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PTDF shortlists 5000 Nigerians for foreign scholarships

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The Petroleum Technology Development Fund said it has shortlisted over 5,000 applicants nationwide for the award of scholarships for the 2023/2024 academic session overseas scheme.

The Head, Oversees Scholarship Scheme in the PTDF, Mrs Bolanle Kehinde-Agboola revealed this on Monday at a selected interview exercise for the shortlisted candidates for MSc and PhD postgraduate programmes.

According to her, the selection interview was in continuation of the application process which commenced on February 13, 2023, through publications in some national newspapers, inviting qualified Nigerians to apply.

“What is happening here today is the interview for the award of scholarship to Nigerians for the 2023/2024 academic session.

“We have shortlisted over 5,000 applicants to partake in the exercise which is going on in the six geo-political zones.

“The first criteria is that you must be a Nigerian. For the master’s programme the applicant must be a student of any of the oil and gas fields like engineering, geology, computer sciences, environmental sciences and management.

“You must have a minimum of second-class upper in any of these fields for you to be qualified,’’ she said.

Kehinde-Agboola also said the process of applying for the exercise was that the agency would open the application windows at the end of the year for candidates to apply.

She further added that PTDF was an agency charged with the capacity to strengthen and develop the oil and gas sector, indicating that the essence of the programme was to train those who would bring innovation into the sector.

She added that the aim of the exercise was also to offer the applicants the necessary skills required to function effectively in the industry.

“The candidates are sent abroad to study the relevant skills. This scholarship scheme is running in the United Kingdom, while “we also have what is called strategic partnership in France, Germany, Malaysia and China.

“This scholarship interview scheme will run for one week nationwide and the number of successful applicants depends on its budget for this year.

“The agency has two types of collaborations in this programme, the United Kingdom collaboration and the strategic partnership collaboration.”

Entertainment

Young student gives out her N16m scholarship, says there are people who need it more

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A high school graduate in the United States identified as Verda Tetteh, has donated her exceptional performance scholarship fund worth $40,000 (N16,484,000) to any student who may need it more.

Tetteh, who immigrated to the U.S. with her family from Ghana, delivered a powerful address on resilience at the beginning of the Massachusetts school’s graduation ceremony.

And just as she took her seat, the school’s principal announced her as one of the two beneficiaries of the scholarship.

While accepting the scholarship reward for her exceptional performance, Tetteh acknowledged how community college had greatly helped her mother, and she knew how far that money would go in funding an education there.

So she said at the ceremony that she wanted the administration to consider giving the scholarship to a community college student.

I am so very grateful for this, but I also know that I am not the one who needs this the most,” Tetteh said.

My principal actually you know, found me later that day and said, ‘I’m so very proud of you and that was a very selfless move.’

My mom said she cheered and gave me a standing ovation so I think it was very positive feedback and response from across the board,” Tetteh told USA Today.

Her video went viral and was shared on various media platforms.

Tetteh, has already gotten significant scholarships and financial aid to help her attend college, according to her family.

Entertainment

Government awards full scholarship to female student who works as a labourer

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The Nigerian government has promised to award full scholarship to Jennifer Efemonghe, a student who doubles as a labourer.

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare made this known in a statement released via Twitter by his special adviser on ICT and corporate relations, Oluwakemi Ann-Melody Areola.

Efemonghe shot into the limelight following an interview with Legit and a subsequent one with BBC where the 20-year-old student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo state revealed that she always went to construction sites to make N2k daily.

According to Dare, the young lady’s hardworking spirit was impressive and earned her access to the scholarship scheme.

The 200 level student of banking and finance, who said she was initially embarrassed after being mocked by her friends, explained that she was working as a labourer to help finance her education and help her less-privileged family.

The minister said Efemonghe will be seen through the remaining years in the university, adding that “her tuition and accommodation bills” will be catered for.

The statement reads in part; “Minister of Youth and Sports, HM @SundayDareSD under DAD Foundation awards scholarship to hardworking Nigerian Youth.

After the captivating @BBCAfrica interview with Okuro Jennifer Efemonghe showcasing how she carries cement at sites for her to be able meet her needs….

The Minister has committed to paying both her tuition and accommodation bills till she leaves the institution in 3yrs time.

His only requests to the 20yr old are that she should be a good representative of the youth by achieving academic excellence.

The Minister admonished her to no longer return to the menial Labour cement carrying field job but face her studies with all passion.”

https://twitter.com/kemiAnnAreola/status/1395447415436681228?s=19

Entertainment

VP Osinbajo offers scholarship to physically-challenged artist

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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has offered a gifted physically challenged artist, Abosede Okeowo, a US online scholarship to enhance her skills.

Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the presentation was made recently at the palace of Oba Adekunle Adeagbo, the Oore of Otun-Ekiti in Ekiti.

The 27-year-old artist had presented to Osinbajo a pencil portrait of himself during his courtesy visit to the Ooni of Ife in 2020.

A team led by Sen. Babafemi Ojudu, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters presented the scholarship to Okeowo on behalf of the Vice President.

Inspite of her limitations, Okeowo focuses on her artistic skills and has gained recognition because of her talent.

Okeowo, an indigene of Otun Ekiti in Ekiti State, had suffered an illness when she was a child which resulted in her current state of health.

A self-taught artist who, driven by passion, nurtured her talent in drawing to her current stage of expertise and is now known for making drawings of many dignitaries.

Okeowo first caught the attention of the vice president when she drew a portrait of his wife, Dolapo.

She yet again enthralled Osinbajo with her skills when she drew and presented a lifelike portrait of him.

Entertainment

Young man who built power plant from local materials gets full scholarship to university

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Fortune has smiled on a young Nigerian man who went viral after he built a power plant that is powered by crude oil.

Solomon Ukoha, a native of Ohafia in Abia state, had built it to enable members of his community charge their phones and other devices.

While showing how the electricity substation works, the 24-year-old man powered bulbs with it and also called people to come and charge their phones with his innovative machine.

Months after Ukoha went viral, the governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu, has met the inventor and said he is very much impressed by his work and how he created everything using locally sourced materials.

Ikpeazu gave the man a five-year scholarship to any university of his choice. He also asked Solomon to train other youths in the state.

He said that his interest to make the man hone his skill is in the interest of solving the power challenges in the state and country at large.

Politics

Kano sponsored students in private varsities with N1.8bn -Ganduje

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The Kano State Government has spent N1.8bn to sponsor students to private universities.

The programme, which was started by the former administration of governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso, involved the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Crescent University, Al-Qalam University, Bells University of Technology, Otta, and Igbinediom University, Okada.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, on Wednesday, in Kano said Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, spoke during the presentation of certificates to 20 of the students at the Government House, Kano.
They were the set of students who were taken to the university during the administration of Kwankwaso, with the payment of their tuition and other fees at less than 10 per cent.

“When we came in by the year 2015, we were told that all the students sponsored by the then administration, all their payments were settled 100 per cent,” the statement said.
While congratulating the students for their outstanding performances, the governor promised to support them to be on their own.

Ganduje said his administration inherited over 1,150 students from the administration of Rabi’u Kwankwaso.

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