Nigeria Learning Passport Gains Ground as Lagos School Pushes Digital Learning Frontiers
Three years after the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) was launched through a major technical collaboration with Microsoft, the digital platform is evolving faster than many educators expected. Across the country, schools are still trying to understand…
Nigeria Launches Seventh Nationwide Child and Development Survey in South-West Zone
The Oyo State Bureau of Statistics on Thursday officially flagged off the South-West round of the seventh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS-7), a nationwide data-gathering exercise designed to produce reliable statistics on child health, nutrition,…
Igbo Lawmaker Urges Ndi Igbo to Nourish Leader’s Legacy on Ojukwu Memorial Day
A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly has called on Nigerians of Igbo extraction to sustain and build upon the legacy of late Biafran leader Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Honourable Augustine Onyekachukwu Ike made the appeal on Wednesday,…
Teachers, Students Say Digital Learning Platforms Boost Exam Readiness, But Challenges Persist
Proper integration of digital learning platforms can significantly improve the adaptation and success rate of computer-based examinations in Nigerian secondary schools, according to teachers and students who have benefitted from emerging digital…
Hong Kong Fire Kills 44, Hundreds Missing in City’s Worst Blaze in Six Decades
Hong Kong is experiencing its worst fire nightmare. At least 44 people have been confirmed dead and 279 others remain unaccounted for after a massive fire swept through public housing apartments in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, marking the city’s…
Nigeria Can Unlock $15bn by 2030 Through Digital Literacy, UNICEF Tells Media Stakeholders
Nigeria could generate more than $15 billion annually by 2030, if the country accelerates investments in digital literacy and technological competence among its rapidly growing youth population. This was the key message at a two-day media dialogue…
Insecurity: Retired Army Captain Faults FG’s “Rhetoric,” Seeks Overhaul of Safe School Initiative, Technology and Policing
A retired army captain, Dr. Luqman Gidado, has criticised the Federal Government’s handling of Nigeria’s worsening security crisis, warning that the country can no longer rely on what he described as “political clichés and recycled assurances.” Speaking…
Mercenaries Weaken Our Systems — President Tinubu Warns Africa Against Outsourcing Wars
While many Nigerians think foreign mercenaries will put a kibosh on the rate of banditry in Nigeria, Nigeria’s president sees it differently. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently issued a strong warning to African nations over the growing reliance on…
Its Time to Ease Back Intellectual Conversations into Nigerian Classrooms
Today, there is so much information overload encircling. There is also rising misinformation, and declining critical thinking skills, too much that the role of debate in shaping articulate, analytical young minds has never been more urgent. Yet, debate…
COP30 Strikes Major Climate Finance Deal, but Fossil Fuel Roadmap Remains Elusive
After several days of intense negotiations in Belém, Brazil, global climate diplomats have reached an agreement to improve climate finance and accelerating the implementation of the Paris Agreement. The deal, after two weeks, was finalised at the close…