The new webometric ranking (July 2019 version 8.1.0 BETA), has ranked University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), as number one in Nigeria, 17 in Africa and 1,108 in the world. Tagged: Transparent Ranking: Top Universities by Citations in Top Google Scholar Profiles, and ...
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NABDA develops household biogas digesters for Nigerians
The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) has invented Anaerobic Digestion Technology (ADT) digesters, capable of converting organic wastes to biogas. Its Environmental Biotechnology and Bio-conservation Department (EBD) spearheaded the invention. Speaking at the unveiling of the prototype bio-digesters and bio-methane ...
Read More »CBN targets harvest of cotton in October as NCDMB boss lauds firm for investing in textile industry
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has concluded arrangements to commence harvesting its cotton plants in October this year. Assistant Director, Department of Foreign Direct Investment (DFDI) at CBN, Bademosi Tinuola, disclosed this yesterday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State at ...
Read More »Ekiti promises to stop illegal collection of fees in public schools
Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said that the state government would soon issue a blanket guideline that will curb illegal collection of fees in public schools across the state, insisting that education remains free in the state’s public schools. ...
Read More »ICPC cautions students against inducing lecturers sexually for marks
Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, has cautioned students in higher institutions against inducing their lecturers sexually to pass their examinations. Owasanoye, who gave the warning during the inauguration of Students ...
Read More »Benue, Nasarawa governors meet, commit to peace, unity, security
Benue and Nasarawa states have made a pledge to keep the peace and unity between both states in the face of obvious threats to their security, unity and brotherliness. This was the consensus yesterday when Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa ...
Read More »Agency increases financial support for UK businesses in Nigeria
United Kingdom (UK) Export Finance (UKEF), the export finance agency of the UK government, has confirmed that it has doubled the country’s limit for companies desiring to do business with Nigeria from £750m to £1.25b. UKEF has also entered into ...
Read More »Kwara reviews budget, gov AbdulRazaq insists on addressing people’s needs
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has insisted that the state’s budget must address people’s needs. He directed top civil servants to meet him at the state’s school of special needs for the review of their budgets. The governor said he ...
Read More »APC might lose Kogi, Edo, others over chieftains’ face-off, party chief forewarns
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Yekini Nabena, has raised the alarm that the ruling party might lose the gubernatorial elections in Kogi, Bayelsa, Edo, Ondo and Anambra states holding between this year and next on ...
Read More »Sultan of Sokoto, Chukwuma, others lament dimension of nation’s insecurity
Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III and Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province (Anglican Communion), Reverend Emmanuel Chukwuma have expressed worries over the new dimension of insecurity in the country. The Sultan cautioned that Nigerians must sit together to find ...
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