In 2025, we sat with policymakers, experts, and practitioners to unpack complex issues shaping our development. Here are a few highlights.
Drug abuse among UNIABUJA students alarming – Ex-VC Maikudi: Days before her removal, Aisha Maikudi, a professor and Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, spoke about substance abuse cutting across both genders on campus, a crisis many university leaders privately acknowledge but rarely discuss publicly.
Nigeria’s TVET programme set to take off, enrollees to receive N22,500 stipend – NBTE boss: The executive secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Idris Bugaje, a professor, explained how the new technical education initiative aims to address youth unemployment, providing concrete details on stipends and implementation that moved beyond government press releases.
Emergency preparedness remains poor in Nigerian schools – Esuruoso: The Lead Resource Person for Safe Schools Lagos (SSLAG), Bisi Esuruoso, challenged the ‘God forbid’ mindset around school safety, arguing that every school should require a safety license to operate.
