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The benefits of gender equality are not just for women and girls, but “for everyone whose lives will be changed by a fairer world”, the chief of UN Women said in her message for International Women’s Day (IWD) at UN Headquarters. As a “massive year for gender equality”, Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka said 2020 was […]
The World Health Organization has warned that severe and mounting disruption to the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) – caused by rising demand, panic buying, hoarding and misuse – is putting lives at risk from the new coronavirus and other infectious diseases. Healthcare workers rely on personal protective equipment to protect themselves and […]
The latest numbers: The novel coronavirus has killed more than 3,500 people, and infected over 105,000, according to CNN’s tally — the majority in mainland China. China hotel collapse: Search and rescue efforts are continuing after a hotel that was used as a coronavirus quarantine center collapsed in Quanzhou, China. Ten people have died and 23 are still unaccounted for. Italy […]
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria recorded N36.152 trillion as value of total trade in 2019, representing a 14.05 percent increase over 2018. As was published in VON, the bureau said this in its “Foreign Trade in Goods Statistics, Quarter Four, 2019” adding that this was lower than 36.86 per cent recorded in […]
The Lagos State Government has expressed its readiness to conduct the Y2020 Book Review Exercise. This is part of efforts towards ensuring that students are exposed to books that are in consonance with the national minimum standard, as benchmarked in the National Curriculum and Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work. In an official statement by […]
The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment, has partnered with Dettol Clean Naija to take hand washing advocacy to public primary schools across the State with the aim of containing the deadly COVID-19 infection. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals and Investment, Mrs. Solape Hammond, […]
The International Emergency Management Society (TIEMS) West Africa chapter has called on the Governments in affected countries in the region to impose an international travel ban on government officials until further notice as the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. The Executive director of TIEMS in charge of Nigeria/West Africa, Ismail Sani in […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says 23 suspected cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been identified in Edo, Lagos, Ogun, FCT and Kano states, out of which one was confirmed positive “index case” with no death. NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, adding that as of […]
The Brand Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN) has concluded plans to hold the 2020 World Consumer Rights Day in Lagos. BJAN will mark the 8th edition of its Consumer Rights Day with the theme ‘Sustainable Consumer Behaviour’. The World Consumer Right Day, an annual event being organised as part of BJAN’s effort to join the […]
The Socio-Economic Right and Accountability Project (SERAP) says it has received a letter from the Federal Government requesting the full list of former governors and ministers that have received or are receiving double pay and life pensions. SERAP in a statement explained that the letter follows last year’s judgment by Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, ordering the […]