Three of the16 Indian sailors, released by Nigerian authorities after a nine-month detention on accusation of oil theft, have arrived home at Kochi (also called Cochin) Airport in Kerala where they were welcomed with garlands by their families and Indian Read More …
Theodore Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber for his deadly bombing campaign against scientists, died in his prison cell on 10 June, 2023. He was aged 81 years. Ted Kaczynski was sentenced to life imprisonment, without an option of parole, after Read More …
Kathleen Folbigg, 55, an Australian mother of four, jailed for 40 years for killing all her children, has been pardoned and freed based on new scientific evidence. Her sentence was earlier reduced to 30 years, of which 25 years was Read More …
The United States says it has 1,419 nuclear warheads. Out of this, 662 are deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles and those that can be launched by heavy bombers. The US Department of State gave the figures on 16 Read More …
Scientists in the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, an international research team in US, has published a Pangenome or a draft of combined, complete gene map of 47 diverse persons. The 47 persons include individuals from Africa, Asia, America and Europe. Read More …
Nigeria’s 31 kw nuclear research reactor, NIRR-1, celebrates 20 years anniversary in 2024. Activities lined-up for the event include a symposium in the Conference Hall on 2 May, 2024, on the achievements, challenges and prospects since it started operation.The reactor, Read More …
On 7 March, 2024, armed men on motorcycles invaded the Local Government Education Authority School in Kuriga, Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, kidnapping 137 students in the secondary and primary school wings of the school , with a teacher. They shot Read More …
Tukur Mohammed Lawal Funtua has been appointed Managing Director of the Nigeria Communications Satellite ltd. He replaces Dr Abimbola Alale who retired from service. Funtua is a Chemical Engineer from Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria. He also holds an MBA and Read More …
In September, 2023, Mexico presented two bodies of ‘aliens’ sparking fresh debates globally, about the existence of extra-terrestrial intelligence among us. The specimens were dated 700 and 1,800 years and were about 60 cm tall. They had three fingers on Read More …
Russia and Ukraine export 28% of the world’s wheat while Ukraine is the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil. Both countries produce 13% of world’s wheat while Ukraine produces 42% of the world’s sunflower oil. Lebanon imports 80% of its Read More …
