Nearly 60 per cent of employers in Nigeria consider fresh graduates inadequately prepared for the workplace, a new report by human capital firm Proten International has found, pointing to a deepening disconnect between what universities teach and what industries require. The findings were recently prese...
The federal government has unveiled plans to improve energy access in the education sector, with Wale Edun, the minister of finance and coordinating minister of Nigeria’s economy, disclosing an initiative to power 50 tertiary institutions using off-grid solar solutions. Edun disclosed while speaking wit...
Brandy’s more than three-decade career has made her one of the best-selling female singers of all time A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Monday honoring Brandy for a more than three-decade career that has made her one of the best-selling female singers of all time. Singer/music pro...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expanded his Hope for Digital Education initiative by distributing smart digital learning devices and core textbooks to public secondary school students across the state. The move further positions Lagos as a national leader in digital learning. Accordin...
Filipino Angelo Casimiro invented a special kind of footwear that can generate electricity simply by walking. By doing so, it can charge small battery-operated devices like smartphones. “The average human takes 7,000 steps a day. So I asked myself, ‘Maybe it’s possible to harvest elec...
The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has extended the deadline for filing of Individual annual tax returns by two weeks, from April 1 to April 14, 2026. In a statement issued on Monday, the Executive Chairman of LIRS, Dr. Ayodele Subair, explained that the statutory deadline for filing...
