Science and Technology

Experts Raise Questions as Nigeria Officially Joins BRICS as Partner Country

By Michael OlugbodeNigeria has officially joined BRICS to become the ninth partner country with Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.This is just as experts have raised...

Prof Okorie Austine Uche is the New COREN Registrar

Sir. Engr. Prof. Okorie Austine Uche FNSE FNICE KJW , Former Chairman NSE, Kano Branch, Pioneer Chairman, NSE,...

Eyewitness reveals how power generator caused Niger petrol tanker tragedy

It has emerged that the generator powering the transloading of petrol from a fallen tanker to another caused...

Brazil announces Nigeria as BRICS partner country

The Brazilian government has announced the formal admission of Nigeria as a partner country in the multinational bloc...

How Dangote Refinery is affecting European markets – OPEC

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, has said Dangote Refinery is affecting European markets, as importation of...

Why Monday is the most dangerous day on a building site

By Milad HaghaniAustralia’s construction industry employs more than 1.3 million workers. That’s about 9% of the workforce. But construction sites can be dangerous workplaces. There...

12-year-old Nigerian pupil gets $11.5m to install her virus-removal air filter in US schools

According to reports out of Connecticut, a 12-year-old Nigerian pupil, Eniola Shokunbi Eniola and her team has received a grant of $11.5 million to...

Top 10 longest bridges in Africa

By Lawrence AgboBridges play a crucial role in connecting people and places, and in Africa, they tell stories of innovation and progress. From the...

10 countries with the most valuable natural resources

By Lawrence Agbo Beneath the soil of some countries lies immense natural resources that fuel global economies, power industries, and shape geopolitics.From vast oil reserves...

Why big oil and gas firms might want the Paris agreement to survive

by Annie Snelson-Powell, University of Bath ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods has urged president-elect Donald Trump to not take the US out of the Paris...

A clean break: Scientists convert plastics into soaps and detergents

by Virginia TechAs an undergraduate student at Zhejiang University in eastern China, Greg Liu went with some of his classmates on a university-sponsored trip...