Lekki-based Multi-Plan Pathway College (MPC) has announced educational scholarships worth N8 million to outstanding students from Lagoon and Whitesands Schools. The award was given during MPC’s Graduation Day on July 25, 2025, to three brilliant students — Ugonna Bede-Nwokoye, Oyindamola Apampa, and Nnoli Finbar — who stood out in a competitive examination. The scholarships cover
In 2025, the accounting profession is no longer about crunching numbers. A new report from Intuit QuickBooks now shows that artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are changing the game for accountants. In a recent survey involving 700 professionals, nearly half of the accountants confessed that they now use AI daily in their jobs, and 95%
Armed men have reportedly abducted Professor Musa Dankyau, a lecturer at Bingham University, Abuja. According to media reports, the university lecturer was abducted from his home in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident happened on Monday night, August 4, 2025, around 9:30 pm, when armed men invaded SA Estate along Guratopp
Lecturers at Taraba State University, under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), say they may go on strike again if the state government does not meet their demands soon. The union accuses Governor Agbu Kefas of breaking an agreement reached on January 17, 2025. Part of the deal was for the government to start
Mr. Ousmane Diagana, the Regional Vice President for Western and Central Africa at the World Bank, has commended the Baze University, Abuja, for its commitment to academic excellence. Describing the university as a positive example of African excellence driven by Africans, he assured it of future partnerships in key sectors. He praised Senator Yusuf Datti
Some experts are collaborating with government agencies and stakeholders to include energy efficiency in the school curriculum. The experts disclosed this on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at the launch of the NEXTGEN Energy Champions themed “Raising Africa’s next energy sustainability champions.” The event was organised by Energy Savers Nigeria, in collaboration with Seedbuilders and NIGENIUS.
Professor Folake Olowokudejo, Coordinator of the Executive MBA Programme, and Dr Simeon Ifere, Director of the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Programme at the University of Lagos Business School, have excelled at the Harvard Business School. While Olowokudejo participated in the Global Colloquium on Participant-Centred Learning, Ifere completed the Harvard Corporate Director Certification Programme. The
The groundbreaking research of logistics visionary Emuesiri Ejairu has been successfully translated into transformative government policy, yielding significant results in Nigeria’s Delta State. In a direct response to his findings, the government established a new Agricultural Logistics Task Force, which has implemented his recommendations and successfully achieved a significant decline in postharvest losses by over
The Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Idris Bugaje, has praised the Ogun State government’s proactive approach to technical education, stating it serves as a model for other states to emulate. Bugaje disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the Critique and Validation Workshop for six National Occupational Standards and the
Professor Mohammed Awwalu Usman, a leading expert in Process Systems Engineering, has pointed out that climate change poses a grave and escalating threat to the environment and human survival. Presenting the 19th Inaugural Lecture of the 2024/2025 academic session, titled “Is Carbon Truly as Guilty as Charged? The Perspective of a Process Systems Engineer on
