System at the National Orthopaedic Hospital (NOH), Dala,…
DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Nurses discharged after full recovery
© WHO/Joël Lumbala A shipment of essential medical supplies for the Ebola response arrives at Bunia airport in Ituri province, DR Congo. Four nurses who fell ill with Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have…
Initiative delivers 34.7m mosquito nets to 10 states in 2025
The Supply Chain Initiative (SCI), implemented by Society for Family Health (SFH), says strengthened logistics systems enabled the successful delivery of 34.7 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets across 10 states in 2025. SCI Project Director, Mr Christopher Dangana, said this in…
