Pope Francis has praised the 17th century French mathematician, Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662), for his “brilliant and inquisitive mind.” This was in the Pope’s eight-page Apostolic Letter on June 19, 2023 to mark the 400th anniversary of Pascal’s birth Read More …
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 …
Nigerian government has asked its citizens to take extra care to avoid Anthrax disease, a disease transmissible from animals to humans, which has been reported in northern Ghana, Burkina Faso and Togo with fatalities. Nigeria is intensifying animal vaccination along 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 …
The National Universities Commission, NUC, Nigeria’s university education regulator, gave provisional licence to 37 new private universities on 9 June, 2023. This brings the total number of universities in Nigeria to 264 with the number of private universities at 147. 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 …
All telecommunications companies in Nigeria like MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9mobile, now use a uniform Shortcode for their services. This took effect from 17 May, 2023. Call Center/Help Desk – 300. Voice Mail Deposit – 301. Voice Mail Retrieval -302. Borrow 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 …
Patrick Oghenerukevwe Esemitodje of Nigerian Tulip International College, Lagos, will represent the country in the 2023 Pan African Mathematics Olympiad, PAMO, and the International Mathematics Olympiad, IMO. PAMO will hold in Kigali, Rwanda, in May while IMO will hold in Read More …
Ike Ekweremadu, former Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, has been jailed for nine years, eight months for organ trafficking by Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, UK. Mr Ekweremadu, 60, was found guilty of plotting to harvest the kidney of a Read More …
