Children Bear The Brunt Of Extremists Attacks In Niger themississippilink.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from themississippilink.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Speaking during the formal launch of the initiative in Abuja on Tuesday, the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, said the initiative aligns with the telco’s philosophy of connecting, empowering and helping young Nigerians to become more productive and empowered to solve some of the most pressing problems affecting the country.
“At Airtel, we believe that leveraging on technology, digital platforms, mobile broadband and innovation can make a huge difference in creating both access and opportunities for youth even among those in the remotest and hard-to-reach locations in the country,” Ogunsanya, who was represented by Vice President, Corporate communications & CSR Airtel Nigeria; Emeka Oparah, said.
Covid-19: Hope as UN agencies collaborate to tackle India’s oxygen crisis
Janet Ogundepo with agency report
Published 8 May 2021
Published 8 May 2021
Since the end of 2019 when Covid-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China, the world has yet to recover from it. Critical sectors across the world gasped for breath and several countries imposed lockdowns to curtail the spread. Deaths and recoveries were recorded across continents. Families mourned their loved ones and health workers recorded casualties. But gradually relief came. But at a time the world was about to heave a sigh of relief when the first wave succumbed to drastic medical actions including hand-washing, social distancing, use of facemask, and hand sanitiser, the second wave sneaked in. Anxiety resurfaced based on first wave experiences in many countries.
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Winners have emerged in the seventh Lafarge Africa National Essay Competition in Nigeria with the theme ‘Building the Nigeria of my dreams’. The competition, open to pupils aged 9 –13 in public primary and secondary schools in the junior and intermediate categories opened for entries on the 04 December 2020 until the 15 January 2021. Sixteen hundred participants from all the thirty-six states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, enrolled for the competition.
Miss Ewaade Adebowale of Alapere Primary School, Alapere-Lagos, who emerged as the overall winner in the Junior category was awarded a cash prize of N1.5 million in the Diamond category, while Zainab Saliu of Ummul Khair Model School, Lagos, and Emmanuel Somefun of Community Nursery & Primary School, Magodo Lagos, won N1 million and N750 000 in the Gold and Silver categories respectively. In the Intermediate category, Miss Bilkisu Aliyu of U.B.E Junior Secondary School, Abaji, F.C.T,
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