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FG committed to harnessing homegrown solution to combat COVID-19 – Onu

The federal government has again reiterated its readiness to harness available resources to fast-track homegrown vaccine to combat coronavirus scourge in the country. The Minister...

Scientists endorse more herbal cures for COVID-19

By Chukwuma Muanya •Green seaweed, licorice, gum laced with plant-grown protein found to reduce transmission by 95% •Researchers establish therapeutic convergence in use of antimalarial plants...

Searching for the Limits of Life in Earth’s Most Extreme Environment

In Ethiopia’s Danakil Depression, a continent is tearing itself apart, and volcanic chemicals fuel ecosystems unlike anything else on the planet. BY ROBIN GEORGE ANDREWS...

Mathematics can solve Nigeria’s insecurity problem – Don

Prof. Olabode Bamigbola of the Department of Mathematics, University of Ilorin, has postulated that Nigeria can use Mathematical optimisation and a scientific approach to...

Mathematics in Africa has been written out of history books – it’s time we reminded the world of its rich past

It is impossible to quantify how much the slave trade impacted the reputation of African mathematics, but we are slowly regaining a better perspective,...

Minister stirs fresh controversy after FIIRO certificate forgery fiasco

Samson Folarin After failed attempts by the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, to install a demoted official of the Federal Institute...