The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS) and Ecobank Nigeria have partnered to tackle the severe hunger crisis ravaging the country with a campaign for local resource mobilisation to support the Nigeria Hunger Crisis Appeal. Led by the secretary-general of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Dr. Abubakar Kende, both parties emphasised the urgent need for collective […]
The Coca-Cola Foundation, has provided a grant to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to help curb the spread of COVID-19 across Nigeria. The philanthropic arm of the Coca-Cola Company says the intervention is to scale up community sensitization and procure essential protective kits such as medical masks, face shields, […]
The Lagos state branch of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, says it has mobilised over 80, 000 volunteers in the state for social mobilisation against the spread of Lassa fever and the Covid-19. Branch Chairman, Mrs. Adebola Kolawale, made the disclosure at a press briefing organised by the society in Lagos and supported by the […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the House would collaborate with the International Committee on Red Cross (ICRC) to ameliorate the sufferings of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country. Gbajabiamila also said the House would follow the necessary steps to domesticate the Kampala Convention on IDPs, which would […]
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to allocate at least $60 million of its budget for humanitarian aid in Libya in 2020, but the sum could go up depending on how much the situation there worsens, an official said. READ ALSO: Libya NOC declares force majeure on Mellitah crude oil loadings – Sources […]
A South Sudanese rebel group said on Monday it had released 15 soldiers it had been holding to The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in line with a ceasefire agreed by the government and rebel groups. On Dec. 21, 2017, the government and rebel groups signed a ceasefire in the latest attempt to […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today, to empower 200 entrepreneurs from Nigeria’s North East and Niger Delta regions. A statement by the Foundation said, “The partnership aims to holistically address, through innovative interventions, the economic plight of communities affected by […]
Governments at all levels in the country have been challenged to rise up to their responsibility of protecting their citizens from risks and disasters. The Vice-Chairman of Anambra State chapter of Red Cross Society, Prof. Emeka Katchy, stated this in an address he presented during the International Day for Disaster Reduction. In the address titled […]
The Red Cross on Monday said that an unidentified armed group in Central African Republic (CAR) shot and killed a Red Cross worker in a town where more than 100 people have died in militia attacks in recent weeks, Joachim Ali, a Red Cross volunteer in the diamond-mining town of Bangassou in the southeast of […]