There have been arguments over the possibility of some traditional and religious belief systems which have come to be generally accepted. One of them is that of a virgin birth and that Jesus could be born by Virgin Mary as Read More …
Emeritus Professor Alex Animalu was President, Nigerian Academy of Science 2001 – 2002; Winner of Nigerian National Merit Award in 2000, and Director/Chief Executive Officer, National Mathematical Centre, Abuja, 1999 – 2001. He was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo to Read More …
Genetically Modified Organisms are obtained through the manipulation of their genome by adding or removing DNA in genes coding certain traits, that are necessary, in order to yield some desired characteristic(s) in the offsprings. A gene is the basic unit Read More …
Who wins in a fight to death between 100 unarmed men against one silverback gorilla? This has been a topic of debate of great interest with about half the respondents favouring the silverback and the other half favouring the men. Read More …
When there was no university in Nigeria, Chike Obi read from home in Onitsha, southeast Nigeria, for a first degree and Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of London. The first university in Nigeria, University of Ibadan, started as 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 sixth of August, 2025, marks the 80th anniversary of the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan by the US bomber B-29, named Enola Gay. Three days after, it bombed another Japanese city, Nagasaki. The world’s first Read More …
A 61-year-old man, Keith McAllister, wearing a 20 lbs (9 kg) chain locked to his neck, was pronounced dead a day after he was drawn-in by a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine in Nissau Open MRI in Westbury, New York’s Long Read More …
Air India’s Boeing 787 dreamliner departing Ahmedabad Airport, India, for Gatwick Airport, London, crashed 32 seconds after takeoff on 12 June, 2025, killing 260 people. There were 241 people on board – 230 passengers, 12 crew – and 19 people Read More …
‘World’s oldest baby’ from an embryo frozen in storage tank for a little over 30 years has been born. The baby, named Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, was born on 26 July, 2025, in Ohio, USA to Lindsey and Tim Pierce. The Read More …
