The Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) Nigeria advocates for concerted efforts and strategic partnerships to expedite tangible advancements in ensuring that healthier diets become more affordable, available, and accessible to all citizens. The National Coordinator of SBN, Mr. Tomisin Odunmbaku, said this during the SBN Annual Members Convening held on Friday in Lagos. The event, organized by the SBN in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the World Food Programme, aimed to address pressing issues surrounding nutrition. With the theme “Building a National Collaborative Mechanism for Nutrition in Nigeria: A Catalyst for Change,” the meeting…
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Some rice millers in Gombe State on Friday blamed the rising price of rice on the unavailability of paddy for processing rice due to hoarding by some merchants.
The European Union (EU) has announced its intention to inject €37 million into Nigeria’s power sector. The Head of the EU Mission to Nigeria, Ambassador Samuela Isopi, disclosed this during her visit to Mr. Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, in Abuja on Friday. She was accompanied by Mr. Luca Massimo, the new Head of Cooperation of the EU, and Mr. Godfrey Ogbemudia, Programme Manager on Energy. Isopi clarified that this funding is separate from the approximately €200 million in grants already invested in the sector since 2008. Speaking on the EU’s various intervention programmes in the power sector, the Envoy…
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has conducted a sensitization program targeting 150 youths in Adamawa to raise awareness about the dangers associated with drug trafficking and abuse. The appointed resource person for the initiative, Mr. David Folaranmi, disclosed this message on Friday in Yola. According to him, the training forms part of proactive measures aimed at mitigating the rise of drug abuse among young individuals in the state. “This exercise is sponsored by the commission under its Education Endowment Fund (EEF), and the state has been battling with cases of substance abuse and other related offences. “I charged the…
The Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has launched its latest initiative, the 2024 edition of the Inclusive Technology For All (IT4All) program, aimed at empowering individuals with physical disabilities through technology. The External Relations Lead at W.TEC, Yemi Odutola, in Lagos, said that this year’s IT4All program is conducted in partnership with the Children’s Developmental Centre (CDC). The CDC is a not-for-profit organization committed to delivering comprehensive educational and support services to children and young people with developmental disabilities and their families across Nigeria. Odutola said that the programme, which was in its sixth year, aimed…
A civil society organisation, The Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR), has called for the declaration of a state of emergency on water and sanitation in Kogi without further delay.
A Veteran Journalist, Mrs Bimbo Oloyede has laid out plans to have a fundraising N100 million for cancer research and the treatment of cancer patients in public hospitals to commemorate her 70th birthday. The funds, according to her, would be used for people with cancer who do not have access to treatment or any hope of sustainable care. Oloyede who is the Coordinator of Lifeline Advocacy and Development Initiative disclosed her plans during a press briefing at the International Press Centre in Lagos on Thursday. The Veteran Journalist who lost her daughter, husband and five other members of her family…
The Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has pledged to scale-up access to Hormonal Intrauterine Device (HIUD), a reversible contraceptive device to promote expanded contraceptive method for family planning.
The Federal Government and the Sokoto State Government have recommitted to enhancing water accessibility by 50 percent, announced the Minister of State for Water Resources and Sanitation, Bello Goronyo. Goronyo reaffirmed this commitment during a meeting with a delegation from the Sokoto-Rima River Basin Development Authority in Abuja. He stressed the Ministry’s commitment to executing the agenda set by the current administration, assuring the people of Sokoto of significant improvements in this endeavour. “By the next quarter, it is anticipated that 50 per cent of the targeted population will have direct access to improved water supply.” “This would be accomplished…
Insecurity and inflation, among other hurdles, may delay Nigeria’s progress towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR). The Director-General of IPCR, Dr. Joseph Ochogwu, expressed this concern in Abuja during the 7th Edition of the International Conference on Love and Tolerance in Nigeria. The conference, themed ‘Harmony through Compassion: Embracing Diversity in Pursuit of Peace’, highlighted the potential challenges Nigeria faces in fulfilling its SDG commitments. According to him, the world is currently facing a plethora of security and developmental challenges, ranging from socio-economic downturn to widening poverty chasms…