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Abuja: Dr Olapeju Phorbee, a leading food systems consultant, has urged Nigerians to prioritise safe, healthy, and diverse diets while warning against the dangers of consuming expired or unsafe food products. She issued the warning during a two-day workshop on Nutrition and Food Systems Reporting and Advocacy, organised by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition […]

Lagos: Loveworld Medicaid, a member agency of the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International, has provided free eye treatment to over 18,000 individuals with eye challenges, significantly improving their vision. The Assistant Director of Loveworld Medicaid, Dr. Olajumoke Ola-Akisanya, announced this during a news briefing commemorating World Sight Day and marking the one-year anniversary of the Loveworld […]

Abuja: Vectar Energy, a climate technology firm, has launched its groundbreaking digital platform, ‘ecoWise,’ aimed at converting solar data into tangible capital by unlocking climate finance through carbon credits. This announcement was made by Deborah Fadeyi, the Chief Executive Officer of Vectar Energy, during her keynote address at the inauguration of the ecoWise Multi-Stakeholder Forum […]

Ilorin: Unarguably, Nigeria is facing a worsening housing crisis. Access to affordable housing remains a major challenge for low- and middle-income earners, hampered by high construction costs, inadequate financing, weak infrastructure, and limited government delivery. According to News Agency of Nigeria, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) estimates the current housing deficit at more […]

Abuja: A military scientist, Col. Abubakar Imam, says high risk missions could be better handled with Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). Imam leads a team of technologists and researchers on ground-breaking work in robotics and mechatronics at the Nigerian Defence Academy. Speaking in an interview in a news podcast, Global South Pole, Imam explained that UGVs […]