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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 and Precious Olisa Students of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, have staged a peaceful protest against the hike in tuition fees by the management. The aggrieved students gathered at the school’s premises to express their dissatisfaction over the development, calling on the authorities to reverse the action. As reflected on the institution’s portal, new students are expected to pay N230,000 for the 2023/2024 session compared with the previous fee of N76,500, representing about 200 per cent, while the returning students are to pay N180,000, about 135 per cent higher than the

By Bliss Okperan The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that it has discarded the use of the paper and pencil test model and has adopted the Computer-Based Test (CBT) for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). In a statement obtained on Monday by Business Post, it was disclosed that this system will become effective from February 2024. In the statement signed by the acting Head of the Public Affairs Unit at WAEC, Ms Moyosola Adesina, the examination body said it adopted this mode to meet up with the latest global system. “In line with global best practices, the

**Don’t Turn Lagos to Living Hell By Modupe Gbadeyanka Governor Akinwunmi Ambode may have bitten more than he can chew with the new land use charge law he assented to last month. This is because the Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has given the state government seven days to reverse the law of face mass protest from them. Addressing journalists at a news conference yesterday in Lagos, the lawyers described the hike in the land use charge as “Pharaoic.” “Few weeks ago, Lagosians woke up to learn about the hyper-inflated rate of the so called ‘Land Use

Stanbic IBTC continued to champion the job creation drive in Nigeria through initiatives such as its graduate trainee programme and various entrepreneurial programmes, which had created job opportunities for Nigerians. Dr Demola Sogunle, Chief Executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC commented on the financial institutions’ role as a job provider in Nigeria. He said the financial services provider was always at the forefront in bridging Nigeria’s unemployment deficit through its various programmes and provided necessary tools for its graduands to navigate through the 21st-century job environment. “As a financial institution that placed much value on job creation, Stanbic IBTC continued to

By Dipo Olowookere Fresh 1.888 billion ordinary shares of Ellah Lakes have been listed on the trading platform of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The additional shares of the company were admitted on the local bourse yesterday and were created after the firm completed the 100 percent stake in Telluria Limited. With the fresh listing, the total issued and fully paid up shares of Ellah Lakes has now increased from 120 million units to 2 billion units. This has raised the total market value of the company on the stock exchange to N8.520 billion, with the shares traded at N4.26k

By Omoshola Deji The most embraced notion on the evolution of the state is the social-contract thought promulgated by Thomas Hobbes in the ‘Leviathan’, published in 1651. Hobbes posits that the state is a product of the society; each individual submits a portion of their rights to a consented authority in interchange for an assured protection of their other rights. The consented authority presides over the equitable distribution of resources, justice, fairness and the rule of law. Uncomplicated, the consented authority in this case is the Nigerian government and Hobbes’ social-contract theory is employed to unmask the factors provoking the

By Adedapo Adesanya The federal government has extended the deadline for the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) to the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card of mobile phone owners in the country by one month. This was announced on Friday in a statement jointly signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Mr Ikechukwu Adinde, and the Head of Corporate Communications at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Mr Kayode Adegoke. The statement explained that the approval to extend the period of the NIN-SIM linkage to the new date was given at the meeting

By Adedapo Adesanya  The Naira prevented a fourth consecutive depreciation at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) segment of the foreign exchange (forex) market on Thursday, February 6, 2020. For the first time this week, the local currency recorded its first gain against the United States Dollar at the market window, appreciating by 36 kobo or 0.10 percent against the Dollar to trade at N364.17/$1 against N364.53/$1 it traded at the mid-week session. This came despite a rise in the market turnover at the I&E segment during the session as data from FMDQ showed that transactions worth $310.62 million were achieved

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By Adedapo Adesanya The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that Nigeria will start producing lesser crude and will now shift its focus on the production of more condensates. This disclosure, according to the body, was made by the Group Managing Director, Mr Mele Kyari during a webinar organised by oil giant, Seplat last week. Mr Mele said that the production of more condensates will help to balance its commitment to output cuts deal by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) of which condensates are exempted. Condensates refer broadly to any type of oil that “condenses” into