Wednesday, May 8, 2024
At a time when rates of new HIV cases have plummeted, even in far poorer countries, according to UNAIDS 2018 estimates, Nigeria accounted for 240,000 of the world’s 2.1 million cases of young people living with HIV, thus setting the country as the second hardest-hit country in the world....
For more than 3 hours on Saturday November 3, 2018, parents, teachers and marathon fans were thrilled by the performance of nearly 2000 children who took part in the 2018 Lagos Kids Mini Marathon – an initiative of St. Saviour’s School, Ikoyi Endowment Fund.   The Lagos Kids Mini Marathon -...
Nigerian Breweries Plc, the leading brewing company in the country, has demonstrated its strong commitment to the promotion of intellectual talent through the sponsorship of the Lagos International Poetry Festival, which attracts poets from across the world.   The five-day festival, the fourth in the series, with the theme “Wide Awake”,...
The Delta State Government has commended sons and daughters of the Ubulu Uku, in the diaspora in the Aniocha South area of the state for their support to the government’s developmental efforts in making life more meaningful to the people of the area. The government’s commendation came in the wake...
Barley two weeks after donating 150 cars to the Nigeria Police, in yet another massive philanthropic gesture, the Aliko Dangote Foundation Monday, launched the Dangote village built for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, Borno State capital.   The Dangote village in Maiduguri is a self sufficient set of 200...
In an enthralling fashion inside Moremi Hall in University of Lagos, Yaba Lagos State, support was in no short supply for widows in countries with traditional practices, as the founder Felix King Foundation, Dr. Felix King, Pop star, Harrison Tare Okiri popularly known as Harry Song, rapper MI Abaga,...
The Founder/President of Felix King Foundation, Ambassador Felix King has given widows across Nigerian another reason to smile as he launches a new initiative tagged Widows Economic Progress Meetings (WeProgress) with $500,000. The WeProgress is wired to turn disadvantaged widows into small business owners. The WeProgress project is a pan-Nigeria program...
  In a bid to commemorate the World Oral Health Day and advocate for good oral hygiene among Nigerians, top toothpaste brand, Pepsodent Nigeria partnered with the Nigeria Dental Association and other stakeholders for the Oral Health Walk held in Ikeja on Friday, March 16, 2018. The health walk commenced at...
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), TGI Group, through its CSR arm, CHI Foundation, has commissioned two ultra-modern water treatment plants in Isolo and Ejigbo Local Government Areas of Lagos State. CHI Foundation is the Corporate Social Responsibility vehicle of Tropical General Investment (TGI) Group, the parent company...
The MTN Foundation has put a smile on the faces of about 1,500 kids in 36 institutions across the country. Each establishment was gifted foodstuff and baby care products.   According to Dennis Okoro, Director, MTN Foundation, “the provision of basic living amenities and consumables to the less privileged is critical...