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- 27 May 2020
MTN Foundation Contributes over 70,000 Items of PPEs to NCDC
MTN Foundation has delivered a first batch of over 70,000 pieces of essential personal protection equipment to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). This followed MTN’s commitment of N500…
- 4 Aug 2020
KAS Print Rolls out Initiatives Using Canon Equipment & Training for COVID-19 Response in Nigeria
Canon Central and North Africa (CCNA) a leader in imaging solutions, is proud to support and highlight its partners making a special effort to support vulnerable people through the COVID-19 crisis.…
- 6 Nov 2020
Airtel Commences Renovation of Infectious Disease Centre at LUTH
Airtel Nigeria has commenced the refurbishing and equipping of a 4-storey infectious disease center and admission facility for the use of Specialist Units in the Department of Medicine at the Lagos…
- 20 Aug 2020
Coca-Cola Champions Partnerships Towards Plastic Waste Reduction, Creates Green Recycling Hubs Across Abuja & Lagos
Coca-Cola, through its philanthropic arm, The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) has recently provided a grant to the Initiative For The Advancement of Waste Management in Africa (W.A.S.T.E AFRICA), a…
- 23 Nov 2020
Project SafeUp to Provide 2.5 Million Free PPE to Nigerians
My World of Bags (MWOB), a bag design and manufacturing company, is partnering with the Mastercard Foundation on an initiative called Project SafeUp, in a bid to promote health and safety for…
- 10 Jul 2020
Njalo.ng Provides Nigerians with Access to Quality, Cheap PPE during Covid19
Top priority for individuals and organisations - public and private sectors – is the health and safety of employees, customers, vendors, and their families. Therefore, helping households, companies…
- 5 May 2020
Jumia Supports Nigeria’s Fight Against COVID-19 With Donation of 100,000 Facemasks
Jumia, leading eCommerce platform has donated 100,000 CE certified face masks to the Federal Ministry of Health to support the government in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The donations were…
- 1 Aug 2014
Ebola: Panic in Anambra over Corpse from Liberia, Prof Maurice Iwu Claims Cure
There was palpable tension in Anambra State, Thursday, as the state government raises the alarm over suspected Ebola-infected corpse flown from Liberia to the state through Lagos. This is coming as a…
- 15 Jul 2021
Standard Chartered $200m Facility with Afreximbank for AU COVID-19 Vaccination Acquisition Programme
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and Standard Chartered have announced an agreement for Standard Chartered to provide USD 200m of not-for-profit funding towards Afreximbank’s structured…
- 15 Dec 2020
Coca-Cola Bags Two Awards At SERAS 2020
Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited along with its bottling partner, Nigeria Bottling Company, has won two awards at the 14th edition of the Sustainability, Enterprise and Responsibility Awards, popularly…
- 15 May 2020
Standard Chartered Donates $11.8M for COVID-19 Relief Efforts Across Africa
Standard Chartered has announced donations totalling USD11.8 million to the Red Cross, UNICEF and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Government Partners providing emergency relief in…
- 29 May 2026
NCDC Says Lagos, FCT, Others on High Ebola Alert
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed Lagos, the Federal Capital Territory and several other states on high Ebola alert following the outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo…
- 22 Nov 2020
AfDB Seeks Faster Industrialization of African Economies
The African Development Bank counts Industrializing Africa as one of its High-5 key strategic aims, critical for the transformation of African economies. At the forefront of promoting smart…
- 28 May 2020
2Baba, Tiwa Savage, Davido, Flavor, Tekno Others Join Star-Studded Line Up For COVID-19 Hope For Africa Concert
2Baba, Davido, Falz, Flavor, Tekno and Tiwa Savage, alongside Other African stars have joined the lineup for the already star-studded Hope For Africa Concert. MultiChoice and the One Africa…
- 1 May 2020
Interswitch Group Unveils Coordinated Interventions Against COVID-19
Interswitch Group, one of Africa’s leading integrated payment & digital commerce players has announced a series of intervention measures as part of a coordinated effort to complement ongoing…
- 31 Jul 2020
COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Commissions First Indigenous Medical Face Mask Factory in Lagos
The first indigenous medically graded face mask manufacturing company has opened in Lagos State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, opened the O-Care Medical Face Mask factory in Odofin…
- 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…
- 26 Jun 2026
PalmPay Strengthens Data Protection Culture with Employee Privacy Workshop and Privacy Champions Programme
PalmPay has reinforced its commitment to responsible data governance and customer information protection through a specialised two-day data protection workshop for employees and the launch of its…
- 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…
- 15 May 2020
Ministry Working on Indigenous Solution for COVID 19- Onu
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, minister of Science and Technology, has said that the Ministry is working judiciously to develop the home-grown solutions to meet the urgent national needs through the effective…
- 9 Jun 2020
COVID-19: MTN Foundation Donates Medical Equipment to Police Hospital
MTN Foundation has donated medical equipment to facilitate the delivery of quality health care at the Nigerian Police Hospital, Ikoyi. The donation comprising of three patient vital sign monitors,…
- 8 Jul 2021
FG Mulls National Gaming Act to Replace National Lottery Act
The Federal Government says all machinery has been put in motion to repeal the National Lottery Act (NLA), 2005. It said that after the repeal of the Act, it would be replaced by the National Gaming…
- 25 Mar 2021
How Coca-Cola Empowered 6 Million Lives through Improved Clean Water Access across Continent
As part of its week-long celebration of World Water Day (March 22), The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF) announced the achievement of the Replenish Africa Initiative’s (RAIN) current goal to improve…
- 9 May 2013
Help! Nigeria’s National Memory under Threat
The sorry and disgusting state of the National Archives office in Lagos portends a threat to the (documentaries) memory of a nation like Nigeria. The centre is currently undermined by civil servants…
- 26 Sept 2021
NCDC Lauds Airtel for Support Towards COVID-19 Response
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has lauded Airtel Nigeria for its role and support towards the COVID-19 pandemic response in Nigeria, commending the telco for deploying its resources in…
- 23 Aug 2020
Airtel Nigeria Support Law to Safeguard Telecoms Infrastructure
Mr Segun Ogunsanya, managing director/CEO of Airtel Nigeria, has said that there is an urgent need for the local authorities to come up with laws to protect infrastructure in the telecommunications…
- 5 Aug 2020
Airtel Nigeria @ 10 Pledges N300m to Combat COVID-19
Airtel Nigeria will spend N300 million to support the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the activities to mark a decade of doing successful business in Nigeria, according to Mr Segun…
- 23 Aug 2020
Shell Employees Launch N82m Free Feeding Programme at Isolation Centres
Employees of Shell companies in Nigeria have launched free feeding programme in COVID-19 isolation centres in seven states under the Shell Employee Care Programme, Igo Weli, general manager External…
- 7 May 2020
NSE Commits N100m to Support the Fight against COVID-19
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (“NSE” or “The Exchange”) is pleased to announce that it has committed N100million to support the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. N60million out of this…
- 13 May 2020
COVID-19: OAU OAK-Park Unveils Unique Nose Masks
As the nations of the world groan and grieve under the siege of Covid-19 pandemic, African scientists are being challenged to help Africa look inwards and create effective homegrown solutions in…