Over 32,000 Yobe schoolgirls receive ₦1.3 billion in education grants Story by Sa'adatu MAINA, Damaturu In a major push to advance girls' education, Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni has inaugurated the disbursement of ₦1.295 billion in scholastic grants to 32,382 adolescent girls across the state. The launch ceremony, held on Tuesday at the Government House Event Centre in Damaturu, is a cornerstone of the state’s Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project. The programme targets female students from low-income families, providing each beneficiary with a ₦4,000 conditional cash transfer per...