You do not own your social media
Social media platforms offer a compelling deal: they provide, for free, the infrastructure, the audience, and the tools that promise exposure (read: ego-boosting recognition). In return, they quietly hold...
UNIBEN Faculty of Arts celebrates 50 years of academic excellence
The Faculty of Arts of the University of Benin is rolling out the drums to celebrate 50 years of its existence in a two-day event slated for Tuesday, 16th...
NITDA and Nigeria’s digital future
In the fast-changing world of technology, no nation can afford to be left behind. Nigeria, with its vast youthful population and growing tech-savvy generation, has an agency saddled with...
Governing Council assures fair process as NOUN hunts for new VC
As the tenure of the current Vice Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Olufemi Peters, gradually winds down, the university’s Governing Council has said it will...
Sujimoto’s foundation of sand
Success in Nigeria is often a pageant. It is staged, spotlighted, and amplified until it assumes the weight of inevitability. The script is familiar: ambition that borders on audacity,...
Schools without TRCN-certified teachers face disqualification as public exam centres
Beginning from 2027, secondary schools in the country whose teachers are not certified by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will disqualified from serving as centres for public...
NABTEB announces 2025 NBC/NTC results, reports improved performance
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) on Thursday announced the release of the results of the June/July 2025 National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC)...
Poly lecturers get 5-year grace to obtain Master’s or face downgrade to non-academic staff
Academic staff in polytechnics and other Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions have been granted a five-year grace period from the date of employment to obtain a...
Igbinedion University recommits to excellence at 7th Governing Council Retreat
Igbinedion University Okada reaffirmed its commitment to academic excellence, innovation, and institutional sustainability during its 7th Governing Council Retreat held on Tuesday. The one-day retreat, themed “Driving Excellence Through...
‘Ember months’ and the myth of calamities
In Nigeria, fabricated stories about the demonic powers of ember months are not in short supply. There is virtually no fallacy that has not been concocted from the figments...