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‎ ‎Nestlé Nigeria has launched a multi-stakeholder coalition to drive sustained environmental action in commemoration of 2026 World Environment Day. ‎ ‎Building on six years of nationwide awareness and clean-up initiatives, the coalition represents a coordinated and systems-led approach that brings together government, regulators, industry, recyclers and development partners to advance circular economy outcomes. ‎The programme will be delivered across 12 locations nationwide through community sensitization and clean-up activities. ‎Focused on advancing more sustainable and resilient communities, the initiative aims to reduce waste leakage,strengthen collection systems and scale circular solutions through collective action. ‎ ‎ The programme will support environmental…

By Okechukwu Nwanguma The response reportedly attributed to the Delta State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, regarding the allegations made by Mr. Peter Okwuokei raises more questions than it answers. Rather than addressing the serious allegations of unlawful detention, extortion, abuse of bail procedures, retention of property, denial of medical care, and police involvement in private monetary negotiations, the police appear to have chosen a strategy of discrediting the complainant. According to media reports, the Command’s spokesman dismissed Okwuokei’s account as someone “lying through his teeth to whip up sentiment” and disclosed that the complainant had allegedly…

‎‎By DARE ADEJUMO‎‎”As I saw the remains of the man of God prophet TB Joshua looking at him on the television inside a transparent coffin, my goose flesh wildly arose. I was shaken and   immediately overwhelmed with guilt and fear!  The revelation came to me straightaway without any ambiguity, piecing my heart like a thunder:  ‘here is a beloved son of God who has accomplished his assignment on earth’. My eyes were opened. I knelt down in tears and wept profusely asking God to forgive me because I was misled by our church leaders about his divine identity making me…

‎ ‎ ‎What began in 1998 as a modest educational dream with just eighteen pupils and six teachers operating from a single wing of a duplex in Omole Phase 1, Lagos, has grown into one of Nigeria’s most respected educational institutions. ‎ ‎Today, Mind Builders School stands not merely as a school but as a thriving symbol of vision, excellence, innovation, and transformative leadership, reflecting the enduring legacy of its founder, Mrs. Bolajoko Falore. ‎ ‎As the Trustees of Mind Builders Education Trust prepare to host the maiden Annual Symposium in honour of Mrs. Falore’s 70th birthday and her remarkable…

‎‎Members of the Geneith Health Competition (GHC) Activation Team have extended warm felicitations to the initiator of the competition and Managing Director of CEOAFRICA, Prince Cletus Sunday Iloabanafor, on the occasion of his birthday, while reaffirming their commitment to the success of the nationwide campaign aimed at eliminating malaria in Nigeria.‎‎In a statement released on Sunday and signed by Mr. Emmanuel Adams on behalf of the activation team, Prince Iloabanafor was celebrated as an accomplished media entrepreneur, language advocate, development communicator, and public health champion whose vision continues to inspire positive change across Nigeria and beyond.‎‎The team described him as…

‎ ‎ ‎The National Chairman of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), Pharm. Ambrose Igwe Kammah Ezeh, has called on the Federal Government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to adopt stronger and more decisive tobacco control measures, including policies that could eliminate nicotine from tobacco products or impose an outright ban on tobacco, warning that Nigeria can no longer afford the enormous health and economic burden associated with tobacco use. ‎ ‎Ezeh made the call during a press briefing to commemorate the 2026 World No Tobacco Day, observed globally on May 31, where he described…

‎‎‎By ffeoma Ikem‎‎‎A bitter family dispute over a prime property in Ikosi-Ketu, Lagos, has escalated into a major controversy following a demolition exercise that left residents displaced, properties damaged, and police officers reportedly detained amid questions surrounding the legality of the operation.‎‎The disputed property, located at No. 23B Loveall Street, has become the focal point of a long-running disagreement within the Omotayo-Ojo family following the death of the property’s owner, the late Chief Oludola Omotayo Ojo, Babaalaje of Imesi-Ile, Osun State, in 2019.‎‎What residents described as a routine day quickly descended into chaos when a group of individuals, allegedly accompanied…

‎ ‎ ‎By Ifeoma Ikem ‎ ‎The West African Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (WASPEN) has raised alarm over what it described as prevalence of malnutrition in Nigeria healthcare facilities. ‎ ‎Dr Teresa Isichei Pounds, Founder and President of WASPEN disclosed this while addressing pressmen in a virtual briefing on Monday to announce the upcoming 5th Annual Clinical Nutrition Conference scheduled to take place from June 22nd to 25th, 2026, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Asaba, Delta State. ‎ ‎Pounds noted that WASPEN is set to tackle the `silent epidemic’ of hospital malnutrition currently undermining patient recovery…

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association Nigeria (WISTA Nigeria) is proud to announce that it will host the 8th WISTA Africa Regional Conference on 25th and 26th June 2026 at the prestigious Eko Hotels & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎The highly anticipated conference, organised under the umbrella of WISTA International, will bring together an influential gathering of maritime leaders, policymakers, regulators, investors, energy experts, legal practitioners, logistics professionals, and business executives from across Africa and around the world for two days of strategic dialogue, networking, and collaboration. ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎This year’s conference comes…

‎The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has announced an elaborate programme to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the passing of its founder, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, with a special event themed “Rejoicing with the Saints.‎‎”The anniversary celebration, scheduled for June 5, 2026, is expected to draw worshippers, gospel ministers, dignitaries and admirers from across the world in honour of a man whose ministry transcended geographical, cultural and religious boundaries.‎‎The anniversary celebration will be preceded by a two-day revival from June 2 to 3, at the church’s Faith Resort ground, Agodo, Lagos.Five years after his transition to glory, Prophet TB…