There have been arguments over the possibility of some traditional and religious belief systems which have come to be generally accepted. One of them is that of a virgin birth and that Jesus could be born by Virgin Mary as Read More …
Emeritus Professor Alex Animalu was President, Nigerian Academy of Science 2001 – 2002; Winner of Nigerian National Merit Award in 2000, and Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, 1999 – 2001. He was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo to Read More …
NASA continued to facilitate research work on the possibility of growing crops in space with the launch of Crew-11 to the International Space Station, ISS, on 1 August, 2025, with the Falcon 9 rocket. In the payload, launched from John 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 …
Pope Leo XIV marked 56 years of human Moon landing on 20 June, 2025, with a visit to the Cupole of Vatican Observatory in the Apostolic Palace of Castle Gandolfo. The Pope looked through the telescopes and admired the heavenly 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 …
