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19 Jan
The Women in Mining Africa (WiM Africa), in collaboration with its implementing partner, Richflood Foundation, has empowered 100 female geoscience students with a ₦2.5 million grant. The organisation also launched the groundbreaking “NextGen Women in Mining” Initiative, designed to inspire and support young women across Africa in pursuing careers in the mining industry. Speaking at…
2 Sep 2024
No fewer than 922 youths and women in Edo on Monday benefited from the first batch of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) Project, Edo Livelihood Support grant. The beneficiaries are from the first batch under the Livelihood Support Disbursement Linked Indicator (DLI 1.3) of the EDO CARES Project fourth phase,…
14 Mar 2024
The Federal Government has started the training of inmates in prisons across Nigeria with each of the prisoners also being offered the sum of N500,000 as grant upon the completion of the exercise.
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