On 17 September 2024, an extraordinary moment unfolded in Iseyin, Oyo State: a shipment of smartphones landed at Community Basic School, transforming classroom dynamics overnight. Mr. Abiola Salau, who has dedicated 33 years to teaching, describes that day as a…
In an inspiring triumph for both students and teachers, Ozolua Grammar School, Ologbo, Edo State, has emerged winner of the 16-week STEM robotics challenge. Their victory came after months of hard work, discipline, and creativity, as they competed against eight…
Turnitin has unveiled a new feature designed to catch AI-generated writing disguised by bypassers—tools that “humanise” machine text to avoid detection. The release has sparked excitement but also scepticism among academics and early testers, who argue that while the feature…
In Nigeria — and indeed across the African continent — the twin issues of youth unemployment and gender disparity in the tech sector are longstanding and painful. Enter GirlCode, whose latest initiative is an ambitious, fully digital Digital Skills Employment…
Artificial Intelligence is transforming the world, but most tools—from ChatGPT to Gemini—are designed for English speakers. For millions across Africa who communicate daily in local languages, this creates a digital wall that locks them out of the benefits of AI.…
South Africa has just made global telecom history. MTN South Africa, in partnership with Chinese tech giant ZTE, has launched the world’s first 5-band Remote Radio Unit (RRU) in the Western Cape. This is not a routine upgrade—it is a…
In a move resonating with promise and purpose, the Federal Government has completed a sweeping overhaul of the school curriculum spanning basic (primary and junior secondary), senior secondary, and technical education. Delivered with clarity and conviction by the Minister of…
Nigeria’s education system is facing an unprecedented crisis of confidence, as recurring technical glitches at the country’s primary examination bodies—JAMB and WAEC—choke public trust and threaten the integrity of national assessment standards. In separate but parallel incidents during 2025, both…
On 22 August 2025, Abuja witnessed a landmark moment as Midea, the global air-conditioning powerhouse, unveiled its very first Midea Proshop on Nigerian soil. This isn’t just another retail outlet—it’s a dedicated space tailored for both households and engineering professionals.…
In a clear demonstration of commitment to modernising public service, the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, in collaboration with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), recently concluded a landmark training for 438 civil servants. Held on a…
At the heart of Nigeria’s bustling manufacturing sector, a quiet revolution is underway—one that skips the tangible roar of factory machines and instead hums through cutting-edge technology and eco-conscious strategies. SeamlessHR, Africa’s end-to-end HR tech powerhouse, is leading this change,…
In universities across Nigeria, a growing wave of frustration has taken hold, as professors collectively demand a sweeping salary overhaul. Once receiving between ₦525,010 and ₦633,333 monthly under the current Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure, many now insist that the…
In Nigerian universities, professorship is often seen as a career peak reached after decades of teaching and research. But at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), history was recently rewritten when Professor Olushola Sunday Ayanda became the youngest academic in the…
For a vast number of Gen-Z students—locally in Nigeria and globally—the traditional route for finding college roommates feels clumsy and uninspiring. Think of sterile university portals full of long, dry questionnaires—text-heavy, teeming with irrelevant checkbox options, and utterly lacking in…
On Sunday, 31 August 2025, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Zone E (North East), publicly denounced the Federal Government’s N200,000 cash reward to Nafisah Abdullahi, who triumphed as a global champion in the TeenEagle International English Contest. In…