The 2025 Public Lecture of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) Professorial Chair in Accounting will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the J.F. Ade-Ajayi (Main) Auditorium, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka. Organised by the UNILAG Office of Advancement, the Board of Trustees of the ICAN Professorial Chair
The Vice-Chancellor of Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, Prof Haruna Ayuba, has called on academics to develop practical, home-grown solutions to Nigeria’s economic challenges. He made the call during the university’s 9th Inaugural Lecture delivered by Prof Michael Akpan, former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, titled “Being an Economist – The Homo Economicus.”
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has taken a significant step toward strengthening its international presence by entering into a new partnership with the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Vice-Chancellor, Prof Simeon Uchenna Ortuanya, disclosed on Thursday that the agreement, sealed during a working visit to Asia, includes the establishment of the Taiwan Centre for
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has dismissed reports alleging irregularities in its 2025/2026 admission process as false and malicious. In a statement on Thursday, the acting public relations officer, Inya Agha Egwu, said the publication was a deliberate attempt to tarnish the institution’s image and that of its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya. The
The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Emomotimi Agama, says Nigeria’s All-Share Index rose to N39.049 trillion within 6 months of the implementation of the Investments and Securities Act, 2025.Agama disclosed this during a colloquium at Godfrey Okoye University on Wednesday, attributing the growth to reforms by the President Bola Tinubu administration
A lecturer at Babcock University, Dr Adetayo Adebowale, has said Nigeria has the potential to become a tech-driven nation by harnessing its youthful population, improving internet access, and investing in research-backed innovation.Adebowale, who was recently named among the world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier for the second consecutive year, said the country
The Nigerian University Pension Management Company (NUPEMCO) has launched a nationwide campaign to promote pension awareness and financial literacy among students and staff in universities. The initiative, held during the 2025 Customer Service Week, featured workshops, stakeholder sessions, and a Huawei-sponsored national essay competition themed “Securing the Future: Why Pensions Matter for Every Nigerian Worker.”
President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Chidi Ajaegbu, has warned that the naira could face another round of devaluation after the 2027 general elections due to the government’s rising debt profile. Speaking at a public lecture organised by the Department of Accounting and Finance, Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Ajaegbu cautioned that
With the 2050 global target for net-zero emissions drawing closer, Nigeria — Africa’s biggest oil producer — still depends heavily on fossil fuels and remains uncertain about what the global shift to cleaner power means for its workforce and education system. For students like Onwuma Ogeoliseyenum, a master’s candidate in production engineering at the University
In today’s world, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, popularly called STEM, have dominated the conversations. Whether it is in the universities, the workplace or among policymakers, the focus has always been on STEM, and little attention is given to other areas of learning. Experts are beginning to worry that the humanities and arts are being
