Category: Science
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Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Okeho marks Founder’s Day
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Senate Committee Chairman on Aviation, Abdulfatai Omotayo Buhari, PhD, (right) and former Vice Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Prof. Adeniyi Sulaimon Gbadegesin, at the first Founders…
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Nigerian researcher making global impact at the intersection of health, design, and intelligent technology
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As populations across the world continue to age, scientists and technologists are rethinking how everyday environments can support cognitive health, independence, and overall well-being. Among those contributing to this global…
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Okebukola, Ex-NUC Scribe, Charges Varsities On Emerging Technology
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By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin Professor Peter Okebukola, former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) has advised the Commission to develop an accreditation framework to cater for the emerging…
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YABATECH researchers secure over ₦62m in prestigious TETFund/NRF Research Grants
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By Adebisi Aikulola Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) has once again asserted its leadership in technological innovation and research excellence, with two of its staff winning over ₦62.9 million in…
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Nigerian Tech Mogul Pitches a Homegrown Defense Revolution
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…Says “We Can End Insurgency with What We Have” In the heart of Nigeria’s capital, behind the gates of a sleek industrial complex, Dr. Bright Echefu is making a claim…
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Israeli strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility extremely effective -US officials
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US officials have disclosed that initial battle damage assessments indicate that the Israeli strikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility were extremely effective and went far beyond superficial damage to exterior…
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God told me RCCG Council will one day hold meetings on the moon -Adeboye
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By Adebisi Aikulola Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of RCCG, says God told him the church’s governing council will “one day hold a meeting on the moon.” Speaking at the…
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EMTA Ojo Foundation Awards Full-Tuition Scholarship to Outstanding Modakeke Student
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The Elizabeth Mojirola and Thomas Adesiyan (EMTA) Ojo Foundation, sponsored by Aare Adedayo Ojo (Arole Omogbede), has announced Amusan Oluwaseyitan Joshua as the sole beneficiary of its prestigious full-tuition scholarship…
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New COVID-19 variant, XEC, emerges in Europe, US
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A new strain of COVID-19 which has been predicted to become the dominant variant globally in the next few months, is rapidly spreading through Europe and the United States. The…
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The Great Pager Detonation: The End of Phones and Computers on Airplanes?
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Is “Operation Below the Belt” the End of Phones and Computers on Airplanes? Earlier, some entity—presumably Israel—caused 3,000 pagers used by Hezbollah to detonate simultaneously. It was a unique operation…
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Saudi Hospital Completes World’s First Fully Robotic Heart Transplant
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A cardiac team at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has completed a historic world’s first fully robotic heart transplant. The feat, which took…
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NAFDAC Signs MoU With South Korea
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) Seoul, South Korea.…
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UTM Solicits NCDMB’s Equity Investment, Approvals For Floating LNG Project
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UTM Offshore Limited, promoters of Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas, FLNG, facility has requested the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to invest equity in the project and…
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Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium; now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth
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Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert. Flores de Callata’s native Kolla people have spent centuries…
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R&D: NCDMB hosts oil industry players, academics
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Oil and gas industry stakeholders and leading academics on March 5, 2024 began a three-day Research and Development, R&D, Zonal Workshop at the Niger Delta University, NDU, Amassoma. The event…
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Private lander makes first US moon landing in more than 50 years
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A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to…
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Nigerians To Suffer More Days of Heat –NiMet
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…Convulsion in Children, Disease Outbreak Imminent …Three Ways To Stay Safe The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, has said that the excessive heat being experienced in the country presently would remain…
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Japan Becomes Fifth Country To Land Spacecraft On The Moon
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Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon when one of its spacecraft without astronauts successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface early Saturday. However,…
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FG to commission Facility for Gas Leak Detection Device and Printed Circuit Board
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The Federal Government through the Ministry of Petroleum Resources will on Thursday commission the Amal Technology’s production facility for Gas Leak Detection Device and Printed Circuit Board, at Idu, Abuja.…
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COP28: Jamboree, profligacy or serious business?
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By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Nigeria, as I have often said, is a country of one scandal, one minute. Before you have settled down to digest one, another…