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Huawei launches digital literacy programme for 100,000 beneficiaries in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Huawei has formally launched its LEAP digital skills development programme. Announcing this at its ICT Competition Awards Ceremony, the company said LEAP aims to help advance the ICT skills of more than 100,000 people across the Sub-Saharan Africa region within three years. More than 15,000 students from over 200 universities and colleges from Sub-Saharan Africa participated in the 2021-2022 Huawei ICT Competition. From the 48 competing teams, Nigerian and Kenyan teams won first prize in the regional final. Teams from Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania claimed second prize. LEAP is…

Osun Free Train : Beneficiaries urge public to take advantage for educational purposes, excursion …as over 600 passengers return to Oyo, Ogun, Lagos States after Eid-el-Fitr celebration

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Some of the beneficiaries of the free train service usually provided during the festival periods by the government of the State of Osun, have urged the general public to take maximum advantage of the initiative for educational purposes. The beneficiaries noted that apart from the socioeconomic support given through the laudable initiative, it behoved the citizens, particularly heads of academic institutions, to maximize the opportunity to encourage students on excursion. This was even as the train on Sunday returned over 600 passengers who had come home to celebrate Eid-el-fitr with…

Keffi/Makurdi Road : FG commences payment of compensation to beneficiaries, as Gov Sule outlines modalities

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As the Federal Government commences payment of compensation to beneficiaries affected by the ongoing dualization of the Keffi/Makurdi expressway, Nasarawa State governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has outlined modalities for a transparent exercise. Engineer Sule outlined the modalities while hosting the FG’s compensation team, led by Ishaq Muhammad, a director with the Federal Ministry of Works, at the Government House, on Monday. The governor specifically directed that payment to the beneficiaries be made through cheques and not direct cash, stressed that, this will ensure transparency in the exercise. Engineer Sule added…

Oyetola begins FG’s cash transfer scheme in Osun, says over 15, 000 indigent citizens to benefit

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The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Thursday, launched the Federal Government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) scheme in the State, which will see more than 15,000 beneficiaries across the State get N20, 000 each. The CCT is part of efforts to mitigate the economic effects of the Coronovirus pandemic in the State. Governor Oyetola while launching the scheme, disclosed that the Federal Government had approved the payment of cumulative four-month stipend of N20,000 to 15,562 beneficiaries across the State. He added that the N20,000 which covered payment for the months…