Minister urges youths to be good ambassadors
MINISTER of State for Science and Technology, Mohammed
Abdullahi has called on parents and guardians to encourage their children and
wards to embrace science...
In Science, tech Nigeria still limps despite vision 2020
IT IS a new year, a new decade, and dawn of an era in Nigeria’s science and technology. Given that a nation's growth and...
Anambra to mount surveillance cameras on street side trees
ANAMBRA State Government will soon launch CCTV Security Initiative in the state as the state executive council has approved the purchase of surveillance cameras...
Ambode awards N10m seed fund to three RSW students
LAGOS State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has awarded N10million seed fund to the best three graduating students of the Ready.Set.Work (RSW) Initiative.
20 year- old graduate...
Awka, cradle of craftsmanship – Nweke
AWKA kingdom is renowned for its ingenuity and craft in local technology and innovation. Historical records reveal that the town is proficient in the...
Workshop holds on renewable energy
POWER for All, a firm focused on addressing Africa's energy poverty and increasing energy access through renewable energy held a workshop with the theme,...
Need for low carbon power
MAN has caused a lot of damage to his environment in many ways,, though there is no way this kind of damage could not...
Lab-grown meat could be in restaurants by 2021
A DUTCH company that presented the world's first lab-grown beef burger five years ago said Tuesday, that it has received funding to pursue its...
Australian scientists develop new blood test for major skin cancer
RESEARCHERS in Australia have developed the "world's first" blood test for early-stages melanoma, hailing it as a breakthrough that could increase survival rates from...
Federal Govt prioritises girl-child devp
By Emeka Chiaghanam
FEDERAL Government is giving priority to the girl child development by promoting science and technology education in tertiary institutions, says Minister of...
Sidmach Graduates First Set of its AppFactory Graduate Interns
By Emeka chiaghanam
In line with its goal of capacity building for fresh graduates in Nigeria, the famous indigenous software company, Sidmach Technologies Nigeria Limited,...
Chinese firm develops laser gun
By Emeka chiaghanam
A Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters’ hair or banners from...
University Don decries waning interest in science education
By Emeka chiaghanam
Acting Head of Department, Pure and Industrial Physics, Paul University, Awka, Anambra State, Pretty Isi, has identified poor foundation as the major...
Ex-CIA engineer ‘who leaked CIA secrets to WikiLeaks’ in trouble
THE United States has filed charges against Joshua Schulte, a software engineer who allegedly leaked disclosed thousands of top-secret files pertaining to CIA's cyberwarfare...
Technology centre too broke, orders staff to pay for ID cards
THE Centre for Satellite Technology Development, one of the centres under the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has reportedly directed members of...
Researchers discover key gene that effect woman’s fertility
CHINESE researchers at Nanjing Medical University have discovered a gene called MTOR which, which is significant in the ability of women to release healthy...
Australia fines Apple $6.6M over bricked devices
By Emeka Chiaghanam
APPLE has been fined $6.6 million by the Australian Federal Court for anti-consumer practices following a legal challenge by a consumer rights...
Uganda taxes social media users as Mongolia bans its workplace usage
UGANDA'S parliament has passed a law to tax those who use social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Viber, and WhatsApp.
The controversial tax was...
UN Technology Bank opens in Turkey
By Emeka Chiaghanam
THE United Nations (UN) has opened Technology Bank in Turkey, to help poor nations leapfrog development challenges, by addressing the development needs...
Osinbajo assures Nigerian inventors of FG support
By Emeka Chiaghanam
VICE President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has assured young Nigerian inventors and Start-ups of Federal Government's support to enable them to succeed, as...
Creative manufacturing, handmade sector can craft post-COVID-19 future
THE COVID-19 pandemic has had a mixed effect on consumption. Some categories and distribution channels for “essential goods and services” – from...
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding father, Last leader of Africa’s liberation era, dies at 97
KENNETH Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died at...
Researchers train bees to smell coronavirus
RESEARCHERS at Start-up InsectSense and Wageningen Bioveterinary Research have trained bees to extend their tongues when they smell the coronavirus. The coronavirus,...
New app tracks human mobility and COVID-19
TO UNDERSTAND just how COVID-19 affected human movement on a global scale, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences Department...
Tobacco kills 146m Africans yearly – WHO
...Says one in 100 global deaths is by suicide
WORLD Health Organisation has revealed that no fewer than 146...
