The great primatologist, Dr Jane Goodall, died on 1 October, 2025. She was aged, 91 years. Dr Jane Goodall was one of the best known conservationists in the world. She worked for six decades, mostly in Africa in the Gombe Read More …
Can science learn anything about longevity from Jonathan the Tortoise who is 192 years old? It hatched in 1832, five years before the coronation of Queen Victoria of England and turned 192 years old by 2024. It has outlived seven Read More …
A total lunar eclipse on the night of 7 September, 2025, was seen by 77% of the world’s population, or 6.2 billion people. This was from 18:30 till 19:52.WAT. Sky watchers in India, China and East Africa had a full Read More …
Nigerian Nobel laureate., Prof Wole Soyinka, in an interview with The NEWS/PM NEWS on 9 September, 2025, explained why he is declining a visa re-interview with the US consulate in Lagos, Nigeria. He was invited with others with B1/B2 visas Read More …
Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, NAEC, the focal nuclear agency in Nigeria, is yet to get a substantive Chief Executive Officer. Anthony Ekedegwa has been in acting capacity since September, 2024. He is yet to be confirmed, nor a qualified expert Read More …
Genetically Modified Organisms are obtained through the manipulation of their genome by adding or removing DNA in genes coding certain traits, that are necessary, in order to yield some desired characteristic(s) in the offsprings. A gene is the basic unit Read More …
Who wins in a fight to death between 100 unarmed men against one silverback gorilla? This has been a topic of debate of great interest with about half the respondents favouring the silverback and the other half favouring the men. Read More …
When there was no university in Nigeria, Chike Obi read from home in Onitsha, southeast Nigeria, for a first degree and Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of London. The first university in Nigeria, University of Ibadan, started as Read More …
Nigeria’s nuclear regulator is the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, NNRA. It was created by the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act (Act 19) of 1995, but it came into being in May, 2001. The pioneer Director-General was Professor Shamsideen B. Read More …
Shabani, this silverback, is considered the ‘most handsome’ gorilla in the world. Shabani is considered a symbol of how a handsome man should look like by Japanese women who call him “Ikeme” or handsome guy and flock in hundreds to Read More …
