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Meet Ebele Okobithe: the secretary of state of Facebook for the African continent

Ebele Okobithe, celebrity news

Ebele Okobi is described as “the secretary of state of Facebook” for the African continent.

Ebele is the Head of Public Policy, Africa at Facebook, where she leads the company’s public policy work for sub-Saharan Africa.

yemi osibanjo, muhamadu buhary, Ebele Okobithe, celebrity news

Prior to Facebook, Ebele was the Global Head and Senior Legal Director for Human Rights at Yahoo, where she focused on issues related to privacy, free expression and access.

Ebele Okobithe, celebrity news

She was a founding board member of the Global Network Initiative, a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves on the advisory boards of Women in Technology in Nigeria and TipHub

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U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2018 Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program

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U.S. Mission Nigeria, entertainment news

U.S. Mission Nigeria is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2018 Teaching Excellence and Achievement (TEA) Program. This program will provide Nigerian teachers with unique opportunities to develop expertise in their subject areas, enhance their teaching skills, and increase their knowledge of the United States. The application deadline is April 28, 2017.

TEA consists of a six-week non-degree, non-credit customized academic program including seminars on new teaching methodologies, curriculum development, lesson planning, teaching strategies and instructional technology. Participants will also participate in a practicum in a U.S. secondary school near their host university to work closely with U.S. teachers and teach and present to U.S. students. Cultural enrichment, mentoring, and support will be provided throughout the program. The international participants will travel to the United States in two 80-person cohorts in spring (January – March) or fall (September – November) 2018.

Upon returning home, TEA program alumni are eligible to apply for small grants for essential teaching materials, follow-on training for other teachers, collaborative projects between schools in their home country and the United States, and other activities that build on their exchange experience in the United States.

Learn more and apply here:

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B Red Fall For You FT Davido Official Video!!!

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B Red Fall For You FT Davido Official Video, entertainment news

Check out B Red hkn new music video Fall for you featuring Davido, the music is now out on all music platforms. check it out!!!

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Ogun Attracts 75% of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria - UK Envoy

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Ogun Attracts 75% of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria - UK Envoy

Ogun Attracts 75% of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria - UK Envoy:

The British Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Laure Beaufils, on Thursday, revealed that 75 percent of the Foreign Direct Investments, FDI, in Nigeria, is now in Ogun State.

Ogun Attracts 75% of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria - UK Envoy

The British envoy stated this when she led a delegation from the Department for International Development, DFID, on a courtesy visit to the Governor at his Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta office.
In the course of the visit, the British envoy expressed delight at the development and wanted to know how the Senator Ibikunle Amosun led administration has been able to attract that much FDI to the gateway state.

Ogun Attracts 75% of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria - UK Envoy

Beaufils expressed the intention of the British government to engage the state and assist it in the Agricultural and Agro-Allied sector.

She added that the DFID is in Ogun State to know how and what the Governor Amosun led government is doing to have attracted such level of foreign investments and to further assist the state.

Ogun Attracts 75% of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria - UK Envoy

Responding, the Governor thanked the DFID for offering to assist Ogun State in the area of Agriculture and capacity development.
Governor Amosun stressed the need for the DFID to assist Ogun State in several other areas adding that his administration would always interface with development partners and agencies that have the wherewithal to support the state.

The Governor, who commended the Agency for its contributions so far to the development of Nigeria, urged it to further assist Nigeria in its bid to diversify its economy.

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Amosun Allocates 1,050 Ultra Modern Shops to Traders

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Amosun Allocates 1,050 Ultra Modern Shops to Traders, lawson james blog

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Thursday, allocated about 1,050 open, lock up shops, market stalls and shop spaces to traders who are beneficiaries of newly constructed ultra modern shopping malls located at Laderin, Sapon, Isale Igbehin, Itoku and Omida areas of Abeokuta.