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U.S. Latino American Chamber of Commerce (USLACC) and its local affiliate group, FYJIO Group Africa, has strengthened collaboration on engaging Nigerian youths on mechanised agriculture. The groups note that mechanised farming among the youth will check rate of unemployment in the country and boost food production. Mrs Ifeoma Ejiogu, African Representative of USLACC and President, […]

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to empowering young African entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with the European Union to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young African women entrepreneurs in 2021.  The partnership will disburse €20 million in financial and technical support for women-owned businesses, across all 54 African countries, in

Some poor widows in Iresi town, Osun State have received bags of rice and cash as part of supports to cushion their hardship, particularly due to the coronavirus pandemic. The beneficiaries said during their lockdown imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19, palliatives distributed by the state government did not reach them. The Iya Sunna,

A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Zaki’s Gem Support Foundation (ZGSF) has disclosed that it has trained 106 gender based violence Ambassadors as parts of its efforts to end violence against women, vulnerable in Kebbi state. The Founder of the NGO, Hajiya Nafisa Zaki, stated this on Tuesday during the 2nd International Conference on Gender Based

The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has urged women to embark on regular HIV/AIDS screening to know their status and access free medical services. She made the call during the free HIV screening on Tuesday in Abuja to commemorate the 2020 World AIDS Day. The day is celebrated globally on Dec. 1, to

A Non-governmental Organisation, Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All, CSACEFA, on Tuesday, stated that the absence of a policy or law that engenders the girl child education was what has accounted for the low enrollment ratio of the girls into various schools in the State. The NGO which made its findings known while

A non-governmental organisation, High Level Women Advocacy (HILWA), is sensitising rural communities in Zamfara on the importance of girl-child education. The Kano State Chairperson of HILWA, Prof. Aisha Ismail, told newsmen in Gusau on Friday that the campaign was targeting parents. She said parents were being urged to allow their children, especially girls, to attend

The Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, has said the reason 47 million Nigerians still practice open defecation is because access to sanitary facilities have remained a mirage to a vast majority of its citizenry. He said many people still use the bush and water bodies as their regular means for excreta disposal. Abubakar

The Aisha Buhari Foundation (ABF) on Monday distributed sanitary kits to women and children in three hospitals in Lagos state. The hospitals visited were the Massey Street Children’s Hospital, Onikan Health Centre and the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital. Speaking at the presentation, the Special Assistant on Events Management and Domestic affairs to the First Lady,

Nigerians contribute to the world in so many ways. Our hats off to Dr. Onyema Ogbuagbu at Yale who helped develop a COVID-19 vaccine!.Dr. Onyema Ogbuagbu,a Nigerian doctors helped the drug company Pfizer develop the first effective COVID-19 vaccine in the United States.Onyema is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Infectious Disease at Yale School