By Yemi Agagu (Ondo State Correspondent, in Akure)

Former students of Owo High School, Owo in Ondo State, South West, Nigeria, is set to launch an endowment fund for their alma mater.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief) @CelestineOkaf11

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) through the Presidential Implementation Committee on Technology Transfer (PICTT) has awarded the sum of N70.5 million naira grant to six winners of the Developing Engineering Leaders Through Her (DELT-Her), via call for proposal, a project under Delta-2 programme of the Agency. NASENI had on March 8, 2024, International Women’s Day celebration, launched DELT-Her project and call for Proposal, aimed at addressing gender imbalance in the practice of engineering and technology based Businesses in Nigeria, by sponsoring the innovative ideas and projects by young female engineers. In his welcome address, during the grant award ceremony held at NASENI Headquarters on Tuesday in Abuja, the Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Agency, Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, represented by the Coordinating Director, Planning and Business Development Directorate, Dr. Mrs. Nonyem Onyechi, said "DELT-Her initiative is aimed at empowering young women in engineering and technology." He emphasized the importance of providing women with the necessary tools, platforms, and support to thrive in the fields that have traditionally been male-dominated. He said the selected projects not only challenged the status quo but also have the potential to address real-world problems.

By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-chief)

The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has launched a week-long intensive training on ASPEN Plus, a process simulation software, at the agency’s Virtual Manufacturing Lab at its headquarters in Abuja.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Reporter)

Frontline journalist and first female editor in Champion newspaper group, Dr Ngozi Fidelia Anyaegbunam is dead. She passed on at the age of 67.

By Chinwendu Agoha (Media & Governance Reporter)

The Publisher of The Eagle Online, Dotun Oladipo, has emerged as the President of the Innovative Media Partners Cooperative Multipurpose Society.

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

42 indigenes students of Sokoto state being the first batch of the 100 beneficiaries of the Senator Ibrahim Lamido Education Trust Fund will depart Nigeria this week for India, the Senator has said.

By Our Reporter

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has condemned the ruling of a Federal High Court seizing the monthly allocations accruing to Rivers State, describing it as a sinister plot to sack Governor Siminalayi Fubara from office.

By Ankeli Emmanuel (In Sokoto State)

Sokoto state governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Monday, inaugurated state monitoring committee and local government coordinators to ensure the unhindered sales of it's 55 percent discounted grains and others.

By Chika Abanobi

The history of Onitsha is said to have begun with the migration of its people from the Benin Empire towards the end of early part of the 16th century as a result of a wave of unrest, war and displacement unleashed by the Islamic movement from North Africa.

* As Medecine Sans Frontiers Blames Development Major On Poor Leadership, Insecurity And Preventive Diseases

By Okey Ndulue (Health Reporter, in Abuja)

A foreign based health and human development organization, Medecine Sans Frontiers (MSF) has revealed that about 52, 725 Children in Northern Nigeria are currently in the throes of severe malnutrition arising from hunger and starvation, poor food supply, Insecurity and bad leadership in the country.

By Our Reporter

Publisher of THE CONCLAVE Online newspaper, Mr Sufuyan Ojeifo, at the weekend, lost his beloved mother, Mrs Aishetu Ojeifo.

• * Also Approves Development of Dormant Abuja Property

By Chinelo Ogbodo (Enugu State Correspondent)

The Enugu State Government has approved the relocation of Agu-Owa and Ugbo-Lawrence slums in Enugu metropolis to enable the administration to develop the areas into modern dwellings in line with its urban renewal agenda.