The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is elliptical, not circular, in shape. If it were and the Sun is at the centre, the distance from the Earth to the Sun will never change. But it is elliptical or Read More …
Constitutional Crisis In Nigeria: What Is Two-Thirds of 19 States? In 1979, there was a presidential election in Nigeria. The law required the winner to score a simple majority and at least 25% of the votes in two-thirds of Read More …
China’s astronauts in the Shenzhou-14 mission to their space station, Tianhe, have returned to Earth. The astronauts are: Chen Dong as Commander, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe. They touched down in the Gobi desert in northern China by 13:10 WAT Read More …
The spy satellite named Malligyong-1 was launched on a new carrier rocket, Chollima-1, on late 21 November, 2023, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. The satellite, which is a first successful spy satellite by North Korea after two Read More …
COP27 was extended by one day, till 19 November, 2022 in a bid to reach consensus on contentious issues, particularly on creating a “loss and damage” fund to assist poor countries suffering disproportionately, from climate change. Deliberations on the draft Read More …
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Nigeria’s food and drugs regulator, has banned popular herbicides Paraquat and Atrazine. Moratorium for the exhaustion of available stock of Paraquat will be December, 2023, and Atrazine is January, Read More …
Derek Skipper, 92 years old, from Orwell in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, sat for the General Certificate of Secondary Education, GCSE, examination in Mathematics and passed. He scored Grade 5, the highest grade available on the foundation paper he took. He Read More …
Two female Research Fellows in the Centre for Energy Research and Training, CERT, Zaria, have been granted Reactor Operator Licences as Operator Class ‘C’. They are the first women qualified to be so licensed for the tank – in – Read More …
A young Nigerian woman, Prosper Oluwafunmibi Babalola, is breaking records locally, for languages by speaking 21 languages fluently. She speaks German, Spanish, Hindi, Korean, Japanese, Twi, Zulu, Russian, Chinese, Indonesian, Dutch, French, Latin, Italian, English, Hausa, Yoruba and Igbo, among Read More …
World leaders agree to raise more funds to help developing nations tackle climate change. They also agreed that nations return in a year with stricter targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. They further pledged to stop and reverse deforestation by Read More …
