Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, said the institution was collaborating with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. on stem cell research.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Abuja released the timetable for the Osun governorship election billed for Aug. 9, 2014.

In a statement released by Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, INEC’s Secretary, the commission said the notice of election would come up on April 1.

The Federal Government’s desire to achieve commercial oil production in the Chad Basin this year may not come to fruition, due to insecurity caused mostly by Islamic insurgency under the code name, Boko Haram.
Vanguard learnt that the various technical personnel who provided support services for exploration activities have left the region from fear of being killed, while geologists in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), also shunned the volatile Basin in Borno State for fear of losing their lives.

For fears that they might be members of the dreaded Boko Haram, Imo State government, weekend, sent back to Katsina about 84 persons.

Electricity supply in Nigeria, worsened in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2013, at the peak of the privatisation process, power poll results just released by NOIPolls Limited have shown.
The report said that although power supply to households worsened in Q4, nevertheless, majority of Nigerians (70 percent) were hopeful about the ongoing reform in the power sector.