The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said strategic partnership with the media on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) development is the key to move the country from resource to knowledge-based economy. The minister said this when the Leadership Newspaper group paid him a courtesy visit today (July 23) in his office in Abuja. Onu stated that the...

As several African countries face the third wave of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), a global team of humanitarians, the Mercy Corps has called for vaccine equity to support mass vaccination so as to tackle the virus in Africa.  According to WHO, Africa recorded an additional 1 million cases over the past month - the fastest surge the continent has...

The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos Chapter, says there may be 10 per cent job loss in the country if government fails to intervene in the problems confronting the poultry sector. PAN’s Lagos chapter chairman, Mr Godwin Egbebe, stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. “If the growing price of poultry feed...

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has advised the Abuja Municipal Area Councils (AMAC) and other government bodies against alleged plan to impose N100,00.00 tax or levy on bakery and other businesses in Abuja. In a statement in Abuja signed by the ACCI president, Dr Al-Mujtaba Abubakar, it called the attention of the Abuja area councils to the current...

Cross River Government has expressed readiness to immunise 900,000 children against polio during the Maternal Newborn and Child Health Week in the state. Dr. Janet Ekpenyong, the director-general of Cross River Primary Healthcare Agency, disclosed this on Thursday in Calabar during the inauguration of the Inactivated Polio Virus 2 (IPV2) at the Bogobiri Hausa settlement area in Calabar. Ekpenyong said in...

The current insufficient rice production affects the well-being of over 20 million smallholder farmers who depend on rice as a staple. Sub Saharan African (SSA) countries which Nigeria belongs are spending more than US$ 5 billion annually on rice imports. The rice production deficit along with the subsequent large outflow of foreign exchange on import presents a great development...

As Nigeria enters the peak of the rainy season, the director-general of the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Engr. Clement Nze, has urged state governments not to let down their guard in containing flooding and issues related to it. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Science Nigeria, the expert urged state governments to adopt measures that would ensure their states do not experience a...

The Minister of Power, Alhaji Saleh Mammam, has promised improved electricity supply to Nigerians across the country. He made the promise when he spoke with newsmen during the Eld-el-Kabir celebration in Jalingo, saying communities that were underserved would enjoy adequate service soonest and those yet to be connected to the national grid would have alternative sources of power generation provided...

Experts in the food and nutrition subsector have declared that the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) presents a viable opportunity for nutritious food dealer small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) to grow their business and affect Africa positively. They collectively stated this at the launch of the Nutrition Conversations Africa webinar series with the theme ‘How nutritious food SMEs can leverage...

Climate activists have lauded the removal of the Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the list of World Heritage in Danger. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), on Monday announced the park had been removed from the danger list. The World Heritage Committee cited improvements in the state of conservation of the park as the reason...