The King’s College Old Boys Association (KCOBA) has announced activities for the 116th anniversary of King’s College, Lagos, with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the future of education central to this year’s celebrations. Chairman of the King’s Week 2025 Planning Committee, Mr Wole Eperokun, in a press briefing, said the theme, “The King’s College Legacy: Honouring
NASA says its upcoming Artemis moon missions will serve as critical preparation for future human exploration of Mars. Speaking at a virtual Artemis IV landing site science workshop on September 10, Jacob Bleacher, NASA’s chief exploration scientist, said the programme will focus on developing technologies and strategies for extended stays beyond Earth. Unlike the short
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a new method to activate the immune system against cancer with greater precision and fewer side effects. The breakthrough focuses on the STING pathway, a cellular alarm system that signals the immune system to attack tumours. While existing drugs targeting STING have shown potential, their activation in
MTN Group has launched the Pan-African Media Innovation Programme (MIP), extending its journalist training initiative beyond Nigeria to other African markets. The telecoms operator said on its website that the programme, introduced in Nigeria in 2022, will now be open to media practitioners across its footprint. The initiative is being run in partnership with the
Two staff members of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) have secured over ₦62.9 million in research grants from the TETFund National Research Fund (NRF). The institution’s Deputy Registrar, Centre for Information, Communication and Public Relations, Mr Adekunle Adams, in a statement, explained that the grants were awarded to Dr Emodi Anthony Izuchukwu of the School
The Federal Government has stated that the success of the new education curriculum is a result of extensive engagement with stakeholders in the country’s education sector. A recent statement by the Federal Ministry of Education stated that the rollout of the curricula followed extensive nationwide consultations that brought every critical stakeholder to the table. The
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has launched a unified Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) portal to standardise data management across polytechnics and technical institutions in Nigeria. The initiative was announced in Kaduna on Tuesday in a statement by Mrs Fatima Abubakar, Head of Media and Publicity at NBTE. NBTE Executive Secretary, Prof Idris Bugaje,
The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has left sensitive personal data of applicants and staff exposed on its official website. According to reports, the unprotected directory contained scanned identity cards, passport photographs, admission credentials, curricula vitae, and other documents linked to staff and job applicants. A compressed folder with over 10,000 passport photographs
Gombe State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has officially announced plans to return 787,619 out-of-school children to school. In his address during a one-day stakeholders’ engagement organised for the 2025 enrolment drive campaign, the State Chairman of SUBEB, Mr Babaji Babadidi, explained that the campaign aimed to sensitise stakeholders and the general public on the
The Delta State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has directed all teaching and non-teaching staff under the 25 Local Government Education Authorities in the state to undergo a compulsory physical verification and certificate screening exercise. The exercise, scheduled to commence on Thursday, September 18, 2025, was announced in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary
