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By Gideon Tobiloba The Council for the Registration of Engineering in Nigeria in a bid to register more qualified engineering practitioners in Nigeria has concluded plans to conduct professional interview for eligible engineers. This professional interview is scheduled to hold at different geopolitical zones in the country. The professional interview is a procedure individuals trained in engineering must go through before they can be referred to as engineers and have licence to practice as engineers. The exercise which started in Abuja on the 3rd of October moved to Lagos where hundreds of engineers were assembled to be tested during the precess. In speaking with the Registrar of the Council Engr. Prof Joseph Odigure in Lagos during the exercise, he emphasized on the importance of the professional interview saying "if we truly want to curb quackery, building collapse and all other engineering or infrastrural deficit, then its a must we make all engineer pass through this

By Gideon Tobiloba As part of the policies of the Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (NIEEE) Engr. Adeyemi Kings FNIEEE, Vice Chairman of the institute,, in a private chat with the Engineering Today News Crew, elaborated on the need for NIEEE to continue to package an event like ICEPT. He said, they are at the forefront of the advocacy of power for all and strongly believe employment of renewable energy is the way to go. He also said, while addressing the undergraduates, that the future of the world is purely digital and no one can run away from ir. It has to be embraced and explored in order for a country to be able to meet up with the rest of the world. He talked to them about AI, Robotics, IoT, etc, encouraging them to factor these in their daily thinking and operation in order to be influence cars of the world. Exhibition was not left out as companies from different sectors, from the power sector to the renewable energy companies, to textile, to

By Gideon Tobiloba It was a time of knowledge impartation and professional submission at the ongoing 15th Annual International Conference and Exhibition on Power and Telecommunications organized by The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers {NIEEE}. This yearly event has become a convention where innovative ideas that can move a nation forward is shared. The Nigerian Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers {NIEEE} is a professional institution that seeks to promote professional competence and excellence among members through innovative contributions and development of sustainable solutions to challenging engineering problems by deploying efficient technologies. This is the focal point of this year’s conference with the theme: Managing Power and Communications in a Digital Economy. The National Chairman of NIEEE Engr Funso Adebayo FNIEEE started with a proposed bill to the National Assembly to be sponsored by the CBN to power the unserved areas in N

By Gideon Tobiloba The October lecture of the Nigerian Society of Engineers held at the National Engineering Centre in Abuja, apart from its usual sophisticated nature in terms of knowledge impartation, was an array of past presidents of the Society,  past and present presidents of the Council for the Registration of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and many other stakeholders that has made remarkable impact in the engineering ecosystem both in the private and public sector. In his opening address, the president of the Nigerian Society of Engineers Engr. Adekunle Mokuolu FNSE was full of praise for the lecturer of the day in person of Engr. Ademola Olorunfemi FNSE, who himself is a former president of the Society. Engr. Mokuolu said Engr. Olorunfemi is an erudite and a dedicated professional who has given all his career life to the recogniition of agricultural engineers and local content patronage in Nigeria. He further said the Nigerian Society of Engineers is a reservoir o