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.
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 […]
Why Nigeria must mandate comprehensive insurance and vehicle tracking for fleet operators
A transport business built on fear, intimidation, and police arrests is not sustainable. A business built on insurance, technology, and proper risk management is.
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 […]
Friimarket launches trust-based trade infrastructure to make China sourcing, online trade safer for Nigerian SMEs
FriiPro Ltd has launched Friimarket, a trust-based trade infrastructure platform designed to make online and cross-border trade safer
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 […]
