At the Eko Hotels last week, it was a gathering of captains of industry in Nigeria to discuss the way forward for the crawling Nigerian economy. The gathering was organized by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and sponsored by Etisalat. The summit members agreed on one very crucial issue, education as a necessary tool to move every aspect of the economy forward.

Technical and vocational education is an important stream of the educational system in many societies due to its impact on diversified human resources development. But in Nigeria, little or no attention is being paid to this aspect. With more than 167 technical colleges nationwide whose enrollment is below capacity, stakeholders have continued to worry over the lack of attention paid to this section of the sector and its implications for national manpower development.

If you thought climate change was some distant phenomenon happening in a far away country, think again. Prof. Emmanuel Oladipo, once thought so too.

Worried by increasing cases of kidney diseases across the country, the Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos, penultimate Thursday, got no fewer than 800 students and staff of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), tested for early signs of kidney damage.

The West African Senior School Certificate Exams, WASSCE, is undoubtedly the most revered qualifying examinations by secondary school leavers.