Nigeria needs skillful people not certificate holders—Afebioye
AN educationist, Mr. Wale Afebioye, has decried the inadequate training that students receive in many schools in the country and called for a change in curriculum that would make graduates skillful instead of being mere certificate holders.
ASUU urged to make case for reviving of intellectual decay in varsities
… as ETL gives 5 lectures overseas scholarship training
As the hope of undergraduates in public universities hangs in the balance, the Director of Research on African Environment and Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom, Professor Chukwumerije Okereke has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to focus their attention more on reviving the mental intellectual decay in the sector.
Expert makes case for robotics education in schools
The Director, PLEDGE51, a Lagos indigenous Mobile Development Company, Engr. Bayo Puddicombe has recently stressed the need to inculcate Robotics education, an aspect of technology that focuses on the design, construction, operation, and application of robots, into Nigerian school curriculum.
Enugu: Ugwuaji people take cry of marginalisation to Chime
DISTURBED by perceived marginalization of their community in the governance of Enugu State since 1991, indigenes of Ugwuaji community in Enugu South Local Council have pleaded with Governor Sullivan Chime to come to their aid.
Jonathan shocks FEC, sacks 9 ministers
President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, shocked members of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, as he sacked nine members of the council.
How to ease pain naturally without drugs
Unless you have a genetic trait that keeps you from sensing pain, you know what it is like to feel discomfort. Everyone experiences pain differently; there are certain parts of your body that are especially prone to aches. The back, neck, shoulders, knees, joints, and head are all common areas where people experience pain.
AHI empowers 47 out-of-school adolescent girls with skills
In its quest to make life meaningful to hopeless youths, no fewer than 47 out-of-school girls were empowered with different skills by Action Health Incorporated (AHI).
Rivers govt restates support for French language
The Rivers State Ministry of Education has said that the study of French Language will provide the students in the state an opportunity to learn other foreign languages outside the English Language.
World Literacy Day: Nigerians tasked on improved reading culture
The need for an improvement in the reading culture of Nigerians was brought to the fore once again during the celebration of the International Literacy Day held last week at the US Consulate, Lagos. The September 8th as it is customary, was celebrated as a day to focus attention on the importance of promoting worldwide literacy.
Probe waterways security funds, Edo lawmaker urges N’Assembly
MAJORITY Leader of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has called on the National Assembly to probe the funds allocated for the security of the country’s waterways, saying that the complaints by the Minister of Finance, Dr, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over crude oil theft on the waterways was an embarrassment to the country.
