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Scientists in South Africa have won an award for work that could lead to a safer, cheaper treatment for people bitten or scratched by rabid animals.
LABORATORY experiments for the genetically modified (GM) cassava have been completed and the National Crops Resource Research Institute (NCRRI) Namulonge has sought permission from the National biosafety committee to transfer the genetically modified cassava from the green house to the field.
Executive Chairman, Zamfara State Teachers' Service Board (TSB), Alhaji Nasir Ahmed Kotorkoshi has ascribed the problems facing the development of education in the north to the dearth of qualified science teachers.
Kogi State Government has said it would establish additional science secondary schools to the existing 18 and employ more qualified teachers to help salvage the declining quality of education.
THE Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has warned that the Federal Government's decision to pander to the dictates of local or foreign modern biotechnology promoters of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is tantamount to surrendering Nigeria's food sovereignty to colonialists whose only interest is profit
The 63rd General Assembly of the United Nations has adopted a resolution proclaiming 2011 as International Year of Chemistry, a UN statement said.
To focus on its science and technology initiatives, Kano State government has decided to set up a ministry of science and technology to coordinate the implementation of the state's vision and goals on information technology (ICT).
Beneath the surface of Earth's second-largest continent is a wealth of minerals, petroleum, water and geothermal energy. African scientists are working to develop and manage this vast resource, but more scientists are needed to strengthen the work force in Africa's natural-resource sector and drive economic growth.
Beneath the surface of Earth's second-largest continent is a wealth of minerals, petroleum, water and geothermal energy. African scientists are working to develop and manage this vast resource, but more scientists are needed to strengthen the work force in Africa's natural-resource sector and drive economic growth.
Mrs Grace Ekpiwhre, the immediate-past Minister of Science and Technology, says food shortage and diseases plaguing the African continent can be addressed through purposeful scientific research.
Kano Science School Old Students Association (KASSOSA) has commanded the good effort of the Governor, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, for awarding contracts worth N400 million for the complete renovation of Dawakin Kudu and Dawakin Tofa Science Colleges. Similarly, the association thanked the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, for the complete rehabilitation of the science secondary schools in ...
Right from the olden times, human beings were aware that the world consisted of infinitely diverse things.
A primary health care physician and substance abuse rehabilitation expert wants the Federal Government to create an enabling environment that would encourage Nigerian inventors and researchers in their bid to contribute towards global developmental advancements.
The world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine trials have given new hope in the fight against the disease, which in sub-Saharan Africa kills a child every 30 seconds.
President-elect Barack Obama has signalled a new era for science in US policy with several key appointees known for their interest in science and technology in developing countries.
During a meeting between the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Technology, Mr Lazhar Bououni and Mr Yves Chauvin, the 2005 Nobel Chemistry Prize, the French Nobel Prize winner hailed Tunisia's scientific achievements ,under the leadership of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
The New HIV Vaccine and Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS) in collaboration with The National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS (NACA) and funding support from African Microbicide Advocacy Group (AMAG) organised a one-day microbicide research dissemination meeting in Abuja last week.
Local members of the media should seek the true and verified information, deplore censorship, and value the quality of published information, especially in science related fields.
The Ministry of Science and Technology, Maria Cândida Teixeira, on Friday in Luanda pointed out the transformation of science, technology and innovations as strategic elements for the sector's development policy, as one of the main priorities of her governmental department for 2009.
It has been asserted that the prosperity of Nigeria depends largely on the extent to which the economy is driven by science and technology. This was the view expressed by the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, while declaring open the Akwa Ibom Science and Technology Week, (AKISETCH) in Uyo, where he was represented by his Deputy, Engr. Patrick Ekpotu. According to the governor, ...
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni has called on the country's journalists to do more to ensure that scientific research findings reach the public.
EXPERTS have asked the Government to create a Ministry for Science and Technology.
Southern Africa will market itself as a destination for international research funding through a regional science desk to be set up by the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
The Federal Government's decision to accept the dictates of local or foreign modern biotechnology promoters of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) may lead to voiding the precautionary principle and surrendering Nigeria's food sovereignty to colonialists whose only interest is profit and turning Nigeria into dumping ground for unproven technologies, Environmental Rights Action (ERA) has warned.
IN what is yet another boost to its efforts to digitally connect Africa with the rest of the world, Main One Cable Company has secured the pioneer landing licenses from Nigeria and Ghana respectively.
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