Franka Osakwe EngenderHealth, the implementing partners of Fistula Care plus Project, have called for an end to sexual violence against children and women stressing that it is one of the major cause of traumatic obstetric fistula in Nigeria. They made…
Residents of Shodipo Crescent in the Ikeja Government Reserved Area of Lagos State were shocked on Wednesday to find an abandoned baby boy crawling on the road. Punch learnt that the nine-month-old baby, whose name had yet to be ascertained,…
Residents of Shodipo Crescent in the Ikeja Government Reserved Area of Lagos State were shocked on Wednesday to find an abandoned baby boy crawling on the road. Punch learnt that the nine-month-old baby, whose name had yet to be ascertained,…
The Federal Government had ordered the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, to map mosquitoes in Lagos, Niger and Borno states where it believed could be home to vector that can enhance transmission of Zika virus. According to the…
An Osun State based civil group, the Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State (CSCEOS) has urged Nigerians, particularly, the good people of Osun State to live in peace and unity among themselves in respective of religion, saying…
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) with PZ Wilmar, aimed at boosting palm oil production. The Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh said “with the MoU it is only a matter…
Tunde Kehinde, a graduate of Harvard Business School, is all set to float Lidya, Nigeria’s first online-only bank, in October 2016. The bank, which is being branded as Nigeria’s first digital bank, will have no branches, but will be based…
The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) condemns the call for the postponement of the Edo Governorship election scheduled for September 10, 2016. We believe the purported call is aimed at undermining the independence of the electoral commission.…
The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) condemns the call for the postponement of the Edo Governorship election scheduled for September 10, 2016. We believe the purported call is aimed at undermining the independence of the electoral commission.…
The Spanish founder of the Zara fashion chain has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world’s richest man. Amancio Ortega’s personal fortune leapt by $1.7billion this week to $79.5billion – taking the Inditex owner past the Microsoft co-founder’s estimated $78.5billion.…
