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Ramadan 2024: Islamic philanthropy surges to record high as UN delivers warning

Islamic philanthropy raised a record $46 million for 2 million displaced people in...

Battling green skill shortage in the quest for a sustainable economy

Growth in demand for green skills is outpacing the increase in supply -...

Nigeria to get WHO-recommended new malaria vaccine by Mid-2024

The World Health Organisation has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention...

Google announces N75m equity-free fund for Nigerian SMBs

Google has announced the opening of applications for the Hustle Academy SMB Fund...
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2025 WED: FBRA deepens circular economy awareness with community engagements

The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability with a series of impactful activities to mark the 2025 World...

BATN Foundation supports farmers for agribusiness growth

The British American Tobacco Nigeria (BATN) Foundation has launched the second phase of its rice farming support program in Ebonyi State with the distribution...

2025 WED: FBRA deepens circular economy awareness with community engagements

The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA) reaffirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability with a series of impactful activities to mark the 2025 World Environment Day (WED). The 2025 WED was celebrated globally under the theme; Beat Plastic Pollution. The Executive Director, FBRA, Agharese Onaghise noted in a press statement: "FBRA’s campaign this year centred on promoting circular economy practices, fostering behavioural change, and empowering young Nigerians to lead environmental action, with initiatives focused on education, advocacy, and infrastructure support". In line with its youth-centric strategy, FBRA kicked off its World...

World Bank’s AGILE to renovate 534 schools in Niger

The World Bank under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project is set to renovate 534 schools and construct 54 secondary...

UN Secretary-General creates panel on critical energy transition minerals

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed a new panel comprising state and non-state actors “to develop a set of global common and voluntary...

IFAJ unveils 10 recipients of 2024 IFAJ/Alltech Young Leaders Award

The International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) named 10 outstanding young agricultural journalists to receive the IFAJ/Alltech Young Leaders Award. The awards will be...

FGN to empower women for mining sector leadership positions – Minister

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development of Nigeria has revealed that the Federal Government of Nigeria is setting the strategies in place to institutionalize the...

Energy editors to beam searchlight on solutions for energy transition

…set date for 2024 NAEC Conference Energy Editors under the auspices of the National Association of Energy (NAEC) Correspondence will converge on Lagos for 2024...

TCN deploys hi-tech to detect electricity generation dips

As part of the efforts to bolster its grid management capabilities, the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has rolled out an advanced technology named,...

FGN’s 77,400 social homes target low-income earners

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed that the plans to construct 100 social homes in each of the 774 local governments nationwide is...

NLNG’s Hospital Support Programme includes new set of health institutions

The Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with additional three hospitals to complete the second phase of its multi-billion-naira Hospital Support...

Wema Bank hackathon continues, tech innovators to win over N70m

Wema Bank Plc has confirmed that the best innovators in Africa will be awarded the lump sum of N70 million through its flagship youth...