The Nigerians in Diaspora COVID-19 Support Group on Friday donated Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) worth N48 million to the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 (PTF). Amb. Zubairu Dada, the Minister of State Foreign Affairs, alongside Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, CEO/Chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), presented the items on behalf of the group to the task force in Abuja. Receiving the PPE, the PTF Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, who was represented by Mr Olusegun Adeyemi,...
The United States’ COVID-19 emergency aid to Nigeria rose to 41.3 million dollars (N15.5 billion) as of Thursday, according to the Department of State. This represents an additional 11.3 million dollars (N4.2 billion) compared with the 30 million dollars (N11.2 billion) assistance to Nigeria announced by the U.S. in May. In a statement on Thursday, the department said the amount was part of a 1.3 billion dollar (N488.8 billion) COVID-19 aid so far announced by...
The Innoson Group of Companies has handed over an IVM G-20 Smart vehicle to Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora (OCI) Foundation to support the fight against breast and cervical cancers in the country. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 7-seater IVM G-20 Smart vehicle was purchased by the foundation at a significant discount from the vehicle manufacturing firm. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Nnewi on Wednesday, the Chief Executive Officer of Innoson, Mr Innocent...
The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation says it has committed $10 million financial interventions, with matching grants from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, towards the eradication of polio in Nigeria. The founder of the foundation, Chief Emeka Offor, announced this in a message to celebrate Nigeria’s wild polio-free status being accepted by Africa’s Regional Certification Committee (ARCC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO). Offor, who is the Rotary International Polio Ambassador to Nigeria, personally signed the message...
Nestlé Nigeria Plc, on Monday, donated nutritious food and beverages worth N32 million to support individuals and families most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Enugu State. The items donated included: cartoons of Milo, Golden morn, Maggi, and Nestlé Purelife bottled water among others. Presenting the items in Enugu, Managing Director/CEO of the company, Mauricio Alarcon, said that as the fight against the spread of COVID-19 continues to intensify, all hands must be on deck,...
The management of Fidelity Bank Plc has donated N10 million to the Kano Government for the prevention and control of COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Mr. Hassan Imam, Executive Director, Northern operation of the bank who presented the cheque on Friday in Kano, said that the gesture was part of the bank’s social responsibility and contribution to the fight against the dreaded disease. Imam, who lauded the commitment of the state government said that the...
The Okpebe Autonomous Community in Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, has supported no fewer than 200 indigent households in the area with cash palliatives. Mr Charles Ngene, the President General of the community, made the disclosure on Sunday at the inauguration of the first phase of the cash transfers to the beneficiaries. Ngene said that the intervention was to cushion economic hardship arising from the COVID-19 pandemic among vulnerable households in the area....
Most Rev Michael Gokum, the Catholic Bishop of Pankshin Diocese, has donated food items to 500 vulnerable families in Plateau to cushion the hardships occasioned by the advent of Coronavirus (Covid-19). Presenting the items on Friday in Pankshin, Gokum said the gesture aimed at supporting the poor within his diocese to make a living as the world grapples with the pandemic. He explained that the gesture was championed by the Justice Development and Peace Commission...
The Enugu State Boxers Association (ESBA) on Thursday distributed food items to boxers in the state as palliative to cushion the effect of COVID-19. The items including bags of rice, Garri, salt, cartons of tomato paste, spices and cash, were donated by Mr Chales Ike, a board member of the association. Ike, board, a businessman, had in time past, donated a boxing ring to boxers in the state. Mr Ebere Amaraizu, ESBA Vice-Chairman, while distributing the...
The Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector initiative meant to fight the Coronavirus pandemic, has donated a 100-bed isolation centre and medical equipment to Anambra Government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CACOVID renovated and equipped one of the state’s Protective Care Centre located at Umueri General Hospital in Oyi Local Government Area and donated the same to the state government on Saturday. A representative of CACOVID and the Regional Manager of...
