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Lagos Ready To Host SEMA Conference Next Week

The Lagos State Government yesterday expressed its readiness to host the maiden State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Conference 2025 with the theme ‘Strengthening SubNational Emergency Management For A Resilient Nigeria’. Speaking during a press conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa in Ikeja, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA),...
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Onitsha Set For 2025 Ofala Festival

The 2025 Onitsha Ofala Festival of His Royal Majesty, Igwe Alfred Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha, in collaboration with the Nigeria Tourism Development Commission, is set to begin. In a press interview at the Obi of Onitsha palace in Onitsha on Thursday,  the Chairman, Strategic Marketing Communications Sub-committee for the 2025 Ofala Festival, Nn’emeka Maduegbuna,...
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Foundation Shifts Gender Finance From Dialogue To Action At 3rd Annual Summit

The Impact Investors Foundation (IIF), Nigeria’s leading platform for unlocking impact capital, has announced the third edition of its annual Gender Impact Investment Summit (GIIS). The event is scheduled for October 2, 2025, at the Civic Centre in Lagos. This year’s summit, themed “Investing in Equity: Advancing Gender-Led Solutions for Inclusive Development,” is positioned as...
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300 Makoko Pupils, Residents Get Free Genotype Screening As Dufil Prima Foods, Sickle Cell Foundation Drive Awareness

Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers of Indomie Instant Noodles, has joined forces with the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN) to provide free genotype screening for over 300 pupils and residents of Makoko in Lagos. Both organisations also provided a transformative health intervention project in Makoko, one of Lagos’ most underserved riverine communities. The Makoko Health...
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World Bank: We’re Eager To Expand Projects In Nigeria

…congratulates FG on bold reforms Following the feat recorded in several World Bank assisted programmes, the global lender has reaffirmed its desire to expand on such projects in Nigeria. While congratulating the Federal Government on the bold reforms so far undertaken, the bank’s new Country Director, Mr Matthew Verghis, described them as a “development breakpoint”...
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Imo, Abia Education Stakeholders Want Post-UTME Scrapped

Education stakeholders in Imo and Abia have called for the abolition of the post-University Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening for candidates seeking admission into higher institutions in the country, describing it as “unnecessary”. A cross-section of people made the call in separate interviews conducted as part of a survey on the propriety or otherwise of the...
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