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Arik Air Donates To IDP In Benin

December 27, 2019 8:13 am

Arik Air has donated some relief items to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp, Uhogua, Benin City, Edo State, to enable them to celebrate the Christmas. The airline said the initiative was part of its corporate social responsibility.

Arik Air’s Head of Marketing, Central and West Africa, Andrew Odion and Benin Station Manager, Nwaorgu Obed, were present the Camp with various items ranging from foodstuffs, beverages, cartons of noodles, bedding, treated mosquito net, clothing amongst others.

The Camp Coordinators, Solomon Folorunsho and Evelyn Omigie, received the items on behalf of the IDPs.
In his remark, Folorunsho commended Arik. He noted …

ICRC Donates Food Items To IDPs In Benue

December 15, 2019 11:22 am

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has donated food items to over 80,000 internally displaced persons in Guma and Makurdi local government areas of Benue State.

Also, the Committee is carrying out a livestock deworming campaign which has reached over 100,000 cattle and other small ruminants belonging to pastoralist communities affected by violence in Nasarawa state.

The assistance, according to Majid Bakhtiary,  Head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Jos, were provided to alleviate the suffering of people in the affected areas.

“The humanitarian situation here is difficult, and the ICRC helps the most vulnerable communities,” Bakhtiary said…

Flood: NEMA Warns Anambra Residents To Relocate

FG Donates Relief Materials To Flood Victims In Kebbi

December 10, 2019 10:03 am

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has donated relief materials to over 351 victims of 2019 flood disaster in three councils of Kebbi.
Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Maihaja, who was represented by Head of NEMA, Sokoto Operations Office, Dr. Kofoworola Soleye, distributed the relief materials in Yauri Local Government Area, yesterday.
Soleye said the materials were given to alleviate the sufferings faced by flood victims in the affected local government areas.
“We know that it will not be enough to take care of all what you lost, but just for you to know that the federal government is …

Otedola Donates ₦100m To Lagos STF

December 6, 2019 3:24 am

Philanthropist and business mogul, Femi Otedola, has donated ₦100 million to the Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), making him the largest individual donor. Zenith Bank took the lead for corporate donors with ₦300 mnillion.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu thanked the donors at an event tagged: ‘Transformational Security’, organised by LSSTF at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Tuesday.

Other top corporate donors on the list include Access Bank, First Bank, Xenon Construction Ltd. and Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).

The governor, while addressing the guests, said he was happy that other states had adopted the security trust fund idea initiated

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Councillor Donates Speedboat, To Students In Badagry

December 3, 2019 2:22 pm

A councillor, Mr Emmanuel Sokenu, representing Ward C, Badagry Local Government, on Tuesday donated a speedboat and 30 safety jackets to pupils from Gberefu Island, a riverine area in Badagry.

Sokenu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that pupils from Gberefu Island were passing through hard times crossing the river to their different schools.

“This will make students from my community to get to their different schools in Badagry as we do not have any school in Gberefu Island.

“I was born and brought up in the Island and I know what students pass through crossing …

Pat Asadu Donates 200-Seat E-Library To UNN (Photos)

December 3, 2019 3:30 am

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State yesterday inaugurated a 200-seater e-library furnished and donated to the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) by the member, representing Nsukka/Igbo-Eze South Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Dr. Pat Asadu.

Inaugurating the e-library amid jubilation, Gov. Ugwuanyi commended Hon. Asadu for the bold initiative aimed at improving the standard of education in the university.

The e-library, which is located at Professor Paul Akubue Building, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, comprises 200 computers fully installed with internet facilities and office furniture.

Speaking at the event, the Dean, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Prof. A.A Attamah described the donation as …

Anambra

Anambra Donates 50,000 Bags Of Rice To Workers

November 21, 2019 2:42 am
The Anambra government has donated more than 50,000 bags of rice to workers in the state.

Receiving the gift at the state secretariat, yesterday, the Head of Service, Harry Udu, said it was to ensure the workers have a pleasant Christmas and New Year celebrations.

Udu stated that it was also in fulfilment of Governor Willie Obiano’s promise to always appreciate the efforts of the workers in the state.

He noted that workers deserved reward for their commitment, loyalty and sacrifices to the development of the state, maintaining that government owed everything it has achieved to the commitment and cooperation …

Ugwuanyi Donates 29 Patrol Vans To Security Agencies

Ugwuanyi Donates 29 Patrol Vans To Security Agencies

October 22, 2019 4:07 am

Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, yesterday, donated 29 patrol vans to 10 security agencies in response to the recent rise of crime and insecurity in parts of the state.

Governor Ugwuanyi, while presenting the Innoson patrol vehicles, said the gesture was part of ongoing efforts to rejig the security architecture of the state.

The donation of the 29 security vehicles is coming eight days after the police were given 65 vans.

According to Governor Ugwuanyi, investments in the vehicles had become necessary in order to strengthen and equip security agencies to tackle crime.

He said the state had also invested …

Senator Ngige Donates ₦1million To Onitsha Fire Victims

October 21, 2019 2:47 am
  • Assures them NEMA will come with relief materials

The Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige has issued a cheque of ₦1 million to the victims of Onitsha fire disaster at Ochanja market in Anambra State.

Ngige who was at Ochanja market to commiserate with the traders on the fire incident in the market last Wednesday described the fire as a disastrous and huge loss both humanly and materially.

He said that the money was his personal donation to enable the families of those who lost their lives to commence burials and to care for medical bills of …

Qatar donates $480m in aid to Palestinians

May 7, 2019 6:54 am

Qatar has allocated 480 million dollars in aid to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

It said 180 million dollars of the amount will go to humanitarian relief, provide support for United Nations programmes and support electricity services.

The other 300 million dollars in grants and loans will support the health and education budget of the Palestinian Authority.

Qatar, which has close ties with Hamas, has also recently pledged 150 million dollars for improving the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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