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NRHJN Applauds UNILAG’S Appointment of Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi As Director, SAFEGUARDING CENTRE
The Network of Reproductive Health Journalists of Nigeria, NRHJN, has applauded and celebrated the appointment of its Board of Trustees (BoT) member, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, as the pioneer Acting Director of the Safeguarding Centre at the University of Lagos. In a release signed by the National President and Secretary of the network, Mrs Yinka Shokunbi…
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Climate Change: How To Curb Lifetime Exposure To Dangerous Heat – SCI
… Says About 38m Children Will Be Spared With 1.5°C Warming Target By 2100 … We Need Rapid Phase-out of Use of Fossil Fuels Almost a third of today’s five-year-olds, about 38million children will be spared a lifetime’s “unprecedented” exposure to extreme heat if the world meets the 1.5°C warming target by 2100, Save the…
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The Ibefun link – Eyo Masquerade
-Prince Oduko The Eyo masquerade has historical ties to Ibefun, a town in present-day Ogun State, Nigeria. According to tradition, the Eyo masquerade was introduced to Lagos Island around 1750 by individuals from Ibefun and Ijebu communities. They successfully integrated the masquerade into the burial rites of Oba Ado, a Lagos monarch, who was said to have…
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Summit University Matriculates 194 Students In Grand Ceremony
… We Are Integrating Essential Real World Competencies Into Our Students- VC Prof. Aibinu Summit University, Offa, hosted its 9th Matriculation Ceremony in a colourful event held at the Alhaja Adiat Abegbe Makanjuola Lecture Theatre, officially welcoming 194 fresh students—comprising 103 males and 91 females—into its expanding academic community. In his inspiring address, the Vice-Chancellor,…
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SCI’s BOOST Project Set To Ensure Optimal Immunisation
… As Nigeria Has Second Highest Zero-Dose Children Globally Cross section of participants at the workshop in Lagos recently. Based on research findings by many notable organisations like the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, GAVI, UNICEF among others, it has been discovered that Nigeria still accounts for over 2.2 million zero-dose children, the second-highest globally.…
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HFN Provides Over 29,000 Meals To IDPs
. IHumanity First Nigeria, HFN, in collaboration with Humanity First Germany and Canada, has provided over 29,000 meals to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in El-Miskin Camp, Jere Local Government Area, Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, North-East Nigeria. In a release signed by Mr. Abdul-QadirAbdul Rafi,Team Lead, Disaster Relief and Program of HFN, it was…
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Let’s Continue To Uphold Allah’s Commandments Even After Ramadan – Amir Alatoye
Muslims have been urged to continue and be very serious with all acts of ibadah, kindness, love and charity they were doing in Ramadan as the month is a training ground on how to live the rest of the eleven months in a year. In a Sallah message signed by Barr. Alatoye Folorunso Azeez, the…
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Sharia Panels: Constitutional Right, No Controversy – NIALS DG
… Says There’s Need To Institutionalise Shariah Panels For Justice, Inclusiveness The Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Professor Abdulkadir Abikan, has asserted that Sharia panels handling family disputes for Muslims in southwestern Nigeria have existed for over two decades. He dismissed the recent controversy surrounding their establishment as an unnecessary…
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New Data Shows 48% of Children Globally Cannot Afford Healthy Diet – SCI
… Says Limited Income, Rising Cost of Nutritious Meals Responsible Healthy diet is now said to be unaffordable for a nearly half of world’s children according to the latest Save the Children’s analysis. About 1.12 billion children globally or 48% of the world’s children are unable to afford a balanced diet, said Save the Children,…
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President Tinubu Working Smart To Reposition Nigeria for Greatness – Sen. Adebule
… Political Office Is Sacred Trust, Office Holders Are Accountable To God – Imam Akindele The Senator Representing Lagos West District, Dr. Idiat Adebule, has called on Nigerians to keep praying for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who has been working smart and hard to reposition Nigeria for greatness. She made the appeal during the distribution…
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