…board in delivering its mandate. The forum resolved to tackle poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and out-of-school children, identified as major drivers of insecurity across the region. It emphasised sustained investments in education, agriculture, livelihoods, youth empowerment and skills development alongside ongoing…

…help us put more money in the hands of ordinary Nigerians while also improving pension literacy and awareness." Announcing the maiden National Pension Week, Oloworaran said: "It will hold from September 15 to 19. The initiative is designed to draw attention to the pension industry, bring stakeholders together, improve…

…acceptable assistance from unethical dependence. Training programmes on AI literacy should become part of postgraduate education so that emerging researchers understand both the strengths and limitations of these technologies. Ethical competence in AI use is rapidly becoming as important as competence in research metho…

…conducting step-down training for colleagues and communities, and expanding media literacy initiatives. To encourage responsible information sharing, participants formally adopted the #CheckBeforeYouPost campaign, urging Nigerians to verify information before publishing, forwarding or sharing content on digital platfor…

…courses delivered on Telegram and Teachable. Participants require only basic computer literacy to enrol, with learners ranging from job seekers and entrepreneurs to employees being upskilled by their organisations. Data Entry Academy and Varsity Scape previously participated in the Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowsh…

…conditions. She is committed to developing future talent and advancing financial literacy among younger generations. Before joining Unilever Nigeria Plc in 2018, she held key positions at UAC Plc, Helios Towers Nigeria, and Makasa Sun Nigeria Limited, where she established control frameworks from the ground up, elimina…

…of northern Nigeria, millions of young people remain trapped in a cycle of poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and hopelessness. Too many children are outside the formal education system. Too many young men and women possess neither vocational skills nor realistic economic prospects. Too many communities have watched op…

…he said. Reflecting on his more than four decades in Rotary, Babalola recounted how a literacy project he participated in as a young Rotaractor transformed his outlook on service. "I watched a woman hold a piece of paper and read her own name for the first time. That moment redirected me. I was not simply a young man w…

The drivers of insecurity in Nigeria are multi-dimensional and include poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, weak governance, corruption, ethnicity, religious extremism and marginalisation

…3) His condition verges on absolute poverty. 4) Her level of education verges on illiteracy. 5) The hedging verges on dishonesty. 6) The man's spiritual condition verges on apostasy. The verb border also takes the particle on and is synonymous with verge on: 1) His insensitivity borders on misanthropy. 2) The happy-go-…

…The partnership positions TikTok as a direct collaborator in NITDA's broader digital literacy push, joining a growing list of public and private sector partnerships the agency has formed in recent months to expand digital inclusion across the country. What you should know The TikTok partnership adds to NITDA's expandin…

…parts of Africa. That does not happen by accident. It requires governments to treat AI literacy as workforce infrastructure rather than a digital add-on. It requires large technology companies to invest in free, practical, human-led training at a genuine scale, not just content libraries. And it requires employers, fro…

Experts are calling for urgent action on financial literacy as an emerging “kids economy” reshapes the opportunities — and risks — facing Africa’s youngest generation. Children today are growing up in a world that moves at the speed of a tap. Digital transactions, online commerce, creator economies, and financial decis…