Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde announced on Saturday that traffic would be diverted on the Third Mainland bridge between 9 am and 4 pm to allow rehabilitation. Citing the readiness of the state Public Works Corporation to carry out the project, Oladeinde explained that traffic would be diverted from one lane to another lane at the identified …

Chartered by Rotary International in 1967, Rotary Club of Ikeja continues to intervene in several areas of life to help the community and the needy. In the years gone past – as it is in the current Rotary year that runs till 30th June – Rotary Club of Ikeja has invested millions of Naira in impactful projects within and outside …

Nigeria’s youth-friendly brand, 9mobile has announced the winners of the maiden edition of the essay competition on the environment, which the brand sponsors. The competition, which was open to senior secondary school students in Abuja, was designed to encourage young people to think critically about environmental issues and raise awareness about environmental protection and sustainability. The essay competition with the …

Rotary International has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the bill on “Compliance with reporting and review of maternal deaths”. National Coordinator of Rotary Maternal and Child Health (RMCH) Project in Nigeria, Prof. Emmanuel Lufadeju said at a media conference that Rotary has approved $2 million to improve access to quality healthcare and family planning, eventually reducing maternal …

Participants at a community awareness and sensitisation exercise on sea turtles have recommended the monitoring of reptiles’ activities along the operational area of the Lagos Free Zone Company (LFZC) to guide conservation efforts. This, they said, will also impact on livelihood intervention to deter dependence on sea turtle trade and consumption in the communities surrounding the company. The participants, among …

The Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), in collaboration with the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo and the Centre for Biodiversity Conservation Research (CBCR) in Ghana, has awarded scholarship to three postgraduate students of the University of Calabar. The award is a form of community conservation initiative to protect the endangered Cross River gorilla which will bring enormous ecotourism benefit to the people of …

Tony Elumelu Foundation, a leading philanthropic organisation empowering young African entrepreneurs, has appointed Somachi Chris-Asoluka as Chief Executive Officer, following the retirement of Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu. In a statement by the Foundation, it stated that the appointment would take effect from 1st March. It noted that Chris-Asoluka joined the foundation in 2014, and had served as the Foundation’s head of research, …

The District Governor of Rotary International District 9110, Rotarian Omotunde Lawson has visited the first female baby born in Lagos State in 2023. She also made donations to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). At a short ceremony held at the Ayinke House Auditorium, the District Governor, who is the first female to hold that esteemed position in the …

The O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation has again fulfilled its humanitarian mandate by distributing relief items worth millions of Naira to the Elem-Sangama community in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. One of the islands in the Kalabari Kingdom, Elem-Sangama was devasted and cut-off by the recent floods that hit several Nigerian communities, wreaking havoc among its inhabitants. The relief …

The Rotary Club of Lagos has announced setting aside N30million for service projects aimed at growing economies within its operating environment to reduce poverty. Disclosing this at the club’s annual President’s Dinner in Lagos over the weekend, the club’s president, Rotarian Joseph Akhigbe stated that the funds would also be used to expand micro-credit to businesses and acquire primary product …