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- 28 Nov 2022
Airtel @ World Children’s Day, Reinforces Commitment to Accelerate Digital Learning for Nigerian Children
As part of activities to commemorate the World Children’s Day, leading telecommunications service provider, Airtel Nigeria, and UNICEF hosted Augusta Anuguo (‘Esther’), the differently abled child…
- 27 May 2018
MTN Celebrates Children’s Day at St.George's Primary School
There was palpable joy and excitement at the premises of St. George’s Primary School, Ikoyi recently, as the school authority and children received officials of MTN Nigeria, in celebration of…
- 19 Nov 2014
IFPI Report Shows 11% GDP Across Africa Lost to Under-Nutrition
High rates of under-nutrition are undermining Africa's growth by an estimated 11 per cent, according to a new Global Nutrition Report released by the International Food Policy Institute (IFPI). While…
- 5 Jun 2019
Maltina Treats children, parents and guardians to an unforgettable Children’s Day Party
It was all fun and excitement at the Inspiration FM Children’s Day Carnival as children, parents and guardians were thrilled to an unforgettable experience courtesy of Nigeria’s number one malt…
- 29 May 2022
Ruby Models Company Partners Perfect Clicks Signature to Celebrate Children’s Day
As part of her corporate social responsibilities towards the child’s development and equal representation in the media, Ruby Model Company- a children modeling company partners with Perfect Clicks…
- 21 Dec 2021
Joy Unlimited Extravaganza Promo: Oyo, Anambra Officials Applaud Glo
Globacom has been commended for its innovations which have given Nigerians new opportunities in the nation’s telecommunications industry. Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, Deputy Governor of Oyo State, made the…
- 8 May 2026
Fidelity Bank Provides Critical Funding Support to Abuja Special Needs Orphanage
Fidelity Bank Plc, leading financial institution, through the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme (FHHP), has funded critical support for the JKS Special Needs Academy in Abuja to ensure continued…
- 16 Jul 2026
Fidelity Bank Brings Smiles to Orphans with Renovation, Food and Education Support
Fidelity Bank Plc has reaffirmed its commitment to community development with a comprehensive intervention at Heritage Homes Orphanage in Anthony Village, Lagos, aimed at improving the welfare and…
- 25 Jan 2024
Instagram Tightens Teen Policy, Bans Under-18s from Receiving Messages from Strangers
Meta has rolled out a new safety update by banning under-18s from receiving Instagram messages from anyone they do not follow or are not connected to. The social media giant said the change is part…
- 19 Jul 2022
Heritage Bank Drives Sustainable Banking Practices, Feeds 500 Underprivileged Children
As part of its sustainability drive in the corporate social responsibility space, Heritage Bank Plc has reiterated its commitment to improving the welfare and economic development of communities by…
- 16 Jun 2025
GSMA, Mobile Industry Call for Strengthened Action to Advance Child Online Protection in Africa
The GSMA, in partnership with the mobile industry, is calling for strengthened collective action to protect children online across Africa. Building on insights from a high-level roundtable convened…
- 21 Nov 2017
Stanley Jegede Foundation Joins Fight against Cancer in Children
Stanley Jegede Foundation (SJF), reiterating full commitment to its impact based and result oriented Global Health and Welfare program (GHAW); has lent active support to Child Survival and…
- 19 Jan 2018
Giving something back: FXTM visits Hearts of Gold Children’s Hospice
By peter oluka FXTM is the global broker with the local touch. As such, we’re committed to localisation and are proud to give something back to the communities that enable us to thrive. The FXTM…
- 27 Jan 2015
FirstBank Partners Tristate Institute on Medical Intervention for Two cardiac Children
As part of its corporate responsibility and sustainability activities and in line with its Hope Rising Initiative designed to provide health and welfare support for indigent and disabled persons,…
- 25 Feb 2017
Touching Lives Episode 3: Airtel Tackles Scourge of Homelessness in Lagos
The next episode of Airtel Touching Lives will target juvenile homelessness in Lagos, the leading telecommunications services company has revealed. The coming instalment of the charity-focused…
