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By Modupe Gbadeyanka On Sunday, October 29, 2023, the race for the sharing of N12.5 million by the top 3 contestants of the fifth edition of the InterswitchSPAK National Science Competition commenced. A total of 81 secondary school students are competing for the crown of the best Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) students in Nigeria. The first prize winner will receive a whooping sum of N7.5 million worth of scholarships for five years, a laptop, and monthly stipends. The second-place winner will receive N4 million in scholarships for three years, a laptop, and monthly stipends, while the third-place winner

By Bliss Okperan The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has warned the rising school fees of tertiary institutions in Nigeria could backfire in the future if nothing is done by the federal government to stop it. Speaking on Channels TV Sunday Night, the union leader said in two years’ time, about 40 to 50 per cent of students in universities across the country could drop out of school because of their inability to pay the high fees. The don urged the federal government to stop the arbitrary increment in school fees by

By Modupe Gbadeyanka Operators within the private sector have been charged to promote innovative and sustainable approaches to uplift the educational standards for underprivileged children living in low-income communities. It was submitted that private sector collaborations would offer the advantage of diffusing emotional burdens, leading to more informed and intelligent decision-making, as together, they can achieve much more to support the provision of sustainable education for the Nigeria youth. This was the view of some participants at the Special Foundation annual summit, the Transforming Education Summit 2023, themed Enhancing Access and Quality Education in Africa. The event, held at the

By Adedapo Adesanya A 400-year-old British educational institution, Charterhouse, has commissioned its first African school, currently in progress on a sprawling 70-hectare site located at Ogombo in Lekki, Lagos. The introduction of Charterhouse Lagos marks the convergence of British independent school heritage with cutting-edge educational practices, ushering in a new era of excellence in West African education. Charterhouse Lagos will represent a remarkable educational undertaking in the commercial capital of the country, with the planned $150 million campus expected to be fully delivered in 2028. The school’s development will unfold gradually, with the first intake of primary school students in

By Bliss Okperan The election of Mr Hyacinth Alia as the Governor of Benue State has been affirmed by a Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja. The appellate court upheld the victory of Mr Alia, a Catholic cleric, in a judgement delivered on Monday by a three-member panel led by Justice Onyekachi Aja Otisi. The judge held that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 governorship election, Mr Titus Uba, could not prove beyond reasonable doubt the allegations of forgery against the Governor’s deputy, Mr Samuel Ode. Mr Uba had approached the appeal court to

After stamping its authority in the Nigerian market, pan-African automotive trading platform, Cars45, has launched its services in Ghana and Kenya in a bid to explore the markets. In an African market where 9 million used cars are traded annually, trust is often a rare commodity as buyers and sellers navigate opaque pricing and quality assurance structures. Using its technology-enabled platform, consumers in Ghana and Kenya can now sell their cars directly through Cars45 and get paid in 45 minutes. Sellers have access to standardised pricing and a transparent marketplace, with 100 percent visibility into price offers, and buyers get

By Ashemiriogwa Emmanuel President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that arrangements are on top gear to complete the Ibadan-Kano rail line, one of the railway projects of his administration aimed at connecting different parts of the country. He mentioned this while presenting the national budget for the year 2022 to the National Assembly worth N16.39 trillion. It would be recalled that earlier this year, the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, had said that the federal government was to begin work on the construction of the Ibadan-Kano rail project as soon as the Chinese government approves the sum of the $5.3

By Investors Hub Asian stocks ended mixed on Tuesday as investors assessed the impact of surging oil prices on global growth. Investors also preferred to remain on the sidelines ahead of key central bank meetings this week in the U.S. and Japan. Chinese shares fell sharply ahead of the next round of U.S.-China trade talks scheduled to start in Washington on Thursday. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gave up 52.64 points, or 1.7 percent, to finish at 2,978.12, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index tumbled 334.31 points, or 1.2 percent, to 26,790.24. Japanese shares finished marginally higher, led by energy-related

By Adedapo Adesanya Nigeria’s hope for oil to sell above $60 per barrel was looking good on Friday, August 16 as Brent Crude rebounded to trade at $58.64, gaining 41 cents or 0.7 percent on the global market. For the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude, it gained 40 cents or 0.73 percent yesterday to exchange for $54.87 per barrel on the international market. In the past few days, prices of the highly demanded commodity had been facing south as a result of rising tensions caused by the trade war between Washington and Beijing. Oil gains were capped after the Organization

By Dipo Olowookere With effect from June 1, 2018, bank customers would not be able to make transactions worth more than N100,000 per day using the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) channel. This is a new regulation put in place by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which was contained in a circular dated April 17, 2018 and signed by the CBN Director of Banking System and Payments Department, Mr Dipo Fatokun. According to Mr Fatokun, “The vast applications of the USSD technology, in terms of available services have raised the issue of the risks inherent in the channel. In

By Dipo Olowookere Kwara State government says its forthcoming Solar-powered street lights project, Light Up Kwara (LUK) will be funded over 10-year period under a Public Private Partnership (PPP) and through the Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund (IFK). The state government made this disclosure through a statement issued on Monday by Dr Muideen Akorede, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed. The state government said under the PPP arrangement, the contractors will finance, build, operate and maintain the 3000 streetlights before handing them over to the state government which will have ten years to pay for

By Modupe Gbadeyanka A partnership aimed to boost local flight inventory has been entered into between Wakanow and ValueJet. According to a statement from the foremost travel tech company, the deal allows Wakanow to host ValueJet’s inventory on its website and increase local flight inventory available to local travellers. ValueJet is the latest airline to partner with Wakanow, joining its network and enabling Wakanow-connected customers to find and use bespoke solutions to support their specific travel needs and requirements. The deal aligns with Wakanow’s aim of delivering access to all local flight inventory in real time and an all-year-round flight