The Lagos Free Zone Company (LFZC) is partnering with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) to protect and conserve sea turtles around its operational area in Lagos State. LFZC is a free trade zone developer and management company responsible for the Lagos Free Zone. With an operational area of over 800 hectares and nine designated industrial zones, the company is determined …

Rotary International District 9110 has said that The Rotary Foundation (TRF) is committed to making the world a better place. This noble objective was made this known in an evening of glitz and glamour last Friday during TRF Fundraising Dinner which was held at Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. At the evening, the District Governor, Rotarian Omotunde Lawson said: “The …

Women High Achievers Trybe (WHAT) will be hosting a Food Drive for Widows on 17th December at Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos from Noon. According to the organisers, it is a “way of showing love to women in this season of giving and our own way of helping the drive for the achievement of SDG 2 – Zero Hunger in …

A week after disbursing over N60 million relief items to about 2,000 displaced flood victims in Akinima, Ahoada West Local Government of Rivers State, the O. B. Lulu-Briggs Foundation on Thursday gave a young man in the community a brand-new wheelchair. Twenty-nine-year-old Onyebuchi Udoka had been spotted on 9th November crawling through the crowd in the mud to receive his …

Renowned chartered accountant, Bashorun Jaiye Randle; and Past District Governor of Rotary International District 9110 Deinde Soga will be speaking at this year’s Rotary Club of Ikeja’s Foundation Fundraising Dinner. According to a statement by the club’s Public Image Director, Rotarian Segun Adebowale, the dinner will take place at Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja GRA, Lagos on Monday, 21st November. The …

The Director General of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Dr Joseph Onoja has affirmed Nigeria’s commitment to the development and promotion of plant-based alternatives towards engaging vulture users on sustainable practices. At a sub-regional vulture workshop in Abuja recently organised by the NCF and BirdLife International, Onoja said: “Nigeria is leading the effort to address the belief-based use by developing and …

United Nigeria Airlines has flown relief materials to Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, for distribution to victims of the devastating flood disaster in the state. The airline’s Chief Operating Officer, Mazi Osita Okonkwo said the donations were made in line with the airline’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy. “The flood experienced this year has been very devastating. Lives have been …

Project commissioning and recognition of the young club by Rotary Foundation signposted the recent visit of District 9110 Governor Omotunde Lawson to Rotary Club of Ikeja Alausa Central. Rotary Club of Ikeja Alausa Central would be two years old next March. The District Governor and her delegation were left spellbound and wowed as they visited the club’s adopted school, Olowora …

A multi-dimensional Chartered Insurance broker, Mr Olurotimi Akinrinade Adewole was sworn-in as the Chairman of the of the prestigious JCI Nigeria Senate Association at its Annual General Meeting last Saturday in Ibadan. The gathering attracted many members of the association who are in various fields of human endeavours and professional disciplines within Nigeria and in the Diaspora. JCI Nigeria Senate …

With about 300 Cross River gorillas remaining in the wild, an urgent call for conservation has emerged from a species on the brink of extinction. The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo is excited to announce that it has expanded its community conservation portfolio to include the critically endangered Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli) through a collaborative initiative that will involve supporting …