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1 Nov
The topic we are called upon to address today is not as direct as it appears to be. Rhetorical questions tend to be that way, especially where it elicits a discussion instead of an answer.
26 Sep
Nigeria has secured a $600,000 relief fund and commitments from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to hasten relief efforts for victims of the devastating floods, for health and agricultural sectors' reforms. Specifically, the Foundation pledged $600,000 for flood relief in Borno State and other health sector initiatives, with an additional $5 million grant approved…
24 Sep
Centre for Human rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has expressed its support for the call by the American billionaire and philanthropist, Mr Bill Gates, on rich governments to increase aid assistance to Africa and for debt forgiveness for overburdened countries to accelerate progress in the SDGs.
20 Sep
However, as we say, it is not Gates fault, at all, but ours. That Nigeria was producing vaccine locally in the 1990s and is now downgraded to the global consumer of foreign produced vaccines, has nothing to do with any external barrier.
19 Sep
So, early this month, William, the Bill Gates, returned to his favourite country, where he is loved “to nonsense” for want of a better word to describe how very much Bill Gates is loved by the political class.
5 Sep
The co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has called on the Federal Government to do more for the people, arguing that the country spends less per capita on its people than other African countries with a fraction of its wealth.
5 Sep
Co-chair of the Bill and Belinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, says tuberculosis (TB) has once again become the biggest infectious disease and killer of about 1.6 million persons yearly.
4 Sep
US billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, on Wednesday in Abuja, announced a $2.8 billion investment aimed at enhancing the country's healthcare, nutrition, and agricultural sectors. Speaking at the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Gates emphasised the critical need to invest in Nigeria's greatest resource, its…
Bill Gates. Photo - CNBC TB
4 Sep
The Gates Foundation has invested over $2.8 billion in Nigeria in the past 20 years, which is the foundation's largest commitment in all of Africa. Meanwhile, the Chairperson of the Foundation, Bill Gates, has said that Nigeria's economy has stagnated while the country's debt profile earlier this year exceeded 50 percent of its GDP for…
4 Sep
The Chairperson of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has said that the Foundation is renewing its engagement with key partners on how to address some of the health challenges facing Nigeria while tapping into the incredible potential of the younger generation in Nigeria and Africa. He noted that the Foundation is making a significant investment…
4 Sep
The Chairperson of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has stressed the need for Nigeria to increase agriculture productivity using improved seedlings to make food more available at low cost in order to tackle the problem of malnutrition in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa. He lamented that the current economic conditions are driving up the stunting levels…
Bill Gates. Photo - CNBC TB
4 Sep
Chairperson of the Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has commended the efforts of Northern traditional leaders in ensuring an increased uptake of immunisation in the region. Speaking at the Northern Traditional Leaders’ Committee on Primary Health Care Service Delivery (NTLC) quarterly review meeting, organised by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) on Tuesday in…

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