The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas on Monday, urged the Economic Community of West African States’ parliament to find solutions to the scourge of terrorism, banditry, piracy, human trafficking, human rights abuses, the impact of climate change and bad governance in the sub-region. The Speaker made the call while delivering his goodwill message at the formal opening …

Rotary International District 9111 is to conduct the foundation laying of a multi-million Sickle Cell Disease Centre on Wednesday at the State Hospital, Ota, Ogun State. According to the district’s Governor, Rotarian Wole Kukoyi, “the foundation laying ceremony of the Rotary District 9111 Sickle Cell Disease Centre will be performed by Dr. Tomi Coker, Ogun State Commissioner for Health”. Dr. …

Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has issued a 48-hour abatement notice to Oyingbo market executives over indiscriminate waste disposal and other environmental infractions. This was disclosed in a statement on X.com by the Commissioner for the ministry, Tokunbo Wahab, on Friday. This development was said to have followed an inspection carried out at the market by …

  It crept in like the biblical “thief in the night” whose mission was to afflict, maim and destroy. Double-faced like Janus, the mythical Roman god of beginnings, cholera strikes with two lethal weapons and leaves in its trail sorrow, tears and wailing. Given the speed with which cholera kills, even the intrepid would be rattled. But for Lagos, a …

Rotary Club of Ojodu has commissioned a significant grant project benefiting three schools in the Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. The club gave out 18 white marker boards; two renovated classroom blocks; laboratory equipment and library books with shelves; two crèche beds, bed sheets and mattresses; 3-in-1 printer (Laser MFP 135w) reading books; and other stationeries to …

Project Director of Street Child Care and Welfare Initiative (SCCWI), Ms. Comfort Alli has led another recent campaign regarding the less privileged children, and has demonstrated the fact that every child deserves to be fed. A not-for-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Lagos, Nigeria, SCCWI’s mission is to rescue, nurture, and re-integrate disadvantaged children, especially street connected children, trafficked and exploited …

Union Bank, one of Nigeria’s foremost financial institutions, has re-emphasised the need to preserve and restore the global habitat through sustainable environmental practices. During a recent event organised in partnership with the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) to commemorate this year’s World Environment Day, the bank’s Head of Citizenship and Sustainability, Patricia Iwhewhe said: “Land degradation and erosion are not things …

With pomp and pageantry, members of the Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) turned out en masse at the weekend in a carnival-like walk to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Institute. In a statement by the premier chapter’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Samuel Adeyemi, the event, themed ‘Walk for Economic Transformation’, commenced in front of …

Despite significant progress in recent years, malaria, pneumonia (lower respiratory infections) and diarrheal diseases remain among the leading causes of illness and death for children under five in sub-Saharan Africa. In response, Rotary, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Gates Foundation) and World Vision, is launching its ‘Rotary Healthy Communities Challenge’ to strengthen community health systems to …

The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources commenced the removal of shanties and illegal business activities under the Ijora bridge on Monday. In a post on X.com on Monday, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Barrister Tokunbo Wahab wrote: “Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources #LasgMOE commence removal of shanties and illegal …