Faced with rising cases of Covid-19 infections and another imminent lockdown, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Lithuania and seven other countries have resumed use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Sweden, Denmark and Norway say they are still investigating and yet Read More …
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, has re-appointed by acclamation Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi for a second four-year term. The 35-nation Board re-appointed Grossi by unanimous decision in its meeting on 10 March, 2023. He Read More …
The Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Professor Ibrahim Dabo, announced plans by the university to build a car that will completely run on water as fuel. He was speaking on 4 March, 2023 on the anniversary of Read More …
Nigeria is to build four nuclear power plants of 1,000 megawatts each, for electricity generation. The process is at the bidding stage. Dr Yau Idris, Director-General, Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, NNRA, said this at the Nigerian International Energy Summit in Read More …
Nigerians held a general election on 25 February, 2023 to elect a new President and members of the National Assembly. The four main presidential candidates, according to the local media, were (in alphabetical order): Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, Rabiu Read More …
Work on world’s largest and France’s first fusion reactor, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER, suffered a setback as the nuclear regulatory body, Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire, ASN, ordered work stoppage until certain concerns are addressed. The project, based on Read More …
The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Rafael Grossi, on 7 February, 2024, led a team that visited the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant belonging to Ukraine but, occupied by Russia since 2022. This is the fourth visit by Read More …
The US, on 4 February, 2023 shot down an unmanned Chinese balloon which strayed into its territory. The Helium-filled balloon, which had two solar panels and payload the size of two buses, was flying at an altitude of 60 thousand Read More …
The Guinness Book of World Records has named Bobi, a Portuguese Rafeiro do Alentejo breed of dog, as the oldest dog ever. Bobi, on 1 February, 2023 was 30 years, 226 days old. The average life of dogs of that Read More …
In the last week of January, 2023 there were reports on Instagram and other social media of the discovery of electrically charged rocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This was even called a “groundbreaking discovery” capable of being developed Read More …
