Day: September 4, 2021

Ikeja Electric deepens CSR investment with DashMe Foundation charity deals

Tade Salako

Powwe utility firm, Ikeja Electric (IE), has partnered with DashMe Foundation, in a philanthropic alliance that seeks to mobilize its workforce and resources towards donating to support charity. Platforms Africa reports that DashMe Foundation is a non-profit charity organisation, which aims to change lives, one gift at a time, by creatively raising funds and awareness for grassroot charities in Africa, Speaking on the partnership, Head of Corporate Communications, Ikeja Electric, Felix Ofulue said the partnership with DashMe Foundation is in alignment with the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) goals. According…

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Nigerian Edo state to challenge Court order on COVID-19 vaccine ‘Mandate’

Efe Wellington

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki mulls fresh lockdown over third wave of COVID-19   Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo State, Southsouth Nigeria, has said he has instructed his team of lawyers to vigorously pursue and challenge a Port Harcourt High Court order directing the government to maintain the status quo on the purported vaccine mandate for its citizens. The governor made the announcement in Benin at a press briefing with reporters while reacting to the court order and the unprecedented rise in the COVID-19 cases in the state. READ ALSO:…

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COVID-19: Court restrains Nigerian Edo Gov. from barring unvaccinated people from public places

Efe Wellington

“Large gatherings as well as high traffic public and private places will only be accessed by persons who have proof of taking at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine,” Governor Obaseki had said.   A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has restrained the Edo State Government and its Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from forcing residents of the state to take COVID-19 vaccine. Platforms Africa reports that Edo, with 5,402 confirmed cases as of August 30, is the seventh most infected state in Nigeria, according to the data from…

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