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COVID-19 : Where are the friends of Lagos Journalists? 

  By Quasim Akinreti Journalists, like health workers, soldiers, policemen and other security agents, are integral part of essential service providers globally. Daily reports, analysis, interviews, public messages, documentaries and breaking news on Coronavirus are beamed live, broadcast at appropriate schedules on terrestrial, satellite and social media platforms . Similarly, ...

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Shifting into Park: Ford’s top ten tips for your quarantined machine

  Washing hands, disinfecting, not touching your face and wearing masks is only part of the solution. Staying home so that infection won’t spread is now a global effort against COVID-19. Many governments have taken extra precaution by imposing strict travel restrictions, meaning our vehicles may be parked for the ...

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COVID-19: Massilia offers relief package to 1000 homes in Lagos

A truck load of the food items donated to 1000 homes in Ijora, Lagos by Massilia Motors….Thursday   Massilia Motors, sole distributor of Mitsubishi Motors in Nigeria , has provided food items to 1000 homes in Ijora, a suburb of Lagos, where the company’s headquarters is located. Food items including ...

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SON Metrology expands calibration  services across Nigeria

  The National Metrology Institute (NMI), Enugu is expanding its services to ensure accuracy of measurements in industry, trade and services across Nigeria to promote rapid industrialisation through standardisation. The Director, NMI, Engr. Bede Obayi,  made this disclosure at the corporate headquarters of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Abuja ...

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How can digital solutions aid Nigeria’s Covid-19 fight?

As the world grapples with the challenges posed by Covid-19, Nigeria is leveraging digital solutions to limit disruption to essential supplies and commerce during the pandemic. On March 20, the country, which reported its first case of the virus on February 27, implemented a one-month ban on the entry of ...

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Toyota Nigeria, Elizade donate ambulances to Lagos Govt to fight COVID-19

Toyota (Nigeria) Limited (TNL), the sole distributor for Toyota Motor Corporation in Nigeria and its foremost dealer,  Elizade Nigeria Limited (ENL), have donated three units of ambulances to the Lagos State Government to support the government in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in the State. Chairman TNL and Founder ...

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Covid-19: Stallion supplies fish, rice to Government hospitals

  Stallion Empowerment Initiative, the philanthropic arm of Stallion Group, has pledged its support to the local governments of all states across Nigeria by committing to providing  locally produced rice and fish to all the government-run hospitals dedicated to Covid-19 for next three months. Anant Badjatya, CEO of Stallion Group, ...

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Mouka donates 700 mattresses to Lagos blast victims, COVID-19 isolation centres

    Mouka, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of mattresses and bedding products, has brought relief to victims of the Abule Ado gas pipeline fire explosion in Lagos with the donation of 200 mattresses.  The company also donated 500 mattresses to the Lagos State Government towards equipping its isolation centres used for ...

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Nigeria leads the way with two Recycling Heroes winners in Global Recycling Day competition

    Nigeria-based Plogging Club and U-Recycle have emerged, along with eight others, as the  2020 #RecyclingHeroes winners on Global Recycling Day. Each of the 10 organisations won a $1,000 prize to contribute towards their recycling initiatives. To mark the Global Recycling Day on 18 March, the Global Recycling Foundation  revealed ...

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