Nigeria’s industrial growth depends on technical workforce — Ochuko
By Ephraim Oseji Engineering leader and researcher, Ologe Solomon Ochuko, has called for greater investment in technical education and applied research in Nigeria, saying the country cannot achieve sustainable industrial growth while undervaluing technical talent and polytechnic education. Ochuko, a graduate of Nigeria’s polytechnic system who later became a United Kingdom Chartered Engineer and Fellow […]
A Technical College Betrayed: How Delta community lost skill hub, gained crumbling secondary school
…Residents demand probe, refund, rebuild By Egufe Yafugborhi IWHREKAN Technical College, Iwhrekan in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State was conceived as a beacon of skill and enterprise. Commissioned with fanfare in October 2014, it was supposed to churn out welders, fitters, and technicians for the gas industry that surrounds the community. But […]
LG ends water scarcity in Akwa Ibom
Residents of Ifa Ikot Idang community in Etoi Clan, Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have received a major boost in access to clean water following the donation of a solar-powered borehole facility by LG Electronics Nigeria.
Technology now Africa’s biggest maritime asset, threat — Matawalle, naval Chiefs raise alarm
Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Matawalle, and the Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas, yesterday, warned that emerging technologies have become both Africa’s greatest maritime asset and one of its most potent security threats.
They can’t burn away our pain, Bayelsa community mourns lake killed by oil, fire
By Samuel Oyadongha TEIN BISENI—Five months after a crude oil spill polluted Tein in Biseni Kingdom, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, fire has finished what the pipeline began, leaving the environment scorched and lake dead. When field monitors led by Comrade Alagoa Morris returned to the creeks of Tein community, weekend, the first […]
Musa support initiative distributes food items to orphans, vulnerable persons
The General Christopher Gwabin Musa (GCGM) Support Initiative has distributed food items to orphans and vulnerable persons as part of efforts to cushion the effects of the prevailing economic hardship in the country.
