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UN forum on SDGs concludes with renewed commitment, call for urgent action
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development concluded on Wednesday, with nations reiterating the need for renewed…
NCDC warns of rising yellow fever cases amid cholera outbreaks
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a warning about the increasing number of…
Substandard materials, poor construction responsible for Jos school collapse: NBRRI
The Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) has attributed the cause of the building collapse at Saint…
Sahara Group Foundation, Nigeria Philanthropy Office partner to grow MSMEs
By Stanley Onyeka, Lagos Sahara Group Foundation, the social impact vehicle of Sahara Group, has signed a Memorandum…
Shell Nigeria MD, Okunbor, honoured for exemplary leadership
By Stanley Onyeka, Lagos The Managing Director, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Limited, and Country Chair,…
Lagos State leads Nigeria’s cholera outbreak – NCDC
LAGOS State is at the centre of a significant cholera outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
Obasanjo unveils book on how Soludo’s engineered consolidation transformed Nigerian banks
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday unveiled a book on how the Soludo-engineered consolidation transformed Nigerian…
Shell companies invest $42.2m in social services
By Stanley Onyeka, Lagos Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), said they invested over $42.2 million in direct social…
Commission expresses concern over FG’s plan to fund food palliatives in states
The International Human Rights Commission – Relief Fund Trust (IHRC-RFT), Nigeria Chapter, has expressed concern over plans by…
Fund social protection interventions to reduce poverty – EU tells FG
The European Union (EU) has urged the Federal and state governments to increase funding for social protection interventions, emphasising its…