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The NCC has trained over 100 Persons with Disabilities in Lagos on digital citizenship, cybersecurity, and assistive tech, championing inclusive participation in Nigeria’s digital economy
Vice President Kashim Shettima has commissioned the new Kwara Garment Factory in Ilorin, projecting 4,000 jobs at full capacity, alongside an 11-storey Revenue Service headquarters.
Senator Ezenwa Onyewuchi has empowered about 420 youths and women from Imo East with start-up kits after a week-long training in AI, website design, phone repairs, and fishery at his NASENI Skills Acquisition Centre in Owerri North.
Katsina State has flagged off its National Conditional Cash Transfer programme in Kaita Local Government Area, with 3,000 low-income households already benefiting and plans to reach over 60,000 people statewide in three phases.
Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration in Ogun State has invested over ₦5 billion to empower 100,000 women, blending economic support with political inclusion to strengthen families and secure the state’s future.
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has trained 220 youths and women in Benue State in solar power installation and household essentials production, providing starter packs to enable them establish businesses and become self-reliant. The one-week programme, part of President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda, trained 100 men in solar installation and 120 women in soap and Vaseline production at the Federal Polytechnic, Wannune.
NASENI has concluded a five-day electrical installation and maintenance training for 100 youths in Onitsha, Anambra State, distributing solar home systems, clean cookstoves and starter tool packs under its Sustainable Empowerment Programme.
In a major boost for female entrepreneurship in Akwa Ibom State, Fidelity Bank Plc and the Patience Umo Eno Golden Initiative for All (GIFA) have empowered 300 women with N25 million in cash grants, 50 sewing machines, 50 grinding machines, and 500 bags of food items. The intervention, which brings the total number of women reached by GIFA's empowerment programmes to about 7,000, is designed to transform small-scale businesses into sustainable enterprises across the state's 31 local government a
Nigerian Legion National Chairman Grace Morenike Henry says the organisation has empowered 40 widows of fallen servicemen and trained over 220 new commissionaires, as the Legion marked its 62nd anniversary in Abuja.
Governor Dapo Abiodun says about 100,000 Ogun women have benefited from the World Bank-backed Nigeria for Women Programme, as UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed visits Abeokuta to meet beneficiaries.
Simply Exponential Consult Limited has launched a rollout of the International Labour Organization’s Start and Improve Your Business Train-Trainer Programme across Lagos and Abuja, aiming to equip 200 professionals with the skills to support entrepreneurs and small businesses nationwide. The initiative, which features a hybrid certification model and a 30-day implementation phase, is designed to create a multiplier effect of certified trainers who will deliver standardised business support acros
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has disbursed ₦50,000 each to 5,800 women across Kano's 44 local government areas under his monthly empowerment programme, with FCT Minister Mariya Bunkure representing President Tinubu at the event.
