Morocco’s Triga Mark 11 Reactor has joined the Internet Reactor Laboratory project in the Centre for Energy Research and Training, CERT, Nigeria. This was on 11 April, 2023 and broadens the capacity-building network in nuclear reactors using the internet in Read More …
Nigeria plans to launch two more military satellites. This was disclosed by the Chief of Defence Space Administration, Air Vice Marshal Ayoola Jolasinmi, when he visited the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi, on 31 March, 2023. The Ground Read More …
Robots are machines that can perform tasks automatically by means of commands programmed in them. They have replaced many tasks done by humans, especially those that are dangerous or repetitive like with the Automotive Industry Robots and Industrial Floor Scrubbers. Read More …
Nigerian government has shut financial institutions operating online without authorisation. Some of the affected financial institutions include: GoCash, Okash, EasyCredit, Kashkash, Speedy Choice, Easy Moni and Sokoloan. The Nigerian authorities say they are not registered in Nigeria with the Corporate 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 …
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 …
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 …
SpaceX’s Starlink internet services have taken-off in Nigeria. This is shortly after the country’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami’s assurance that the services will soon start in the country. A software engineer in Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, Bello Read More …
