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The significance of digital skills in the current digital era cannot be underemphasized. As such, harnessing digital skills with Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is paramount. This study therefore, explored the digital skills required to be harnessed with TVET for instructional delivery in Colleges of Education in South west Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The purposeful sampling technique was adopted for the study. The study's participants were 293 including seven (7) Head of Departments (HODs), twenty-six (26) TVET Lecturers and two hundred and sixty (260) TVET students in their third year. The participants were drawn from Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Lagos State, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education,Otto- janikin, Lagos, Federal College of Education,Osiele Abeokuta, and Osun State College of Education, Ilesha. Reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach Alpha method which yielded 0.88. Findings of the study depict that skills in creating videos without software and Skills in creating presentation in Colleges of Education should be blended with TVET. It was recommended that skills in creating videos without software and skills in creating presentation in Colleges of Education should be blended with TVET.

Digital marketing comprises all marketing efforts that use the internet such as engines, email and websites social media etc among others that can be used to connect with the current and prospective customers. The objective of this study was to examine the perceived influence of digital marketing on employment among business education students in tertiary institutions, with particular reference to Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Yaba-Lagos. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study and 70 respondents were used for this research. It was found out that Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, Snapchat and Telegram are the commonly used digital platforms. From the grand mean of 3.40; it was observed that digital marketing had an influence on employment. It was concluded that digital marketing training can be beneficial for students in so many ways, professionally and personally.

Over time, there has been rise in interest on African anthropology and a high percentage rate of change in fashion. With the paradigm shift in culture and society, it has glowed. This sparks a greater interest in the study of clothing variation with an eye toward its unity. The area of clothing, which is known for self-conscious, change has been a crucial instrument for identifying affiliation or classifying individuals and groups of cultures, and as such has had a considerable impact on the categorization of subcultures. The dressed body is considered to be both the subject of and the object of dress practice in this paper, which examines “reflection of fashion in African Cultural Identities” a variety of approaches and concepts for a perceptible trend as a focus on agency, practice, and performance. In clothing study, the process making and its consumption site are also clear. The human clothing has typically been considered to be something that represents something else rather than being something in and of itself, but recent initiatives to reengage materiality indicate that this perspective is shifting. Findings shows that some scholars look at the significance of apparel in the context of the complete economic circuit and the unequal connections between its participants, there hasn't been much research on the challenges surrounding clothing and its effect on African culture.

This paper discusses role of Office Technology and Management Education (OTME) in the production of skilled and competent workforce for employment and sustainable national development. The paper also examines the concepts of Office Technology and Management Education (OTME), National Development, Skills Acquisition and Competency. It went further to explain some global competencies acquired by graduates of OTME for them to be relevant in the labour market. The paper also discussed the numerous roles of OTME in the national development and hindrances to the effective implementation of the OTME Curriculum which includes window dressing for Accreditation Exercise, Inadequacy of funds, Corruption and mismanagement of funds, inadequacy of human resources, epileptic power supply, ineffective evaluation and assessment system and Inadequacy of physical Training facilities among others which impede the roles of OTME in national development. The paper concluded that OTME is an educational programme which aims at self-reliance and production of employer of labour which are vital in the contemporary Nigeria. Management of tertiary institutions and department of OTME should avoid window dressing for Accreditation Exercise and set up monitoring teams to monitor, among others, among others, were recommended.

This paper centered on application of Vocational and Technical Education for sustainable human security in Nigeria. Survey method was used in the work. A total sample of 150 public Servants consist of Health workers, Educationists, Engineers, Social workers, transport and Enforcement agency staff in Mushin Local Government area constituted the sample of the study. A structured questionnaire tagged Sustainable Human Security Rating Scale (SHSRS) was used as a research instrument for detail collection. Two experts validated the instrument while Cronbach alpha was used to obtain the reliability coefficient of 0.857. Two research questions were posed to guide the study. One hundred and fifty (150) copies of the questionnaire were administered, retrieved and used for the study. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyze research questions in the study. Findings show that human security challenges are due to rising poverty, unemployment, economic and environmental imbalance, climate change, population increase, as well as lack of proper education and orientation on peaceful coexistence. It was however found that Vocational and Technical education is the most effective instrument with the capacity to re-orient the psychology of the people for human security in Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was suggested that there is need for awareness on the importance and causes of human insecurity, invest in vocational and technical education in order to empower youths for self-reliance, organize continuous skills training for the unemployed youth through vocational and technical education and provide conducive teaching and learning environments.

Snail slime has been perceived to make snail flesh unattractive and is usually removed from the snail meat to be discarded as waste during home processing. This study evaluated the slime of Achatina marginata snail for its proximate and mineral compositions and antibacterial properties following established techniques. The standard procedures of AOAC (1990) were followed to analyze the proximate composition and mineral analysis while agar well diffusion was done to determine the snail slime’s antibacterial properties against Bacillus subtilis and Salmonella typhi. The analysis's findings showed that the slime's proximate composition (%) was moisture 88.15 ± 0.07 %, ash 1.385 ± 0.04%, crude fat 0.12 ± 0.01%, crude protein 1.305 ± 0.02% and carbohydrate contents 6.29 ± 0.08%. According to the results of the mineral analysis, the sodium content of the slime was highest (78.3 mg/100 g) followed by calcium (66.25 mg/100 g) and then phosphorus (32.61 mg/100 g) and potassium (27.18 mg/100g). Magnesium was moderately present in the slime (13.72mg/100g) while iron and zinc were present at low amounts (1.83 mg/100 g and 1.07 mg/100 g respectively). The result of the antibacterial activity revealed that the slime exhibited a higher inhibitory power against Bacillus subtilis and Salmonella typhi with zones of inhibition of 24.83 mm and 19.00 mm respectively when compared to levofloxacin with zones of inhibition of 23.17 mm and 16.33 mm against Bacillus subtilis and Salmonella typhi respectively. This study therefore encourages the use of slime from Archachatina marginata for nutrition and medicinal preparations.

Sheep production is multi-dimensional in utility, promoting global human and economic growth and, most notably, food security (dietary protein source for humans). The Dohne Merino (DM) breed and its unique features, such as adaptation, lambing rate, survival rate, maternal quality, wool traits, and meat quality, have earned international recognition and acceptance as one of the best among sheep breeds. Presently, this dual-purpose breed is in high demand by both major and minor sheep-producing countries by both commercial and smallholder farmers. It can be assumed and projected that by 2030, Dohne merino will have taken a more significant percentage of the genetic composition of all the sheep breeds in the World. This could play a huge role in the national development goal of food security for all by 2030 adopted by South Africa from WHO international development plans. Therefore, this paper aimed to highlight the unique features of Dohne merino and its prospect in South Africa and the World's food security by 2030.

This research investigates the influence of entrepreneurship development on employment generation in selected small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Ogun State, Nigeria. The paper also emphasizes the essential entrepreneurial skills required for establishing SMEs. The study employed a survey research design, where a sample of 80 entrepreneurs was randomly selected, and data was collected through a questionnaire. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and regression analysis to test the hypotheses at a significance level of 5%. The findings indicate a positive correlation between entrepreneurship development and employment generation in SMEs, highlighting the crucial role of entrepreneurship development in creating jobs in this sector. Additionally, the results demonstrate that changes in employment generation in SMEs can be attributed to entrepreneurship development. Consequently, entrepreneurship development forms the foundation for promoting employment generation in small and medium scale enterprises. Recognizing the significant role of entrepreneurship development in job creation, the paper recommends focusing policy efforts on establishing supportive facilities for entrepreneurs and enhancing their employment generation capabilities through skills development, upgrading, and certification.