Tag Archives: Health

Reckitt Opens New Sub-Saharan Africa Head Office in Lagos, Nigeria

Reckitt – a global leader in hygiene, health and nutrition, and the company behind world-renowned brands such as Dettol, Mortein, Durex, Airwick and Jik – has announced the opening of its Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Head Office in Lagos, Nigeria. The new office was inaugurated by H.E Ben Llewellyn-Jones, OBE, the British Deputy High Commissioner, on […]

COVID: Between A Pandemic-Sized Rock And An Impoverished Hard Place by Iretomiwa Akintunde-Johnson

COVID-19 has thundered through the world. We will speak of the pandemic for centuries to come. When children have their devices floating in the air as they waddle to school, and robots have replaced humans in many positions at the workplace, the virus that pushed the world to its knees will be one of the […]

MTN Focusses On Network Continuity And Takes Precautionary Steps To Safeguard Its Employees, Suppliers And Customers From COVID-19

Following official confirmation of Covid-19 cases in some of our markets, MTN Group has taken a series of precautionary measures to ensure continuity of services and the safety of its stakeholders including employees, customers, communities and suppliers against the potential outbreak. A key priority for MTN is to ensure business continuity.  Our services over this […]

Verve International Hosts Fitness Enthusiasts To Workout/Healthy Living Event

Nigerian lifestyle payment brand, Verve International, on Saturday, September 30th 2017, successfully hosted healthy living enthusiasts to the maiden edition of is fitness/health event – The Verve Life. The Verve life is a fitness, fun, healthy food and living event designed to leverage the passion of Nigerians for fitness, bringing together enthusiasts to work out […]

Interswitch and Fio Join Forces to Bring Automated, Mobile Malaria Detection to Millions of Nigerians

Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated digital payments and commerce company, has unveiled a new agreement with Toronto-based Fio Corporation to ramp up distribution of the company’s healthcare technology services in Nigeria. Representatives from the two companies announced the news together during a joint press conference commemorating World Malaria Day and its theme for 2017: End Malaria […]

Wecyclers’ #LetsCleanupLagos Campaign Partners LAWMA To Bring Recycling To Lagos Island

Several volunteers and scores of residents came out to clean the environment as part of an effort to drive a cleaner Lagos. The cleanup day in Aroloya, Idumagbo area of Lagos Island was in response to the growing concerns of increase in waste and a further decrease in awareness creation about the benefits of a […]

Nigerian Breweries Holds First Beer And Health Symposium In Nigeria …As experts highlight health benefits of beer

In a bid to tell the positive story of beer and correct the many misconceptions, some of the most common myths about this 7,000 year-old drink were dismissed by renowned scholars who spoke at the first Nigerian Beer and Health Symposium held on Tuesday, November 4th, 2014 at the Eko Hotel and Suites.