President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja launched a N62 billion trust fund to help Nigeria end AIDS as a public health threat and place more people living with HIV on treatment annually. According to a statement by Special Adviser…
GOCOP swells in ranks, inducts new members
*GOCOP EXCO The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), swelled in ranks on Thursday with the induction of 21 new members. The induction was part of the activities of the fifth annual conference of GOCOP held at Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja…
Buhari chairs security meeting ahead of London medical trip
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently chairing a security meeting at the Executive Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is taking place ahead of his scheduled trip to London, the United Kingdom (UK), for a routine medical check-up.…
Poverty Eradication: Umar Farouq urges state govts to collaborate with humanitarian ministry
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has called for a working partnership between state governments and the ministry to stamp out poverty in the country. The minister made the call at a virtual…
A stubborn virus that won’t go away – Ehi Braimah
The year of the virus is gradually winding down but the stubborn and deadly coronavirus is inflicting more pains around the world with increasing cases of infections, hospitalisations and deaths. With less than two weeks before we embrace another brand…
COVID-19: Boss Mustapha, wife go into self-isolation
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, and his wife, Olu, have proceeded on self-isolation in compliance with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) protocols. The SGF disclosed this in a statement he personally authored on Sunday…
Before the 2nd wave: Humanitarian ministry and Nigeria’s COVID-19 response – Dapo Bruce
As the year draws to a close with ministries and MDAs auditing past performance and defending their 2021 draft budgets it has become expedient to look at how effective the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development was…
Belgium confers highest national honour on African philanthropist, Tony Elumelu
The Kingdom of Belgium has conferred the honorary distinction of Officer in the Order of Leopold, the country’s oldest and most important National Honour, on Africa’s leading investor and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, CON, in recognition of his commitment to…
Buhari congratulates AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina on re-election
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, on his re-election for a second term in office. According to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), the…