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Stakeholders in the Nigerian education sector have been tasked to remodel the existing curricula of the nation's universities to accommodate present

Some few weeks ago, precisely on the 22nd day of October, 2021, I had the opportunity of witnessing and listening to the presentation by one of the great legal minds of our time, Yusuf Alli..

The Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remo land, Oba Babatunde Ajayi; and Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewa land, Oba Kehinde Gbadewole Olugbenle,

The Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun, on Thursday, installed a former Gombe Governor, Dr Ibrahim Dankwambo, as the third Chancellor of the institution.

Humanism, which I consider the ideological plank of humanity, reclines on the principles of reason and rationality for a better society.

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele,says the bank will increase its development finance interventions to further support start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Emefiele made the pledge while delivering the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, Akoka, on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lecture has “National Development and Knowledge Economy in the Digital Age:...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it will increase its development finance interventions to further support start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. This was disclosed by the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele at the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, Akoka, on Monday in Lagos. Emefiele said that increased access to finance for start-ups and SMEs was highly essential for the nation’s economy to grow. According to him, special consideratio...

Obinna Chima and Funmi Ogundare The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to collaborate with universities in designing a framework for entrepreneurship development in order to arrest rising youth unemployment. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, while delivering the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, yesterday in Lagos, urged universities to begin sending requests to the CBN for research or for some form of training on entrepreneurial development. The topic of his lecture was: ...

The warmth reception and joyful glee that greeted the arrival of the former Rivers Governor and Transportation Minister, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, to the University of Nigeria (UNN), was awesome. The former NGF Chairman had gone to UNN to honor the institution’s invitation as a  Keynote Speaker for the Convocation Lecture titled: Inequality and the Dignity of Man. The Lecture is part of activities marking the university’s Convocation Ceremony for the year 2021 and was delivered by the Min...

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has called for a total restructuring of the nation’s education system.