Skill acquisition
2 Jan
Executive Director of EGO Foundation, Toluwase Olaniyan, has described 2025 as a year of skill acquisition. Noting that as citizens step into 2025, a critical message resonates louder than ever that acquiring practical
22 Dec
Sir: At this time when there is a high rate of unemployment, the Federal Government would easily be blamed for not equipping or encouraging craft work or hand work among the youths right from primary school.
23 Nov
To address the escalating crime rate, and other vices in the country, a non-governmental organisation, Castlenet Consulting Limited, in partnership with Karakata Charity Foundation, has urged both federal and state governments
14 Nov
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Sharon Education Services Limited, Charles Ighele said the time has come for an average Nigerian to be skilled in one vocation or the other as it was the way out to fight poverty.
30 Mar 2024
Founder, International Film and Broadcast Academy (IFBA), Mr. Victor Okhai has urged youths to learn skills to achieve self-sustainability. According to him, equipping the youths with skills would help reduce the unemployment...
8 Mar 2024
The newly appointed Special Adviser on Skill Acquisition to Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River state, Ray Ugba Morphy, has said he will not be receiving salaries throughout the duration of the appointment. He has, however, informed the governor that he will drive his new role without collecting any salary or emoluments from the state…
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Renowned Nigerian writer and literary icon, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has revealed that she welcomed twin boys in 2024. The celebrated author, known for bestsellers like Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah, shared that she chose to keep their birth private to protect her family’s privacy. Speaking in an interview with The Guardian’s Charlotte Edwardes,…
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The 2025 Bafta Awards took place on Sunday, February 16, at the Royal Festival Hall in London, celebrating the best in film. Below is the full list of winners: Best Film Winner: Conclave Nominees: Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez Outstanding British Film Winner: Conclave Nominees: Bird, Blitz, Gladiator 2, Hard Truths, Kneecap,…
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A dramatic scene unfolded at the 10th Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, on Saturday when the presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general election, Omoyele Sowore, allegedly took over the seat reserved for Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, at the Eko Atlantic finish point of the race.
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Uncertainties have continued to plague land registration processes in states due to delays, high costs of documentation, official corruption, long duration and administrative hiccups.
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The President of MAAUN Group of Universities, Professor Adamu Abubakar Gwarzo, has congratulated Djibouti’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, on his emergence as the African Union (AU) Chairperson. Gwarzo urged Youssouf to prioritise Africa’s unity and independence, cautioning against aligning with Western interests that may hinder the continent’s development. The election, which saw Youssouf…
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Ahead of 2027, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday threatened to constitute a 'shadow government' to expose the failures of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf's administration in Kano. The Patriotic Volunteers, a group within the Kano chapter of APC, insisted that the option of a shadow government has become necessary to put Kano on…
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A popular entertainer and entrepreneur, Obinna Simon, popularly known as MC Tagwaye, has joined the race for the next chairmanship of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will, between this year and early next year, conduct the chairmanship election in the nation's capital, along with the governorship election in Anambra…
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About ten people, including children, lost their lives in a fatal accident involving a cement-laden truck in Nnewi, Anambra State.
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Stakeholders have called on the National Assembly to pass the National Building Code into law as part of efforts to stem building collapse in the country.
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), through its subsidiary, NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML), has agreed to take a 15 per cent equity shareholding in Starzs Gas Limited’s two million standard cubic feet per day (2mmscf/d) Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) mother station in Iwhrekan, Ugheli South Local Council of Delta State.