By Uchenna Eletuo The Diocese of Lagos Anglican Communion, on Friday inducted and installed the Venerable Babatunde Adeleke-Oduwole as the Vicar, Church of the Resurrection, and Archdeacon of Victoria Island Archdeaconry in Lagos. The event, which began with a procession by the clergy, spiced up with melodious hymns, wasContinue Reading
An Analysis by Busayo Onijala, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) From physical and sexual abuse, to emotional and economic control, women are subjected to a range of violent behaviours that can have long-lasting physical and psychological effects on them. Violence against women has been a pervasive global problem affectingContinue Reading
By Augusta Uchediunor A leading pharmaceutical company, ST.RACHEAL’S Pharma, has called on the Federal Government to centrally purchase antibiotics to accelerate industrialisation, manufacturing and boost medicine security with the attendant massive creation of jobs. According to it, directives should also be given for antibiotics to be dispensed at subsidisedContinue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola The Lagos State Primary Health Care Board (LSPHCB) says it has administered Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to 40 per cent of targeted girls in Lagos. The Permanent Secretary of LSPHCB, Dr Ibrahim Mustafa, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. HumanContinue Reading
By Leonard Okachie The Abia FADAMA, through the Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) programme, has distributed various farm inputs to beneficiaries in the state. The inputs, including knapsack sprayers, bags of fertilisers, cassava stems, herbicides, birds, feeds, vaccines and others, were distributed to no fewer thanContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson Dr Stephen Akintayo, a Real Estate Expert and Chairman of Gtext Holdings, says consistency through right partnerships and well calculated business risks are needed to survive in the present economic realities. He added that key factors for survival in the competitive market was building a legacyContinue Reading
By Kamal Tayo Oropo An NGO, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), has linked the incessant conflicts between farmers and herders in Ghana to corruption and governance. Michael Okai said this while representing the group at the fifth Conference on Land Policy in Africa, holding in Addis Ababa, on Tuesday. HeContinue Reading
By Okeoghene Akubuike The Statistician-General of the Federation, Prince Adeyemi Adeniran, says the Federal Government is committed to implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) through use of official statistics. Adeniran, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said this at aContinue Reading
By Clara Egbogota Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has urged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to contribute their quota to sustainable development of the state and the country at large. Oborevwori said this on Tuesday at the closing ceremony of the 2023 Batch ‘C’, Stream ‘1’Continue Reading
By Isaiah Eke The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has given assurance of building a stronger and more vibrant statistical system that will ensure economic development of the country. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Mr Adeyemi Adeniran, disclosed this in his keynote address at a two – day SouthernContinue Reading
