Mr. Emenike Johnson is a 24-year-old final year student of Mass Communication in one of the nation’s universities. Right from childhood, he has had this flair and passion for writing. He has the innate potential and skills that make a good writer.

As part of its efforts to conduct the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it is set for a hitch-free exam as 166 coordinators for Computer-Based Test (CBT) and Paper Pencil Test (PPT) scheduled for April 27 across the nation held a meeting ahead of the examination.

No fewer than 12 public primary school teachers drawn from Bariga and Shomolu communities in Lagos State were empowered last Saturday with three months free computer appreciation scholarship programme by LUCINMA.

Most secondary school leavers seeking admission into higher institutions in Nigeria would hardly choose polytechnics as their preferred institution, and it is easily understood why it is so. Why should they choose polytechnics when the university is there for them? Why go to the polytechnic to obtain Higher National Diploma that will take additional two years to go for post-graduate diploma that will make it degree equivalent? Why would you go through all these and still not be sure about gaining an employment after all the rigorous exercises?

The days of spending tons of money and between 11 and 12 months to clean up an oil spill on our waters, seem to be over as a Nigerian researcher, Engr. Taslim Owonikoko, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Iseyin, Oyo State-based Berekotry Detergent Limited, has come up with a solution, interestingly made from agricultural waste. He spoke with Vanguard Learning on his new invention. Excerpts:

Former Chairman of Odu’a Investment Group, Engr. David Oni who is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Dave Abion Consulting, in this interview with journalists, sheds light on some topical educational issues including why many Nigerian students excel abroad.

Concerned with the denigration of African arts and culture, owing to colonial imperialism, former Dean, School of Arts, Printing & Design, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Mr. Noserime Rukeme has charged government and other stakeholders to combine efforts towards the promotion of tourism in the country, noting that this will foster economic development.

Following the rising spate of piracy in the country, coupled with its socio-economic effect on the intellectual works of original copyright owners, academics at the Lagos State University-Adebola Adegunwa School of Communication (LASUAASOC), Surulere, have blamed poverty, weak laws amongst others, as factors that encourage piracy in Nigeria.

Any educational institution that is not moving with the tide of information and communication technology has outlived its relevance and should be shut down. This is the view of IT specialist, and chairman, Lean Sigma Concepts, Mr. Chibunna Ezenwa.

No fewer than 670 students over the weekend benefited from the MTN Foundation scholarship scheme. While 590 students were from Science and Technology institutions in the South-West region, 80 blind students in Nigerian tertiary institutions made the list of the phisically challenged scholars.