The Nuclear Energy Innovation Summit for Africa, NEISA, 2025, has been held in Kigali, Rwanda. The summit, held to stimulate the adoption of peaceful nuclear energy in Africa, took place from June 30 to July 1, 2025. International Atomic Energy Read More …
The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is elliptical, not circular, in shape. If it were circular and the Sun is at the centre, the distance from the Earth to the Sun will never change. But, it is elliptical Read More …
Lab-grown meat is meat grown from an animal’s (stem) cells in a laboratory. Cells come together to form tissues in higher animals, and tissues come together to form organs, and organs form systems which make up the organism. Cells are 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 …
The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, NNRA, the country’s nuclear regulator, has revoked the licence of the Centre for Energy Research and Training, CERT, Zaria, to operate a radioactive waste storage facility. NNRA, on 28 January, 2025, said this was after Read More …
Africa, the second largest continent in the world today, is splitting into two continents to be separated by a sixth ocean. This will be in the next five to 10 million years. It has started as a giant rift or Read More …
What role can all the satellites launched for Nigeria play in efforts to prevent terrorism in the country and rescue the abducted schoolgirls and others still in captivity? In April, 2014, there was the kidnap of 276 schoolgirls from Government Read More …
A featherless breed of broiler chicken developed by poultry breeders is yet to gain recognition despite the many advantages it may have. It grows well in tropical climate without overheating and eliminates the need for expensive air-conditioners in poultry farms. Read More …
Satellite images from the 1970s to date show that Lake Chad, which provides economic livelihood to 30 million people, has shrunk by 90%. There is historical evidence of a Lake Mega Chad, about 1,000 years ago, connected to the Nile, Read More …
