• June 19, 2026
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Business File: SMDF inaugurate Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment in Abuja

From left: Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi; Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Sen. Ekong Sampson; Keynote Speaker/Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi, during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26). 0086/WED/JUNE/10/2026/Hogan Bassey/NAN

Business File featuring SMDF Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment, World Health Organisation, National Agency for the Control Aids (NACA), Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), Recyclers Association of Nigeria (RAN), MTN Nigeria, ICAN, Nairametrics Capital Market Choice Awards, FAO, CBN, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Access Holdings, Stanbic IBTC Holdings.

From left: Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi; Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Sen. Ekong Sampson; Keynote Speaker/Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi, during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26).
From left: Representative of WHO Country Representative in Nigeria, Dr Oluwafunke Odunlade; Director-General of National Agency for the Control Aids (NACA), Dr Temitope Ilori; President Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), Mr Abdulkadir Ibrahim and representative of the Chief Executives of the States Agencies for the Control of Aids, Dr Doris John, during the unveiling of the National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP) 2026–2030, in Abuja on Thursday (11/6/26).

L-R: Victor Okunola, Vice President, Recyclers Association of Nigeria (RAN); Anuoluwapo Oloniyo, Executive Secretary, Recyclers Association of Nigeria (RAN); Harold Okonoboh, President, Recyclers Association of Nigeria (RAN); Adekemi Adisa, General Manager, Sustainability & Shared Value, MTN Nigeria; Temilade Olabanji, Senior Manager, Sustainability & Shared Value, MTN Nigeria, and Oluwaseun Agbebi, ESG Manager, Sustainability & Shared Value, MTN Nigeria, at the ESG Champion Award Presentation to MTN Nigeria, at MTN Plaza, Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
Registrar/chief executive, ICAN . Musibau Lanre Olasunkanmi, . Gbenga Oyewole, , Past Chairman, ICAN Lekki & District Society : Special Guest of Honour, Bimbo Ashiru,/ Chairman, Odu’a Investment Company Limited : Obal Usang, , member, ICAN Governing Council & District Coordinator, Lekki & District Society : Itoro Adediran, wife of the 5th Chairman & Member, Lekki & District Society :Adeyemi Richard Adediran, 5th Chairman, ICAN Lekki & District Society : Patrick Akamiokhor, Immediate Past Chairman, ICAN Lekki & District Society: Funmi Olaniyi, Member, ICAN Governing Council & Past Chairman, Lekki & District Society: Adedapo , group CFO, NNPC, Tobi Abiola , member, ICAN Governing Council, representing the 62nd President of ICAN at the Investiture of the District 5th chairman ,Adeyemi Richard Adediran in Lekki Lagos recently.
L-R: Senior Special Assistant to the President on Entrepreneurship Development, Chalya Shagaya; Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability Directorate, CBN, Mr. Lamido Yuguda; Founder/CEO, Nairametrics, Ugodre Obi-Chukwu; Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions, Sen. Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru; and Chairman, National Pension Commission, Opeyemi Agbaje at the 2nd edition of Nairametrics Capital Market Choice Awards in Lagos, on Friday Night.
From left: Team member, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Dr Henry Wamwayi; Team Lead of WOAH/Head of Performance of Veterinary Services (PVS) Follow-up Mission to Nigeria, Dr Bouwa Drop; Chief Veterinary Officer of Nigeria, Dr Samuel Anzaku; another team member of WOAH, Dr Ahmed El Idrissi and the representative of Food and Agriculture Oganisation (FAO), Dr Otto Muhinda, during the opening meeting of the Nigeria PVS Evaluation, in Abuja on Tuesday (16/6/26).
L-R: Ibironke Adeyemi, Director, Access Holdings Plc; Bolaji Agbede, Executive Director; Innocent Ike, Group Chief Executive Officer; Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Chairman; Sunday Ekwochi, Company Secretary; Ojinika Olaghere, Director; Fatimah Bello-Ismail, Director; and Lanre Bamisebi, Executive Director, at the 4th Annual General Meeting of Access Holdings Plc, in Lagos.
L-R: Wole Adeniyi, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Bank; Helmut Engelbrecht, Regional Chief Executive, Africa Regions; Mohammed Sanusi Danjuma, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance; His Excellency, Honourable Taiwo Oyedele, Minister of Finance & Coordinating Minister of the Economy; Sola David-Borha, Chairman, Stanbic IBTC Holdings; Sim Tshabalala, Chief Executive, Standard Bank Group; and Chuma Nwokocha, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, at a recent visit to the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja.
From left: Lecturer, Veritas University, Dr. Obiora Chukwumba; Managing Director, Scientia Partners, Dr. Helen Emore; Executive Director, Africa Polling Institute (API), Prof. Bell Ihua; Chief Executive Officer, Akweya TV Ltd, Odoh Diego Okenyodo, and Board Vice Chairman, API, Dr. Olusoji Adeniyi, during a capacity building workshop on equipping media practitioners as champions of social cohesion in Abuja on Wednesday (17/6/26).

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