NASENI launches ₦250m innovation challenge for youth
10 Sep
Science & Technology

NASENI launches ₦250m innovation challenge for youth

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Nigeria’s National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) has launched a ₦250 million innovation challenge aimed at supporting young inventors with funding, mentorship and access to technology hubs. The InnovateNaija Challenge, to be unveiled on Thursday, September 4, at the GITEX Nigeria technology fair in Lagos, is designed to identify breakthrough ideas in science, engineering and manufacturing. The programme is supported by AfriLabs and the Presidency, with organisers describing it as Nigeria’s largest youth-focused innovation competition. The challenge will run for three months and will feature two phases. In the first stage, one innovator will be selected from each of Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, making a total of 37. Each of these innovators will receive ₦2.5 million in grants. From this pool, the top 15 will qualify for the national finals scheduled to...
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Amish Woman Charged With Murder in Drowning Death of 4-Year-Old Son
10 Sep
Health News

Amish Woman Charged With Murder in Drowning Death of 4-Year-Old Son

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The Ohio mother accused of drowning her 4-year-old son at Atwood Lake last month was released from a mental health facility and booked into jail on Monday. Ruth Miller is expected to appear in court for a bond hearing on Friday. On Tuesday, Judge Nanette VonAllman ordered her to have no contact “with protected persons” but did not say who those persons were, WKYC reported. In addition to her son, Vincen Miller, Miller’s husband, Marcus Miller, drowned in the lake on August 23, as CrimeOnline reported. Police were called to the scene later in the day when she allegedly drove a golf cart carrying her three other children — a 15-year-old girl and twin 18-year-0ld boys — into the lake. Those children were not physically harmed and walked out of the water themselves. The...
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