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- 27 Nov 2020
The PTF Collaboration Model Mitigating COVID-19 in Nigeria
By Chido Nwakanma There is a long list of organizations and individuals that have been “supporting Nigeria’s emergency response to COVID-19”. Their assistance speaks to the various collaborations and…
- 3 May 2020
Dangote Foundation Engages 54gene Laboratory to Conduct 1,000 COVID-19 Test per day in Kano
The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), a philanthropic endeavour of Aliko Dangote, has contracted 54Gene, a molecular diagnostics company specialized in research, and diagnostics, to immediately set up…
- 20 Apr 2020
CACOVID Orders for 400,000 COVID-19 Tests to Increase Nigeria’s Testing Capacity
The Private sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has ordered for 250,000 supplies for tests and another 150,000 extraction kits to fast-track molecular testing for the deadly coronavirus,…
- 6 Apr 2020
Governors, MTN Partner to Halt Spread of COVID-19 with Data
Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and MTN Nigeria have agreed to use the vulnerability model to drive a data-driven approach to stopping the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. Both…
- 13 May 2020
Phase3 Rolls Out Free Fibre Broadband at FCT COVID-19 Isolation Centre
Phase3 Telecom, leading independent fiber optic network infrastructure and telecommunications services provider, deployed free fibre broadband connectivity to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)…
- 22 Apr 2020
COVID-19: Governors Agree on 14-Day Inter-State Lockdown
The 36 state governors, on Wednesday, unanimously resolved to adopt a two-week inter-state lockdown as part of measures aimed at containing the spread of coronavirus across the country. The…
- 7 Jun 2020
Fidelity Bank Donates Covid-19 Isolation Centre to Anambra State
Consistent with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) objectives, Fidelity Bank Plc has handed over a 50-bed capacity isolation centre at Ekwulobia General Hospital to the Anambra State…
- 18 Jun 2020
MTN Spends N8Bn to Send 2Bn Free SMS in Support Of COVID-19
MTN has come out with details on how it spent N8 billion as part of the awareness of the Covid-19 campaign during the period starting from March, 2020. Ferdi Moolman, MTN chief executive officer,…
- 12 May 2020
COVID-19: CBN Dangles N100Bn for Homegrown Vaccine
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that the apex bank is ready to support researchers, science-based institutions, and biotechnology firms with N100…
- 30 Nov 2020
Court Okays Suit Compelling Emefiele to Account for COVID-19 Donations
Justice Inyang Ekwo of Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to Heda Resource Centre – a group to apply for judicial review and order of mandamus to compel the Governor of Central Bank of…
- 15 Feb 2021
All You Need to Know About Four Organisations Supporting Nigeria with COVID Vaccines
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced its goal to vaccinate 50 percent of the Nigerian population against COVID-19 in 2021. In order to achieve this goal and augment its efforts, it has…
- 23 Mar 2021
Nigeria Takes Delivery of First Set of MTN’s 1.4 Million Doses of Vaccines
The Nigerian government has taken delivery of the first set of 300,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines out of a total of 1.4 million doses designated for Nigeria by the AU. The vaccines are a combination…
- 15 Mar 2021
Project Safeup Fights Covid Apathy & Misinformation Across South-West Nigeria
A student of Ife City College, Osun State, reading the guidelines of the how to care for the Project SafeUp facemasks According to recent reports, there has been a decrease in the number of COVID-19…
- 18 Jan 2021
Microsoft Launches Digital Vaccination Passport Plan with Global Healthcare Organizations
Microsoft is joining forces with tech companies and health organizations to begin development of a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport. The digital vaccination passport will be made available…
- 28 Feb 2021
MTN Releases Result of Financial Year Ended 31 December 2020 with N298.9 Billion PBT, Up by 2.6%
MTN Nigeria on Sunday released its audited results for the financial year ended 31 December 2020, with Profit before tax (PBT) growing by 2.6% to N298.9 billion, active data users increased by 7.4…
- 7 May 2020
Access Bank: Between fact and fiction
By Jackson Ugbechie One noble attribute of the average African is that he or she seeks opportunity to do good. The African man is his brother’s keeper. This finds strong expression in an Igbo adage:…
- 18 Jul 2022
Medical Experts Advocate for Universal Health Coverage and Effective Primary Health Care
To strengthen health security and a decentralized health system in Nigeria with regards to epidemic preparedness, the Federal Government of Nigeria has been encouraged to not only pay keen attention…
- 2 May 2021
MTN Nigeria’s Mobile Subscribers Decline by 5 Million to 71.5 Million in Q1 2021
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended 31 March 2021. The telecom company in a released unaudited result, reveals that its mobile subscribers…
- 29 Mar 2020
Ecobank Commits N100M to National Radio Campaign ‘StaySafeNigeria’
Ecobank Nigeria says it is committing about a hundred million naira to drive its National Radio Campaign “StaySafeNigeria”, being part of its corporate actions to support measures to check the rising…
- 3 May 2021
MTN Nigeria Reports N385Bn Revenue for Q1 2021
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has announced its unaudited results for the quarter ended 31 March 2021, showing service revenue up by 17.2 per cent to N385.2 billion. Karl Toriola,…
- 17 Nov 2021
COVID- 19 Vaccine Manufacturers’ Make $65,000 Every Minute – Report
Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute from their highly successful Covid-19 vaccines while the world’s poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated,…
- 17 Oct 2023
Digital Ad Expert Joins UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition to Improve Digital Advertising Education
Digital Ad Expert, Aleph Group, Inc’s social initiative to create economic opportunities through digital advertising education, is delighted to join UNESCO’s Global Education Coalition. Formed in…
- 2 Aug 2021
MTN to Invest Fresh N600Bn in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN Nigeria) has said it will invest fresh N600 billion to expand its network across the country in the next three years. This is even as the telecom operator's mobile…
- 30 Jul 2021
MTN Nigeria Records N790.3b Increase in Service Revenue in Half –Year Ended 30 June 2021
MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has released its unaudited results for the half-year ended 30 June 2021, as well as plans to celebrate its 20th anniversary with numerous national impact projects.…
- 27 Aug 2020
NCC, Danbatta Bag Awards for Keeping Nigerians Connected
More awards have come the way of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, its executive vice chairman, in recognition of the critical role the Commission has been…
- 27 Oct 2020
AfDB, Partners, Unveil New Women in Ethics & Compliance in Africa Initiative
The Women in Ethics and Compliance in Africa network, (WECA), a new initiative creating a membership group for women executives and management leading the fight against corruption and non-compliance…
- 30 Nov 2020
Coca-Cola Partners GiveFood.ng, Pledges N19M Support Fund
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact the world, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited and its bottling partner Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) has pledged its support to GiveFood.ng, an…
- 5 Apr 2020
Group Develops Software Application to Fight Coronavirus
A group, Coalition for A Better Nigeria, in conjunction with WideBridge Solution, said it has developed an application that will enable the three tiers of government in Nigeria jointly coordinate…
- 17 Dec 2020
Onyemelukwe, Coca-Cola’s Sustainability Lead Stands Out @ the SERA’s 2020
Nwamaka Onyemelukwe, public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability Manager for Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited has emerged as the first runner up for the Sustainability Professional of the Year Award…
- 18 Apr 2021
Forter and Flutterwave Partner to Reduce Merchant Fraud in African Markets
Forter, the leader in e-commerce fraud prevention, has announced a partnership with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company. The partnership, the first of its kind in Africa, will…