The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) closed the books on a long running activity that provided high quality and stigma-free HIV prevention services to some of the most at-risk populations with the overall aim to control and ultimately eradicate the deadly virus in in Nigeria. Along the way the Integrated Most-at-Risk-Populations HIV Prevention Project provided testing for HIV, …

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In a report released today by Tracka, a project monitoring platform by BudgIT, meant to enhance the implementation of capital projects confirmed that only 475 zonal intervention projects (popularly called constituency project) were completed out of 1,497 projects, tracked across 26 states between June 2018 and November 2019. This was disclosed at the launch of the 2018 Tracka Federal Constituency …

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Policymakers comprising commissioners of agriculture, permanent secretaries and program managers of Agricultural Development Programs (ADPs) in Nigeria have lauded efforts by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on digital agriculture. At the meeting tagged: ‘Presentation of Digital Tools: Disruptive Innovations in Cassava and Maize Farming systems’, the Commissioners for Agriculture in Ondo and Ekiti states, Messrs Adegboyega Adefarati and …

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It is quite disturbing that a party which has a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) as it’s number two man is the one showing such a flagrant disregard for the rule of law. A party that rode on the back of hate speech and social media into the office now wants to censor social media and “hate speech”. The same …

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Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has received double honours at the HR Best Practice Awards organised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM). The event took place at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos recently. The foremost financial institution emerged as the winner of the ‘Most Strategic Human Resources’ (HR) Award, …

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Senators are enraged. Honourables are furious. For real, they don’t know what hate speech is, but they actually know what its Bill will wreak when it revolves in a reality. It’s right that hate speech is brimstone and fire that decoy social media daily, fire with potentialities of razing, and speeches with power to spark violence and result to violent …

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Former Aviation Minister, Ambassador (Dr.) Mrs Kema Chikwe, former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, First Lady of Ondo State, Arabinrin, Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu, Mr. Ernest Ebi, MFR, Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, will on Saturday, the 21st of December be guests at the Maiden Global Reunion of Egbu Girls Old Girls Association(EGOGA ) in Owerri. The …

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Youth advocates have called on the government and other stakeholders to deliberately and consistently create programs and interventions for young people living in marginalised communities. This is because most vulnerable and marginalised young people are seriously underrepresented in development programs including HIV prevention programs. The call was made at a One-Day Community Outreach held on the 14th of December, 2019 …

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An early morning inferno has gutted an office apartment along Admiralty Road in Lekki, Lagos State. Cause of the fire is not established yet but passersby are alleging an electrical fault. READ ALSO: AfDB Approves N44.7bn For Water Supply In Ondo   Advertisement There seems to be calmness in the area as people gathered helplessly watching the raging fire by …

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Nigerian journalists have been enjoined to work harder to expose corrupt practices in the country. Multiple award winning journalist Ibanga Isine gave the advice in his speech after winning the Investigative Journalist category of the 14th Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporters in Lagos. The investigative journalist said Nigerian journalists stand among the best in the world going by the …

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