Author: Opalim Lifted

Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd. inaugurated the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in Idumagbo and Oyingbo communities in Lagos State on Tuesday, aimed at ending open defecation by 2025. The project is one of the social development initiatives powered by the 1 million euro donation made by NBC’s parent company, the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company. Speaking at the event, Mrs. Soromidayo George, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Director, NBC, said the company had a long-standing history of pioneering sustainable development projects as part of its commitments to give back to communities. George said the projects were embarked upon to provide…

The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) on Thursday engaged 137 community leaders from various displaced communities on the need to promote child spacing in addressing the problem of maternal mortality and morbidity. Addressing the community leaders at Muna Camp in Maiduguri, Mr. Adamu Hamman, a Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Community Mobilizer with the fund, urged the leaders to support the women in accessing the free services being provided in the camps. Hamman said that contrary to speculations, the use of contraceptives is not an attempt to reduce the community’s population but to contain maternal mortality and ensure a…

The Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association has urged pet owners to keep their pets within their premises and ensure they are fully vaccinated against rabies. The National President of the association, Dr. Oluwatoyin Adetuberu, made the call in an interview with reporters on Thursday in Abuja, in commemoration of World Rabies Day. World Rabies Day is commemorated annually on September 28 to raise awareness about rabies prevention and highlight progress made toward defeating the disease. The global observance day ‘All for 1- One Health for All’ as the theme for 2023. Adetuberu, therefore, identified being a responsible dog or pet owner…

The Federal Government has declared Monday, October 2, 2023, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 63rd Independence Day anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration in Abuja on behalf of the federal government on Thursday, according to a statement by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade. The minister assured Nigerians of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration’s continued commitment to tackling challenges facing the country. “It is today a known fact that difficult socio-economic and security challenges are global, and Nigeria is not isolated. “The government is daily making efforts to confront these varied and…

The injured Lionel Messi watched from the stands as Inter Miami lost 2-1 to the Houston Dynamo in the final of the US Open Cup. Forward Messi, 36, was substituted against Toronto FC last week because of an “old injury” and sat out Miami’s draw at Orlando City on Monday. Griffin Dorsey and an Amine Bassi penalty put Houston 2-0 up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Josef Martinez scored a consolation for Miami in stoppage time. Houston keeper Andrew Tarbell made three saves as Dynamo clinched their second US Open Cup in five years. Miami’s Spain defender, Jordi Alba, also missed…

Olympique de Marseille has named Italian Gennaro Gattuso as coach following the departure of Marcelino, the French Ligue 1 club said on Wednesday. The 45-year-old Gattuso takes over after Spaniard Marcelino left the club amid a feud with the Marseille supporters. Gennaro left Valencia in January, seven months after his appointment with the La Liga side just above the relegation zone. The former Italy midfielder previously managed his former clubs AC Milan and Napoli, leaving the current Serie A champions at the end of the 2020–21 season. Marseille are eighth in Ligue 1 after two wins, three draws, and a…

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have whisked away the Editor-in-Chief of the popular Hausa newspaper, Almizan, Ibrahim Musa, in Kano. Musa, who was on his way to Saudi Arabia for the lesser Hajj Umrah, accompanied by a family member, Binta Sulaiman, was taken away by Nigeria’s secret police at the Aminu Kano International Airport in the early hours of Wednesday. Speaking in a statement on behalf of the family signed by Abdullahi Usman, no reason was given to the family by the DSS operatives who left behind the person he was with. The family calls on the…

Leah Sharibu, one of the female students of the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, who was abducted alongside over 100 girls on February 19, 2018, by terrorists, now leads a medical team of the terror group in Lake Chad, according to a report. Five of the girls were reportedly killed in captivity, while Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) returned 104 girls to their families, except Sharibu. ISWAP reportedly kept Leah Sharibu because she refused to renounce her Christian faith and convert to Islam. The government had entered into negotiations with the terrorists, who threatened to…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the Air Component of Operation UDO KA II has destroyed several hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network in Anambra and Imo States. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Gabkwet said the strikes were carried out on Tuesday at Mother Valley Orsumughu in the Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra and Aku Ihube in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo. He said it was part of efforts aimed at dislocating their…

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has stepped up efforts to ensure that Nigeria’s beaches are clean as well as the sustainability of the environment. Prof. Aliyu Jauro, the director-general of NESREA, made this statement during a news conference that the organization held on Wednesday in Abuja in conjunction with the Centre for Culture and Environment Promotion (CCEP). The event was tagged the “Operation Clean Our Beaches (OCOB) Campaign” project. He said that the event was remarkable, as the agency was determined to ensure that sustainability returns to the country’s environment. “The Nigerian beaches are great assets…