Day: June 16, 2021

Tony Elumelu Foundation Trains Over 200,000 African Entrepreneurs Across 54 African Countries

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy empowering young African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, has successfully trained over 200,000 entrepreneurs in core business management skills as part of its 2021 TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. The Business Management training was conducted exclusively on TEFConnect, the Foundation’s proprietary digital platform that provides capacity-building support, advisory…

We’ll Deliver Six-Lane Ibeju-Lekki-Epe Highway Project First Quarter 2022 –  Sanwo-Olu

The Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured residents that the construction of 18.7-kilometre six-lane rigid pavement carriageway from Eleko Junction in Ibeju Lekki to Epe T-Junction in Lagos State will be completed and commissioned by the first quarter of 2022. The Governor gave this assurance when he and members of the State Executive Council…

INEC Fixes Dates for Ekiti, Osun Governorship Elections

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the dates to conduct the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States. According to INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu who made the announcement on Wednesday at the commission’s meeting held at its headquarters in Abuja, the election in Ekiti State will hold on Saturday, June 18, while…

Dangote Women Empowerment Program Reaches N4.3billion In Disbursement

The Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has doled out a whooping N4.2billion as part of its unconditional Micro Grant Programme for empowering women in the rural areas across the country. Speaking at the flag-off of its one-off unconditional Micro-grants Programme Tuesday in Bauchi, Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation empowered twenty thousand vulnerable women across the…