NOSA storms Abuja, demands nationwide school vision screening

NOSA storms Abuja, demands nationwide school vision screening

The Nigerian Optometric Students Association, NOSA, has taken youth eye health advocacy to the highest levels of government, rallying policymakers, professionals and students in a three-day engagement that culminated in a landmark visual screening for internally displaced persons in Abuja.
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Delta communities lament ‘exclusion’ in oil project

Delta communities lament ‘exclusion’ in oil project

By Paul Olayemi Residents of Mosogar Kingdom in Ethiope West Local Government Area, Delta State have staged a peaceful protest at a Seplat Energy facility in Amaladi community, alleging exclusion from project decisions in the Sakpoba Forest Reserve. The communities demand fair engagement, citing unresolved land rights issues and alleged disregard for court orders. The […]

5,000 Ogun residents benefit from National Health Fellowship Programme — Commissioner

5,000 Ogun residents benefit from National Health Fellowship Programme — Commissioner

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta No fewer than 5,000 residents of Ogun State had benefited from medical outreaches of the National Health Fellowship Programme; a flagship intervention of the Federal Government under the Renewed Hope Agenda. The State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, who disclosed at the graduation of Cohort 1.0 and unveiling of Cohort […]

How Nigeria is rewriting global cocoa narrative

How Nigeria is rewriting global cocoa narrative

By Opeyemi Samuel For the better part of two decades, the global cocoa market was a picture of quiet predictability. Then, in a blistering eighteen-month window, the script flipped entirely. As a recent deep-dive by Nairametrics highlights, the staggering surge in cocoa prices, skyrocketing from $2,000 per metric ton in 2022 to over $12,000 by […]