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By Evelyn Usman About 200 widows benefited and 500 families within Aswani, Okota, and Isolo areas of Lagos State benefitted from the maiden edition of COVID-19 Outreach palliatives distributed by Aswani Divisional Police Officer, CSP Oyin Frances to cushion the impact of the gradual ease of lockdown. The initiative code-named COVID-19 Outreach, according to the
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Say African countries spend more annually on debt servicing than education, healthcare Nigeria’s former finance minister Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emphasised the need to diversify the economy through strengthening the manufacturing sector. Okonjo-Iweala disclosed this at a recent virtual roundtable hosted by the New York Forum Institute and organised by Tony Elumelu, Chairman of the
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By Ebunoluwa Sessou & Elizabeth Osayande Mr. Okorie is a father of three. His son who is in the final year is engaged in the virtual classes to be promoted to the next class. For him, the online class has its merits and demerits and if one would weigh both, the merits may outweigh the
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Mr. Yinka Ogundimu is the Chairman House Committee on Education in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Reacting to issues relating to virtual class, Ogundimu in an interview with Ebunoluwa Sessou, explained that although online learning is a new innovation to be accepted into the Nigerian educational system, all hands must be on deck to
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By Victoria Ojeme First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has called on stakeholders at the three tiers of government to tackle issues relating to malnutrition in children across the country. In a press statement in Abuja, Mr. Aliyu Abdullahi Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, (Office of the First Lady, disclosed
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By Nkiruka Nnorom Women in Nigeria have been urged to play a more active and frontal role to stimulate the growth of businesses and overall development. In addition, they have been advised to pursue leadership roles in their communities and the corporate world so as to rise to the top echelon of decision making in
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Applaud Senate’s passage By Chioma Obinna, Ebunoluwa Sessou, Victoria Ojeme, and Alex Kola Folorunso The National Centre for Women Development, NCWD, has commended the Nigerian Senate over the Sexual Harassment Prevention Bill. The Director-General of the NCWD, Mary Ekpere-Eta, applauded the lawmakers and described the passage of the Bill as a poignant moment in the
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As women in poor countries lack access to contraceptives over COVID-19 By Victoria Ojeme The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, projects that if lockdown measures continue for another six months with major disruptions to health services, 47 million women in low- and middle-income countries may not be able to access modern contraceptives. This would result
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By Ebunoluwa Sessou The need to legalise the services of domestic staff members in every home has been brought to the frontline, hence the creation of the Association of Household Employee Management, AHEM. Speaking on this issue, Initiator of the Association and CEO of Aymie Staffing Solutions, Elizabeth Ajetunmobi disclosed legalizing the services of domestic
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The Media Women Forum has described the Sexual Harassment Bill recently passed by the Senate as a welcomed development as it would prevent sexual harassment and exploitation of female students by lecturers in the Nation’s tertiary institutions.
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