NIMechE advocates commercialisation of indigenous innovations   By Olatunde Ajayi   Experts in mechanical engineering have emphasised the importance of commercialising indigenous innovations to rapid national economic development. The experts made the call at the 4th Annual Prof. Olusoji Ofi Distinguished Academic Lecture, organised by the Nigerian Institution of MechanicalContinue Reading

Engineering Regulations Get a Boost as Makinde Inaugurates Monitoring Committees. By Adewale Owoade Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated two key committees to ensure that engineering practices in the state meet global standards. The State Technical Committee (STC) and the State Expatriate Monitoring Committee (SEMC) will monitor and enforceContinue Reading

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has rejected Governor Ademola Adeleke’s nomination of ex-Finance Commissioner, Wale Bolorunduro, as a Director of Osun-owned Living Trust Mortgage Bank.   The Nation reports Adeleke appointed Boluwaduro, who served under the administration of Ex-Governor Rauf Aregbesola as the Director and Chairman of Living TrustContinue Reading

  Flowerbudnews The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Prof Abdullahi Yusufu Ribadu, has commended the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof Florence Banku Obi, for her passion in completing projects which were abandoned and for initiating new ones. Prof Ribadu who spoke while commissioning five projectsContinue Reading