The University of Ibadan Research Foundation (UI-RF) on Thursday evening launched a think tank expected to translate research to innovations, strategies and policies for national development. The university launched the initiative in partnership with more than 12 organisations in different walks of life at the Trenchard Hall of the institution. The organisations spread across agriculture,
A housewife, Fausat Akinola, on Thursday told a Grade `C’ Customary Court, Agodi in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria, that her husband of 15 years, one Sarafa Akinola, used to tie her to a tree in front of their house. Fausat, a mother of three, said this when testifying before the court in a divorce suit
FORMER Governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, on Thursday criticised the Goodluck Jonathan administration for its failure to check corruption in the country, saying he did not do enough in security, the economy and other sectors. Mr. Tinubu also highlighted the successes of the Muhammadu Buhari administration so far. The All Progressives Congress leader
The world football governing body, FIFA, has announced the pots for the 2018 World Cup. The announcement was made on its website on Thursday. Nigeria is placed in Pot 4, which means Nigeria will not play any of the countries in that pot. Those countries are Serbia, Australia, Japan, Morocco, Panama, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia.
A 500-year-old painting of Christ believed to have been painted by Leonardo da Vinci has been sold in New York for a record $450m (£341m). The painting is known as Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World). It is the highest auction price for any work of art and brought cheers and applause at the packed
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the date for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, made the announcement on Wednesday during a meeting in Abuja with critical stakeholders on the plans and programmes for the 2018 UTME and Direct Entry (DE). The board proposed March 9 –
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has revoked the resident permit of expatriate staff of six companies operating in the country. The Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mr Muhammad Babandede, announced this in Abuja on Wednesday in a statement issued by Mr Sunday James, spokesman of the agency. James identified the companies as
Prof. Paul Mamza, National President, Polymer Institute of Nigeria (PIN), has advised the Federal Government to provide financial support and equipment to manufacturers of made-in-Nigeria goods to boost Growth Domestic Production (GDP). Mamza made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. Mamza said such backing
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had arrested a former Kano State High Court Judge, Justice Kabiru Auta, for an alleged N220 million fraud. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Okoduwa said the suspect was detained on Tuesday when he
Chinese shoppers spent a record $25 billion online on this year’s “Singles Day” promotion run by e-commerce giant Alibaba, up nearly 40 percent from last year, figures showed on Sunday. At the peak, 256,000 payments were being processed per second on Saturday, the firm said, more than 90 percent of them placed via mobile. The