5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (793+ words) A university degree is increasingly proving insufficient to secure a clear path into formal employment for young Nigerian women, as limited workplace exposure, weak professional networks and gaps in digital and career skills continue to restrict the transition from education…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1064+ words) Africa must move beyond the production and export of biological raw materials and build stronger systems for converting its scientific knowledge and biological resources into high-value products, industries and jobs, an innovation expert, Obichi Obiajunwa, has said. Obiajunwa made the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (216+ words) That summit saw strong participation from leading Nigerian business leaders like Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu, and Tony Elumelu. A new French state visit to Nigeria, recently hinted at by the French ambassador, and scheduled for later this year, has kept…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (585+ words) At the graduation ceremony of United Bank for Africa’s Graduate Management Accelerated Programme, two young trainees each had a moment with the group’s chairman, Tony Elumelu. The same programme, the same chairman — and two encounters that could not have ended…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (1392+ words) Rivers State, due to politics, always swings from very good to very bad. Now, the state that was noted for getting its annual budgets passed in matter of hours some years and matter of days in other years, now has…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (1210+ words) The allegation that the Federal Capital Territory Administration obtained loans without the approval of the National Assembly has thrown up a more fundamental question for Nigeria’s legislature: how effective is Parliament’s oversight of public borrowing when it may not know…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (359+ words) The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature has announced the three shortlist for this year’s edition of the annual and most rewarding literary prize in Africa. The shortlist, according to Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (875+ words) Why Nigeria’s next economic breakthrough must turn human energy into organisational productivity The conversations that started my thinking Recently, I had the opportunity to facilitate two training programmes in Nigeria that caused me to think more deeply about productivity. The…...