The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has called for investment in vocational and technical education, citing it as a catalyst for reviving the economy. Dr Mohammed Mohammed, NABTEB Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, appealed while assessing the ongoing NABTEB examinations at the Government Technical College, Agidingbi, Ikeja, and Federal Technical College, Yaba, Lagos.
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with five tertiary institutions to enhance railway technology skills acquisition and utilisation. The institutions include Yaba College of Technology and Trinity University in Lagos, Kwara State Polytechnic, the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, and Kaduna State Polytechnic. Dr Kayode Opeifa, Managing Director and Chief Executive
The Lions International, Lagos Akowonjo Lions Club, has renovated a block of classrooms at Shasha Nursery and Primary School, Alimosho Local Government, Lagos. As a part of its community development initiatives, the club also renovated the office of the headmistress and the school’s security post. Ayo Olugbenro, the president of the club for the 2024/2025
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS), also known as Pyrates Confraternity, in partnership with the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) in Rivers State, has donated books to Community Secondary School, Mgbuoshimini, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. The confraternity also launched a project titled ‘Reviving the Reading Culture in Secondary Schools in Rivers State’, at
Justice Obiora Egwuatu has rejected Professor Lawrence Adedibu Ojerinde’s no-case submission in an N5.2B charge against him. Egwuatu ruled against the case on Tuesday at a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Ojerinde, who was charged with the fraud case by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), was arraigned in 2021.
Dr Chukwuma Great Udensi, a Nigerian microbiologist and Ph.D student at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, U.S., has warned about the threat of antibiotic resistance in Nigeria. He noted that the issue can affect the country’s healthcare system, productivity, and economy. Udensi stressed that unchecked, it would reduce the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by
The National Hospital, Abuja, has signed a 2-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Centre at Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S., on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The MoU, signed by Prof. Muhammad Mahmud, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director, and Dr Robert Winn, the centre’s Director, will enhance cancer research and clinical trials in
Two Nigerian researchers in diaspora, Ridwan Taiwo and Adesola Adegoke, have developed a system with machine learning to improve constructive engineering. Their journal, “Construction and Building Materials”, reveals an approach to predict the compressive strength of high-performance concrete (HPC), yielding 94% accuracy. The system, developed by Taiwo, affiliated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and
The i-Scholar Initiative(iSI) has reassured its commitment to empowering talented but underserved Nigerian youths through its 2025 Scholarship Awards, continuing its mission to bridge the opportunity gap and foster future African changemakers. Themed “Expanding the Pipeline of Change Agents to Transform Africa,” the event celebrated a new cohort of scholars who have received funding and
Emmanuel Ude, a student of Government Technical College Bukuru (BUTECHS), Plateau State, has been sentenced to death by hanging for stabbing his teacher, Job Dasher, to death for confronting him over breaching dining hall rules. A High Court in Plateau State delivered the verdict on Monday after finding Ude guilty of culpable homicide under Sections
