Nigeria’s wildlife population remains endangered with recent flooding adding to the risk factors in the eight national parks due to climate variability and change-induced extreme weather events. Elephants face serious threats and the magnitude has made the Federal Government initiate a 10-year plan to save these animal populations from being lost entirely, CHINEDUM UWAEGBULAM reports.…

A firm, Beiersdorf Nigeria, the global maker of leading skincare brand, Nivea, has donated N16.5 million to The Dorcas Cancer Foundation, a non-profit organisation, in support of care for paediatric cancer survivors in Nigeria. The development is a fall-out of the firm’s partnership with the Foundation to create a back-to-school fund aimed at helping children…

Lagos State Government has introduced a new advocacy campaign to enforce the ban on smoking in public spaces in the state. The move was initiated by the Lagos State Safety Commission (LSC), in alliance with the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA). Director-General of the LSC, Lanre Mojola, who spoke on the development, at the…

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, yesterday, expressed concern over the rising cost of food items in the country, describing the situation as “worrisome and unbearable” for many Nigerians. He said there is an urgent need for President Bola Tinubu and the state governors to come to the…

President Bola Tinubu has tasked specialised tertiary institutions and research institutes in Nigeria to fulfil the mandate of their establishment to develop homegrown solutions to tackle the challenges facing Nigeria. Tinubu, who emphasised that the institutions were established as solution-providers and problem-solvers to local and national problems, urged the private sector to collaborate with researchers…