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Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Enlists Over 5,000 Graduates For Retraining

  The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) has through its Graduate Internship Scheme enlisted over 5000 graduates across the country for retraining and facilitation. The scheme which is designed to enhance the employability of up to 100,000 unemployed graduates

Nigerian, Oloruntobi Dare, Wins Gates Millennium Scholarship

A Nigerian student in the United state of America, Oloruntobi Dare, a senior at the Hubert Flowers High School has been announced the winner of the Gates Millennium Scholarship 2014, which has less than 10 percent acceptance rate. Oloruntobi Dare,

Esperanza Mundo International-Hope World Prepare Children’s Day Celebration for Vulnerable Children

    Education is the road that children follow to reach their full potential in life. However, many children in need aren’t fortunate enough to receive quality education that will ensure they can learn and develop. In light of Children’s

BBC Hausa service on Blackberry Messenger (BBM)

  The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced its partnership with BlackBerry to deliver news from its Hausa service to its users in Nigeria, offering five BBC Hausa news alerts daily through Blackberry Messenger (BBM). This new move is part of

FG Should Explore the Cooperatives Option for Job Creation – Fareed Joels

  Mr. Eben Fareed Joels, President of FOBA has urged the Federal government to explore the cooperatives option to create jobs for youths across the country. According to him, government should understand that the cooperative society is also a business

FG Urged to Establish Entrepreneurship Development Centers

Mr. Gbenga Owolabi, a director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) South South EDC has urged the federal government to establish more Entrepreneurial Development Centers (EDC) across the country to improve access to affordable costs for aspiring and existing

RISE Networks in Partnership with MTN for Youth Empowerment

MTN, as part of its corporate social responsibility initiative partners with RISE Networks, a private sector funded youth-interest organization in advancing the vision and knowledge of Nigerian youths by engaging youths across the country in a National Development Forum.

Nigerian Youths, Nation Building and the Elusive Tomorrow

BY ENGR. OLATUNJI ARIYOMO A lecture delivered as a Guest Speaker at an annual lecture organized by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) which took place at the Theodore Idibiye Franscis Auditorium of the Federal University of Technology Akure,

CNN African Start-Up Profiles Entrepreneurs in Africa

CNN’s ‘African Start-Up’ series, which highlights Africa’s SME entrepreneurs features Gossy Ukanwoke, founder of Nigeria’s first private online university, Beni American University. Gossy Ukanwoke, who has been called Nigeria’s Mark Zuckerburg, the Facebook founder, had started a social networking site

The International Space Apps Challenge, Coming to Lagos & Calabar This April

This year and for the first time, Nigeria (Lagos and Calabar) will be among the participating cities for the International Space Apps Challenge. This challenge is an annual 2-day hackathon which focuses on utilizing publicly available data-sourced from NASA’s Open

Do Grades Matter?

For tertiary institution students, this is probably one of such questions that plagues the mind as they transition through several courses of study and try to prove, every semester, that they are worth another try and worthy of going to

30 Life-Transforming Books Every Entrepreneur/ Business Owner Should Read

The list of books below is a reading list for any entrepreneur or business owner who feels there is still much to be known about the risky adventure entrepreneurs are destined to go through. Once you have chosen this life,

Nigeria Pilots Digital ICT Clubs in Girls’ Schools

Nigeria’s Minister for Communication Technology, Omobola Johnson, has ushered in Digital Girls Club in 12 pilot Federal Government Girls Schools across the country. The creation of the club, she said, was targeted towards empowering Nigerian girls to embrace careers in

United Nations Launches 2014 Online Courses on Finance, Trade, and Intellectual Property

The 2014 edition of the online training courses in financial management, international trade and intellectual property has been launched. The United Nations Institute for Training and Research, UNITAR, organiser of the online training courses, made the announcement today. UNITAR said

Passnownow Launches e-Learning App at Social Media Week Lagos

The event organised by Passnownow during the 2014 edition of Social Media Week Lagos will be remembered as one of the high points of the weeklong Social Media Week. The 2014 edition of Social Media Week Lagos lasted five days

Investing in the Future: Triple Fun Club founder, Chidi Ononye, Speaks About His Passion for Children Development

Connect Nigeria caught up recently with Chidi Ononye, founder of the Triple Fun Club, which is a club for developing children’s intellectual capacity, building character, and instilling positive values. Enjoy the interivew CN: Give us an insight into who Chidi

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