- 17 Sept 2021
FG Orders Biometric Collating Agencies to Harmonise Citizens’ Data before 2023
President Mohammadu Buhari has directed all government data and biometrics collating agencies to harmonise their data collation before the end of his second term in 2023. He gave the directive, in…
- 2 Jun 2026
Nigeria’s Children Under Siege as Politics Trumps over Governance
By Blaise Udunze Chapter Two, Section 14 (b) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) is explicit when it states that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of…
- 14 Oct 2015
Challenges before Buhari’s Ministers
With the clearing of some ministerial nominees by the Senate yesterday, a full component of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘Change’ team is almost ready, according to the Vanguard. Expectedly, if the…
- 16 Jun 2020
UBA Foundation Commemorates 2020 International Day of the African Child, Donates Books Across Africa
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Wednesday joined the rest of the world to celebrate African children in this year’s edition of the…
- 14 Feb 2025
Family Marks one-year Memorial of Late APC Chieftain, Ojougboh with Charity Outreach
The family of the late chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, led by his wife, Mrs. Bose Ojougboh, marked his one-year memorial anniversary with a series of…
- 19 Sept 2022
Heritage Bank joins forces with Gail Sickle Initiative to rescue sickle cell patients
Heritage Bank Plc has upped the ante of its support in the corporate social responsibility space by joining forces with Gail Sickle Initiative to rescue people living with sickle cell anaemia. The…
- 14 Oct 2018
FG Mulls N5000 Cash Transfer to Nigerians through NIPOST
Federal government said it would soon commence the payment of N5000 to vulnerable poor Nigerians in three states, using the newly introduced financial services of the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST)…
- 19 Dec 2013
Airtel Doles out Over N250m to Subscribers as Journalist Wins
Danjuma Ibrahim Yakubu, a journalist with Radio Nigeria Precious FM, in Lafia, Nassarawa State, has emerged the grand prize winner in the just concluded Red Hot Promo by Nigeria’s leading mobile…
- 11 Sept 2015
Security Concerns as 8 Nigerians Die Daily Under Buhari’s 100 Days
Buharimeter, a platform monitoring the implementation of the electoral promises of President Muhammadu Buhari, has reported that about 800 Nigerians were murdered by the extremist Boko Haram sect…
- 30 Jun 2026
First Lady inaugurates IT academy, clinic, launches food bank programme in Jigawa
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on Monday commissioned the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Academy, alongside a modern clinic and dialysis centre named in her honour, describing the…
- News20 Aug 2026
Access to Equipment, Specialists Key to Survival of Preterm Babies — Haven Pediatric CMD
Dr Adegbajo Odedina, the Chief Medical Director of Haven Pediatric Practice, a private child-centred clinic in Lagos, has identified the availability of medical equipment, timely diagnosis, early referral and skilled child health professionals as critical to the survival of premature babies in Nigeria.
- 5 Nov 2020
PSC Worries over Social Media Message Inciting Police against Nigerians
Police Service Commission (PSC) has expressed concern over social media messages inciting police officers against the public. Mr Ikechukwu Ani, head of Press and Public Relations of the commission,…
- 16 Aug 2021
NCC Canvasses More Access to Learning Materials for the Blind
Dr. John O. Asein, director-general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called for affirmative action to ensure more access to learning materials in accessible formats for blind, visually…
- 12 Aug 2021
NCC Seeks More Access to Learning Materials for the Blind
Dr. John O. Asein, director-general of Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), has called for affirmative action to ensure more access to learning materials in accessible formats for blind, visually…
- 15 Feb 2010
Akunyili, Dabiri-Erewa, others hail MTN for Caring for Orphans
Professor Dora Akunyili, Information and Communications Minister, and Honourable Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson, Committee on Nigerians in Diaspora at the House of Representatives, have commended…