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1 week ago | 
businessday.ng | Wasiu Alli |Charles Ogwo
Martins Ifijeh was just 10 when his mother, Nneoma, bled to death in their rural home in Aninri, Enugu State, while trying to give birth. With no nearby hospital equipped to save her life, the agony of watching his mother die with a child made Martins—now in senior secondary school—vow to become a doctor. But that ambition may be short-circuited. At Community Secondary School in Ndeaboh, Martins spends his days in classrooms without electricity.
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2 months ago | 
businessday.ng | Anthony Nlebem |Charles Ogwo
Sports analysts and stakeholders have called on the Nigerian government at all levels to step back from direct involvement in sports business and focus on creating an enabling environment for private sector investment to drive the industry’s growth. Speaking at BusinessDay’s inaugural sports conference tagged, ‘Business of Sports in Nigeria: Unlocking Economic Potential,’ the experts highlighted the untapped opportunities in Nigeria’s sports industry and the need for strategic reforms.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
…As many Nigerian varsities battle with stunted growthCovenant University, a private Christian-based institution in Ota, Ogun State, has for many years been ranked as the best university in Nigeria by international organisations. In the 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) World Universities Rankings, Covenant University was once again ranked top of other Nigerian tertiary institutions.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
A university’s city or host environment will always have an effect positively or negatively on a student, especially international ones’ success while schooling abroad.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
Globally, tertiary education plays crucial roles in shaping successful careers, and ambitious engineers often seek out the most prestigious institutions to further their studies. The United States boasts a renowned reputation for its top-tier engineering programmes, attracting students from across the globe. With a strong emphasis on research, innovation, and practical application, these universities offer an unparalleled educational experience.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
Jim Rohn, an American entrepreneur once said, “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments.” By this, Rohn means that without discipline, it’s almost impossible to achieve one’s goals. A critical view at the life and career of some gifted football players whose careers could have been better but for character-issues. In Nigeria, wonderful football players could not make the best of their career playing the round-leather game because of indiscipline.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
Nigerians’ quest for quality education knows no bounds as citizens continue to emigrate abroad as local institutions still grapple with excellence in learning outcomes. The number of Nigerian youth seeking greener pastures overseas through international education surges by year.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
The federal government is set to pay trainees in the planned vocational education system in its effort to address human capacity development gap in the country encourage economic growth. Tunji Alausa, the minister of education disclosed this in Channels Television programme on Politics Today recently, when he said the federal government plans to pay Nigerians who will enrol in technical and vocational schools.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a postponement of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration to Monday, February 3, 2025. JAMB had earlier scheduled the registration to begin on Friday, January 31, 2025, but for some reason a certain development has changed the commencement of the registration process to February 3. According to the board, the rescheduling is necessary to implement essential adjustments to the registration process.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
businessday.ng | Charles Ogwo
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that those who lost their previously used but lost SIM cards can now retrieve them for the coming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE). JAMB disclosed this on the board’s official X handle @JAMBHQ, amidst candidates complain of confusion on how to go about their profile codes and what to do about their lost SIM cards in the face of the coming registration.
