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  FGN/NDDC/IFAD/LIFE-ND    Disburse N20m Working Capital To Farmers in Ondo State. The livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises -Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) today on behalf of the FGN/NDDC/IFAD disbursed over N20 million to farmers, under its incubators/incubatees model programme.   The beneficiaries numbering 20 are among the first 250 batch incubatees, who have undergone an intensive compulsory six months training under   established farmers, known as incubators. The funds are expected to be used to finance various Agriculture projects such as cocoa, cassava, poultry and fishery. The PS, Mr. Akintomide (second left) presenting a cheque to one of the incubatees through their incubator, while Mr. Ademola watches with interest       In his address, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Sunday Akintomide advised the incubatees to project the program to others, who could benefit from it.  "You are fortunate to partake in this noble program, being a unique and life changing

    The court awarded $200,000 (N90 million) to the applicant (name withheld) on Friday and mandated the Air Force to investigate and prosecute Vibelko for the rape of the victim.     The ECOWAS court has delivered judgment in a suit filed by an aircraftwoman who was raped by her superior officer, Flight Lieutenant B. S. Vibelko, and dismissed from the Nigerian Air Force after she lodged a complaint. The court awarded $200,000 (N90 million) to the applicant (name withheld) on Friday and mandated the Air Force to investigate and prosecute Vibelko for the rape of the victim The applicant had accused one of her superiors, Vibelko, of drugging and raping her on May 17, 2011, sued him and the Air Force, Chief of Air Staff, and Attorney-General of the Federation for her unlawful dismissal. Until her illegal dismissal in 2015, the court held that the applicant was an aircraftwoman in the Nigeria Air Force. She was enlisted into the Nigerian Air Force on August 15, 2010, with Service No NAF10/

  After dropping out of college in Nigeria, these tech entrepreneurs have now been snapped up by the influential Y Combinator Osezele Orukpe, Ben Eluan, Ayomide Lasaki, and Akintunde Israel founded Flux in 2019. The co-founder and chief executive of Nigerian fintech Flux says dropping out of college helped to pave the way for the launch of a new crypto payments company, one that has since been backed by renowned start-up accelerator Y-Combinator. Ben Eluan started Flux with Osezele Orukpe, Akintunde Israel and Ayomide Lasaki in 2019. They'd met as freshman students studying different engineering and computer science courses at Nigeria's Obafemi Awolowo University, bonding over their shared interest in software programming.  Many of OAU's alumni go into jobs for big technology companies in Africa, or have even launched their own start-ups, Eluan told CNBC on a telephone call.  For him and his friends, however, school ended up being more of a "distraction" from thei