Rite Foods, the market leader in Nigeria’s food and beverage sector, has thrown its weight behind the environmental conservation initiative of PoPbeachclub’s “riteonthebeach”, which promotes the collection of ocean plastics on beaches for recycling with the proceeds funding scholarships of children in the communities. The social enterprise initiative by PoPbeachclub sets up recycling ecosystems in coastal communities that lack disposal …

The use of face masks in public places is no longer mandatory, discretionary. And by 19th April or thereabouts, measured against COVID-19 may be further relaxed, if all goes well. In an interview with The Punch, Head of the Technical Secretariat on COVID-19, Dr Muktar Muhammed also said that Nigeria would stop demanding proof of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests from …

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has sympathised with Nigerians over what it described as the ‘callous attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train’ on Monday night. ‘The NIPR expresses its heartfelt condolences to families of the deceased, Federal and Kaduna State governments’, a statement signed by its President and Chairman of the Governing Council, Malam Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo, read. It …

Thursday 28th March 2022 will remain a nightmare for a long while for victims of the Kaduna-Abuja rail trip. They had left Abuja at about 6 pm hoping to arrive Kaduna in the next two hours. But, they never did. Several passengers were killed in the attack by criminals, many were injured. Breezy News publisher spoke to one of the …

A nationwide head count will hold this year, even as the National Population Commission (NPC) is not sure exactly when it will be in the remaining nine months. NPC Chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra said on Monday in Abuja said the preparations were in top gear. The commission declared its commitment to positively re-write the history of the exercise through …

The death of Nigeria’s first female Vice Chancellor, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams continues to attract glowing tributes; the latest being from the Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege. Senator Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central district in the Upper Legislative Chamber, described the first Nigerian woman to earn a doctorate degree as a ‘trailblazer, a true amazon who left indelible footprints in the …

The University of Benin branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the death of the first female Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria, Prof. Grace Alele-Williams, as saddening. The Professor of Mathematics Prof. Alele-Williams was appointed the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin in 1985 to open a floodgate for more women heads of the universities. Prof Alele-Williams …

Leadership deficit in all facets of life is the major obstacle to Nigeria development. And that has to be tackled to provide the citizens a country of their desire. This was the thrust of the submissions by discussants at the fourth Annual Lecture of Freedom Online, a frontline and respected online newspaper. At the event, which held on Tuesday at …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr Kayode Fayemi will headline the 15th anniversary celebration of leading Public Relations and Integrated Communications Consulting firm, Chain Reactions Nigeria on Wednesday, 30th March. The event, which holds at the upscale Radisson Blu, Isaac John Street, G.R.A. Ikeja, by 3:00 pm, will witness the unveiling of a new …

World renowned novelist from Nigeria, Chimamanda Adichie is to be awarded her 16th honorary doctorate degree by the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium on 28th April. According to the Editor-in-Chief, Glazia Communication, Omawumi Ogbe, the ceremony would take place at the university’s main campus in Louvain-la-Neuve, located 20 kilometers from Brussels. Ogbe said that the institution, which was founded by …