Sub-Saharan Africa’s foremost sustainability consulting, advocacy and training enterprise, CSR-in-Action, has entered a partnership with It-Begins-With-U (IBWU) Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation based out of Canada, led by a volunteer team passionate about bringing about positive attitudinal change in Nigerian communities. The team are working on a collective passion to give back to the community through…
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has flagged off the dualization and construction of five roads and two bridges in Maiduguri metropolis. The 13.52km roads and bridges, include Ahmadu-Bello, Mogoram junction, Ummarari and Ngarnam awarded to Eighteenth Engineering Company (EEC) and Obtuse Tech Engineering Company (OTEC) at N10.88 billion. While the projects are to be completed…
Health food production company, Nutraboom, has unveiled a new set of product packaging for its range of children’s health-focussed nutritious products as part of the company’s ongoing rebranding project. Founded in 2019 by Oluwakemi Laniyan, Nutraboom aims to be the leading provider of child nutrition in Africa with wholesome. According to Laniyan, the firm started…
The execution of the N270 billion budget with “transparency and integrity” will revamp the economy to create more job opportunities in Borno State. This year’s appropriation bill tagged: “Budget of Hope for Post Conflict Stability,” aims to sustain the gains of 2.5 years development efforts of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs). He said that the…
As the country is about to choose its leaders in the 2023 elections, all Nigerians are implored to collect their PVCs if they are of voting age. This charge was given by a renowned socio-political activist and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri in a Press statement in Lagos yesterday. He said: “We Democrats also urge all…
By Abdulahi Dankano This piece is an intervention to call the rank and file of Peoples Democratic Party to a bitter reality they may not realise. The facts in the piece are sincere appraisal that can be useful if PDP is truly interested in winning the Presidency. Dr Iyorchia Ayu as a tested political scientist…
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has told one of the People’s Democractic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in the State, Engr Segun Oni, also a former governor, to leave him out of the contest and concentrate on Otunba Bisi Kolawole, his fellow aspirant. Fayose, who was reacting to Oni’s statement that delegates who will…
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has appealed to the Saudi Arabian government to reconsider its suspension of direct Nigeria’s flight into the country. Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, NAHCON, made the appeal when he visited the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria in Abuja. Hassan explained that the…
Action Against Hunger (AAH) Nigeria, an NGO, on Tuesday raised its concern over prevailing chronic and acute malnutrition in children in the North western zone of the country. Mr Rangaiya Kanaganathan, Head of Department, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), of the organisation, expressed the worry in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has integrated childhood vaccination at COVID-19 vaccination sites for children from 0-23 months. This is to ensure that preventable childhood diseases are not neglected in the face of the response against the COVID-19 pandemic. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at the National COVID-19…
