Empowerment – City Business News

March 23, 2026 No Responses

Kestin Pondi Business Grant Disburses ₦300m To 30 Additional Beneficiaries.

By ebosele@hotmail.com Thirty additional beneficiaries of the Kestin Pondi Business Grant 2.0 have each received ₦10 million, completing the disbursement of an extra ₦300 million promised by High Chief Tare Godfrey Pondi, Engr. Michael Ifeanyi Anoka, and Chief Festus M....

March 16, 2026 No Responses

NLNG Inducts New VIBES Beneficiaries

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has inducted 103 new trainees into its 2026 Vocational Innovation Business and Empowerment Scheme (VIBES), reinforcing its commitment to skills development and sustainable economic empowerment in its host communities.The induction ce...

March 13, 2026 No Responses

NLNG Empowers Journalists At ‘Change Your Story Workshop’

NLNG has demonstrated its dedication to media development in Nigeria through the successful completion of the second edition of the #NLNGChangeYourStory workshop for 2026, which took place in Lagos.The workshop convened 40 participants representing diverse med...

November 2, 2025 No Responses

First Bank Empowers 100 Women

FIRST Bank of Nigeria on Saturday empowered not less than 100 women in the Niger Delta with equipment to help strengthen their businesses.The donated items included sewing machines, hair dryers, hand dryers, makeup sets, ring lights, and cooking utensils such....

October 19, 2025 No Responses

Olori Afolabi Unveils Empowerment Network For Rural Women

CNN award-winning journalist and Queen of Apomu Kingdom, Olori Janet Afolabi, has launched the Network of Women in Rural Areas, an initiative aimed at empowering women and promoting economic growth in local communities.The launch, held on October 15 at the...

June 20, 2025 No Responses

United Capital Unveils Two New Mutual Funds To Empower Investors In Francophone West Africa

United Capital Plc has officially commenced operations of its latest subsidiary, UnitedCapital Asset Management West Africa Limited (UCAMWAL) with the launch of twoCFA franc-denominated mutual funds: the UCAMWAL Bond Fund and the UCAMWALDiversified Fund, in Ab...

April 30, 2025 No Responses

NLNG Unveils New Economic Empowerment Strategy

NLNG has relaunched one of its key economic empowerment programmes formerly known as Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) as a way of spurring the growth of small businesses and youths within it’s over 110 host and pipeline communities in Rivers State....

March 22, 2025 No Responses

NDDC Empowers Rice Farmers

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has reaffirmed its commitment to agricultural empowerment by concluding the second batch of its Capacity Building Programme for Rice Farmers on Commercial Scale in Umuahia, Abia State. Speaking during the clo...

November 9, 2024 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Partners ECOWAS,To Empower Women Entrepreneurs

Ecobank has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering women-led and women-focused businesses by providing them with the financial tools and value-added solutions needed to reach their full potential and succeed. Mr. Tunde Dawodu, Divisional Head for FCT an...

June 24, 2024 No Responses

NDDC Harps On Youth Empowerment

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has re-affirmed its commitment to programmes aimed at empowering the youths of the Niger Delta region.The NDDC Managing Director, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, gave this assurance during a stakeholders’ engagement in Akure, ...

April 2, 2024 No Responses

Seplat Energy COO: Community, Empowerment Critical To Energy Sector Stability

The execution of Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programmes in oil and gas producing communities as well as empowerment of their people is capable of promoting stability in the energy sector and ensuring security of critical national assets, Mr. Samson Ezugw...

February 8, 2024 No Responses

FG Trains, Empowers 250 Farmers

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS) has commenced training and empowerment of 250 beneficiaries of National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) in Bayelsa.Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr Temitope Fadeshemi, sai...

October 1, 2023 No Responses

NDDC Trains 185 Youths On Empowerment Scheme

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has trained 185 collation officers across the nine states of the Niger Delta region to create awareness in the rural communities for its youth development scheme, tagged: Holistic Opportunity Projects of Engag...

August 24, 2023 No Responses

At BRICS Summit, Nigeria Harps On MSME Empowerment

Empowering Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to boost Nigeria’s economic growth is a key focus for President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima has said. Speaking with Journalists during his tour of exhibition stan...