Dayo Emmanuel

Give School Girls Free Sanitary Pads, NGO Urges FG

3. Excited school girls displaying their packs of sanitary pads after the conference on menstrual hygiene by NGO CEE-HOPE in Lagos recently

As part of the International Youth Day celebration, a non-governmental organization (NGO), the Centre for Children’s Health Education, Orientation and Protection (CEE-HOPE), has urged the Nigerian Government to enact policies that would enable the distribution of sanitary products to school girls across the country. In a Press Statement issued in Lagos, CEE-HOPE’s Executive Director, Betty Abah, said it was high …

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Muffled Voices: FG Must Investigate Rape Allegations In IDP Camps-University Don

Some participants at the event

Associate Professor of Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Dr. Oloruntola Sunday has called on the Federal Government to investigate cases of rape and corruption in the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps in Nigeria. The university teacher made the call during the public presentation of ‘Muffled Voices’, a publication published by Christian media group, Journalists For Christ (JFC) in Lagos recently. The …

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Muffled Voices: Journalists Tasked On Amplifying IDPs’ Voices

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Nigerian journalists have been urged to dedicate more time to reporting issues affecting Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country. The call came during the presentation of Muffled Voices; a publication containing the report from two months media monitoring of six newspapers and two online platforms in Nigeria. With support from the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), Bread for …

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Accidents Kill 4, Injure Many On Same Spot In 2 Weeks 

Another accident has been reported around Oyemekun bus stop on College Raod, Ogba Lagos, making it the third fatal accident almost on same spot in 13 days. Exactly two weeks after ago, a trailer rammed into a shop killing a trader around the ever-busy Oyemekun bus stop  and nine hours after, a car also crashed about 20 metres away, leaving …

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Lagos SSG Seeks NAWOJ, Journalists’ Collaboration On Fair Reportage, Collaboration

NAWOJ LAGOS

Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), Mrs. Folashade Jaji, has urged journalists within the state to be fair and objective in reporting the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration. Jaji, made the call during a courtesy and congratulatory visit by the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Lagos Chapter for her appointment into office. She said it was important that …

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Promoting Arts And Crafts: NEPC/AGOA Train Arts And Crafts Entrepreneurs

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As part of its efforts in expanding international competition of exporters and boosting the nation’s economy, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) in collaboration with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) recently held a round tale meeting with entrepreneurs in the Arts and Craft industry. During the event which took place at the NEPC conference hall, Apapa, Lagos, the …

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Local Garment Manufacturers Must Take Advantage Of AGOA Visa Stamp-Faleke

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The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has concluded a one day sensitisation workshop on the utilisation of the AGOA Visa Stamp for exporters of garments and apparel to the US market.Mr. Babatunde Faleke is the Regional Coordinator (South West) of the federal agency. He told journalists after the event in Abuja that the Nigerian government through NEPC has continued to …

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U.S. Universities Offer $7.5m In Scholarships To Nigerian Students

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More than 303 Nigerian students from the 17 states of southern Nigeria have received no less than $7.5 million in full or partial scholarships from 225 American universities and colleges to study in the United States for the 2019-2020 academic session. Acting United States Consul General Osman Tat disclosed this in Lagos on Tuesday during the 2019 EducationUSA pre-departure orientation …

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Reasons Entrepreneurs Must Embrace Digital Marketing

Digital Marketing

Reasons Entrepreneurs Must Embrace Digital Marketing (A Book Review) Author: March Oyinki Pages: 250 The digital world is here with us. This modern day reality may be an unfamiliar terrain to many of us boomers who were born in the 60s, but with this book you are on familiar ground. Even many in the academia, sometimes find it incomprehensible because …

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