By Funmilayo Adeyemi The National Universities Commission (NUC) has endorsed the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASG-QA) and trained 60 staff to strengthen regulatory capacity. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, approved the training as part of efforts to enhance staff developmentContinue Reading

  By Folasade Akpan/Abigael Joshua The Safer Media Initiative (SMI) says a significant skills gap exists in Nigerian newsrooms, with only 10 per cent of journalists formally trained on Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in spite of widespread usage. The Executive Director of SMI, Peter Iorter, disclosed this in Abuja at aContinue Reading

By Angela Atabo/Constance Athekame Stakeholders have commended the impact of the Global Environment Facility and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (GEF-UNIDO)Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) and Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) Project in Nigeria. The stakeholders drawn from the academia, industry, organised private sector, NGOs and the media, gave theContinue Reading

By Philomina Attah/EricJames Ochigbo Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, an affiliate of Veritas University, Abuja, has graduated 32 pioneer students from its Psycho-Spiritual Institute (PSI) as trauma therapists, spiritual and mental health agents for societal transformation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ceremony for the Postgraduate Diploma inContinue Reading