Rotary Club
30 Mar
No fewer than 50 widows smiled home with bags of rice and cartons of vegetable oil during the routine visit of the District Governor, Rotary International, District 9110, comprising Lagos and Ogun states, Ifeyinwa Ejezie, to Rotary Club of Abule Egba
21 Mar
The Ogun State, Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker has commended Rotary Club of Gbagada for its immense contribution to health sector both in Ogun and Lagos States.
9 Mar
To ensure that patients’ relatives have a decent place to bathe and rest, the Rotary Club of Ikeja GRA has commenced the construction of a 36-bed facility at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja.
9 Mar
Rotary Club of Gbagada and the George Charitable Foundation have renovated and expanded the Children’s Ward at Gbagada General Hospital, to improve health care delivery.
25 Jan
As part of efforts aimed at improving the quality of lives of entrepreneurs through economic empowerment and community development, six chapters of the Rotary Club in partnership with Grace and Mercy Households Improvement Initiative have provided interest-free loans to entrepreneurs in the Ikorodu Area of Lagos.
2 Jan
The Rotary Club of Lagos Central, yesterday, honoured the first baby of 2024 and recognised an exceptional staff of Lagos Island Maternity Hospital. The first baby, a girl born at 12:10 a.m., and her mother, Kelechi Precious Opara...
13 Dec
In a night of elegance and philanthropy, the Rotary Club of Lagos (RCL) hosted its grand annual President's Dinner....
2 Dec
For someone to be humane simply means showing great compassion and caring for others. And it also comes with service to others.
25 Oct 2023
Rotary Club of Lagos, District 9110, in conjunction with its counterparts across Lagos Island, has taken a long walk to sensitise residents to the menace of polio.
24 Oct 2023
No fewer than Five Thousand infants and children in Imo State have received free vaccine against poliomyelitis courtesy of the Rotary Club of Nigeria, Owerri District. The gesture, the Guardian gathered, was in commemoration of the 2023 World Polio Day and the determined effort of Rotary Club to help eradicate the disease in the state…
19 Oct 2023
Officers of the Nigerian Police Force, in Imo State Command have been urged to engage in effort that would restore and sustain a healthy and mutual relationship with the entire citizens of the state. The call was made at a one-day symposium on Mental Health organized by districts of Rotary Club International in Owerri for…
19 Oct 2023
Rotary Club of Gbagada has given an award of recognition to the Publisher of Eko Hot Blog and Chairman of KayoKayo festival planning committee, Otunba Tajudeen Abass for his time, energy and financial contributions towards the advancement of humanity.
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