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670 students get MTN scholarship as 80 others make disabled list : No fewer than 670 students over the weekend benefited from the MTN Foundation scholarship scheme. While 590 students were from Science and Technology institutions in the South-West region, 80 blind students in Nigerian tertiary institutions made the list of the phisically challenged scholars.

Osun state Secondary School Students Get Free Computer Tablets : The government of Osun state on Tuesday commenced the distribution of free computer tablets otherwise known as ‘Opon Imo’ (tablet of knowledge) to students in the state’s Senior Secondary Schools.

W/Bank to give $300m to poor households in 7 states : Poor households in Nigeria will soon begin to benefit from the World Bank’s $300 million social safety net programme aimed at reducing extreme poverty and spreading prosperity, the World Bank Africa region Director for Human Development, Ritva Reinikka, has said.

We Are Creating Jobs From Grasscutter Farming : Prince Arinze Onebune, the CEO and Managing Consultant of Jovana Farms is undoubtedly one Nigerian who is passionate about job creation in the country. He has spent many years in grasscutter farming and has gone ahead to preach the gospel to job-seeking graduates. He insists that unlike other forms of animal husbandry it costs next to nothing to start the business even right from one’s backyard.

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