Financial Services firm, Deloitte has released its annual Football Money League,which charts the revenues of Europe’s top football clubs. For this year, former number one, Manchester United, has fallen 2 spots to third place and was overtaken by Spanish counterparts, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. AS Roma, AC Milan and Newcastle United appeared on this year’s list newly. The top performers for this year are listed below: Real Madrid 750.9 million euros FC Barcelona 690.4 million euros Manchester United 666…

Thursday, 31st of January brought the mid-season transfer window to an end. Below is a list of transfers from the first to last day of this window in our favourite teams in England LiverpoolOut Pedro Chirivella (Extremadura) On loan Nathaniel Clyne (AFC Bournemouth) On loan Ovie Ejaria (Reading) On loan Lazar Markovic (Fulham) Free Liam Miller (Kilmarnock) On loan Dominic Solanke (AFC Bournemouth) £19m  Manchester CityIn Ante Palaversa (Hadjuk Split) £7m Out Ante Palaversa (Hadjuk Split) on loan Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid) £22m Ed Francis (Wolves) UndisclosedLuke…

The highly anticipated University of Ibadan Medical Students’ Association’s (UIMSA) Savings, Investment, Economy and Business (SIEB) Summit was held on the 5th of February 2019, at the Paul Hendrickse lecture theatre, UCH. The programme which was scheduled to start at 10am began officially at about 10:56am, with two of the speakers present namely; Dr Abib Olamitoye and Muktar Mohammed. The interactive session was moderated by Atere Semiloore, a 300 level medical student of the University of Ibadan. The following are…

The National Association of Nigerian Students has announced plans to boycott the 2019 elections over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The students union disclosed this in a press release tagged ‘Operation no resumption, no Election’, signed by its President, Comrade Danielson Akpan, adding that the prolonged ASUU strike is a ‘deliberate ploy to disenfranchise our members, especially those who are registered within their school environments.’ The Union said the decision was taken following the…

First of all, it is not a real word! And it’s use as a slang is not related to signatures at all. Signology: The art of communicating with someone by using random hand motions that are generally irrelevant to what you are actually trying to say. (Leading definition on urban dictionary, 2019) . We all understand the annoyance that comes with hearing yet another person say something like, “You’re just here for the signature” “Sha bring your signology”. Like, what else are…

It is no longer news that the current executives of the University of Ibadan Medical Students Association have constantly pleaded with UIMSAITES to pay up their annual dues for smooth running of the tenure. As the activities planned within the tenure draws close and the Health Week draws closer with the looming financial challenges, UIMSA PRESS set out to get information as regards the financial stability of the association. Speaking with the UIMSA Financial Secretary on the issue, she gave…

It is no longer news that Nigeria’s numero uno tertiary health institution, the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan is about to witness another kind of radical transformation with the emergence of Professor Jesse Abiodun Olubanjo Otegbayo as the new helmsman, the new Chief Medical Director. After undergoing serious and rigorous tests, interviews and discussion sessions, the great Nigerian scholar and administrator emerged as the best among equals and his appointment was promptly ratified by the authorities above. For the benefit…

Japan’s Naomi Osaka has won the Australian Open for her second consecutive Grand Slam title by beating Petra Kvitova 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-4 in the final. The 21-year-old Osaka also becomes the first tennis player from Japan to reach number one in the rankings. Osaka held three match points at 5-3 in the second set but couldn’t close it out. She allowed Kvitova to come back and win 23 of 27 points to take that set and go up 1-0…

Allegations of child abuse have been made against Michael Jackson since the early 1990s but the Gavin Arvizo case was the first time these charges had been made in court. The release of a documentary accusing the late King of Pop of sexual allegation against children has left many people bewildered. The documentary was released at the 2019 Sundance film festival in Park City, Utah, United State. Leaving Neverland, which chronicles accusation of child molestation against the late King of…

Frenkie de Jong says he held talks with Pep Guardiola about joining Manchester City before he decided to move to Barcelona. The Spanish champions announced the signing of the Ajax midfielder on Thursday, with De Jong moving to the Nou Camp in the summer for £65m. However, De Jong says several of European football’s biggest clubs were chasing his signature, telling Dutch broadcaster NOS: “I spoke to PSG, yes.” “I rang Maxwell (PSG’s sporting coordinator) to tell him I was…