Cabinet has directed the foreign relations and health ministries to begin preparations for the hosting of a high-level meeting on the elimination of malaria in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) next month.During its this week, cabinet a…
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2023 WBW: Stakeholders advocate corporate work-place breastfeeding policies
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Alive & Thrive in collaboration with key stakeholders in Lagos on Thursday advocated for family-friendly workplace breastfeeding policies.The Project Director of Alive & Thrive, Dr …
Read MoreNigerian Navy denies involvement in oil theft
The Nigeria Navy Headquarters, has debunked allegations in a publication that Navy personnel aboard Motor Tanker (MT) PRAISEL were aiding oil theft.The Navy’s Director of Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said on Friday that the personnel on…
Read MoreMinisterial list: Youth inclusion unprecedented, advocate hails Tinubu
A communications expert and youth advocate, Mr Oloruntobi Alasi, has described President Bola Tinubu’s youth inclusion in governance as unprecedented.Alasi, in a statement on Friday in Lagos, commended Tinubu’s inclusion of youths and women in the mini…
Read MoreGroup bridges hearing-impairment gap, trains over 1000 in sign language
The Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiatives (CYIF) has trained no fewer than 1, 000 persons in sign language to bridge the gap between the deaf and the hearing community.The Representative of the group, Mr Seunfunmi Ogunbure, disclosed this in an inter…
Read MoreHike in fuel price pushed me into armed robbery, says bolt driver
The police command in Lagos State has arrested a 29-year-old ‘bolt’ driver, Jeremiah Adeniran, who allegedly robbed some of his passengers.Adeniran, during an interview with journalists on Friday in Ikeja, confessed that the hike in fuel price led him …
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