According to a new report by NTUC LearningHub, 84% of employers say the need for employees across various job roles and departments to have basic coding skills and knowledge is growing. The report by NTUC LearningHub also intends to offer insights on the importance of acquiring coding knowledge, the demand for
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The procurement function plays a vital role in strategic sourcing, ensuring that there is always the correct stock-on-hand while keeping the cost of raw materials low. This includes establishing strategic supply agreements while reducing redundant stock to a minimum. With direct and indirect materials making up at least 50% of typical
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Against the background of constant building collapse across the country, the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) said block moulders occupy a strategic position in the building industry and therefore should make quality their watchword. The SON gave the advice in Port Harcourt, Rivers State during a recent sensitisation workshop organised by
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Eight years after the privatisation of Nigeria’s electricity sector, system inefficiencies, particularly high Aggregate, Technical and Commercial (ATC&C) losses, ageing infrastructure, poor customer relationship management and a history of lower cost-reflective tariffs continue to mar the sector’s growth. This is according to a new report highlighted in a quarterly report published
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Many people have the misconception that the engineering mindset is logical and driven by reason, but the mindset is also a creative one. Engineers can imagine a new frontier and make it happen. Without them, low-noise earthquake-proof bullet trains that could hit 200 miles per hour will not be a reality
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The Nigerian Electricity Management Services Agency (NEMSA) has said that electricity meters produced in the country or imported do undergo three levels of test to ensure they are suitable for consumer usage. The Managing Director/CEO of NEMSA, Aliyu Tukur, said this was to ensure consumers were not cheated by electricity Distribution
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given approval for the NNPC to enter into agreement with ECOWAS for the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who briefed State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday
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Many may not know that Nigeria has continued to experience unprecedented cyber-attacks on commercial and individual platforms since 2021. Global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, Kaspersky, reported that Nigeria had 16.7 million cyberattacks in just six months, from January – June 2021, making the country, alongside Ethiopia, the countries with
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Examining the economic and environmental effects of the global energy crisis on Nigeria, which experts have identified as rising diesel prices, illegal bunkering, illegal refining, deforestation, among others The 2021–2022 global energy crisis is the most recent in a series of cyclical energy shortages experienced over the last 50 years. The
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We’ve all seen the words before—AR, MR, VR, XR. Abbreviations techies throw around almost as much as they throw hints about their wealth. But what do they mean? Are these just made up words similar to deliverables, huddle and COB? Well, the latter might be, but the abbreviations aren’t. The words refer to augmented reality
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