Tag: Empowerment

Dana Air has rewarded students with free tickets for their brilliant performance at the the11th edition of the National Travel Essay Competition and  Air Transport Youth Empowerment Summit, which was held at the Nigerian Civil Aviation (NCAA) Headquarters An...

Seplat Energy Plc, leading indigenous energy company and its partners, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), have awarded certificates to a total of 220 comprising 214 teachers and six Chief Inspectors of Education in Edo and Delta States under th...

By ebosele@hotmail.com  — The Senate on Tuesday passed the bill for the Act to provide for the establishment of Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), a multimodal accident investigation agency, coming about a month after the House of Repres...

No fewer than three thousand girls drawn from Senior Secondary Schools across Nigeria have benefitted from a 3-day capacity building initiative on maritime commerce and National Virtual Maritime Quiz powered by Unity Bank Plc.    The capacity buildin...

By Olumide Bolumole, Divisional Head, Listings Business, Nigerian Exchange Limited  — Nigeria, a country with an adult population of 106 million, offers a vast market for financial services. Despite this it faces the expectation of a 16.8% shortfall i...

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)has empowered 145 entrepreneurs in Bauchi State. Training of the entrepreneurs commenced on Monday.  Speaking at the event, the Director-General of SMEDAN, Dr Dikko Radda explained tha...

Nestle Nigeria Plc., on Friday inaugurated a project aimed at empowering rural women in Nigeria to scale up their retail businesses through training, mentorship and grants with Nestle products. Mr Khaled Ramada, Nestle Nigeria’s Commercial Manager, at the ev...

The Osun government on Tuesday distributed day-old chicks to 100 livestock farmers to boost poultry farming in the state. Each of the farmers was given 2,000 chicks.  At the distribution in Ede, Mr. Dayo Adewole, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Food...

The Joyce Daniels Organisation has unveiled new logo “whose colors and elements represent freshness, balance, making a positive impact on the lives of men and women“. According to a statement, Joyce Daniels, a social engineering practitioner has ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, has said that no fewer than 3,000 agripreneurs in artisanal fisheries, poultry and piggery value chains would be empowered at the 2021 Agricultural Value Chains Enterprise Activation Programme ...

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on Wednesday empowered 150 rice farmers with improved rice seeds and farm inputs in Edo.  Distributing the farm inputs ...

Delta State Government on Thursday distributed 120,000 improved oil palm seedlings to support 350 farmers to cultivate 800 hectares of oil palm plantations across the state.  The State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa flagged off the exercise by distrusting oil pa...

Heritage Bank Plc has joined forces with Silverbird Group to empower and deepen its supports to young entrepreneurs in the Nigeria creative and entertainment industry.  This, the bank said, is in line with its culture as timeless wealth partners, which...