“Self-reliance and strength in science and technology”. That was the phrase General Secretary Xi Jinping used six times in his two-hour speech to China’s five-yearly Communist Party congress last October. It wasn’t a new policy: geopolitical rivalry has put research collaborations with the US under strain, Chinese universities have soughtContinue Reading
The student in a live broadcast on her social media handle, TikTok after defending her National Diploma thanked God and her private parts for making her a graduate. The Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Owerri, Imo State, has launched an investigation into a claim made by a student of the institutionContinue Reading
The controversial French magazine Charlie Hebdo hit headlines again last week after publishing derogatory cartoons purportedly in defense of Iranian women while making a mockery of the same women. Looking back at the magazine’s Islamophobic history, the cartoons did not come as a surprise as it continues to aggressively promoteContinue Reading
By Marvellous Gbadegesin National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, through intelligence received from the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States busted a criminal syndicate involved in the trafficking of fake USD currency in Lagos. A statement issued by Femi Babafemi, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Director, Media & Advocacy,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON — Foreign fighters are streaming into Syria and Iraq in unprecedented numbers to join the Islamic State or Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or other extremist groups, including at least 3,400 from Western nations among 20,000 from around the world, U.S. intelligence officials say in an updated estimate of aContinue Reading
By Sonnie Ekwowusi Last week, a group of pro-choice NGOs staged a protest against the Hon. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu for directing the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to expunge the current immoral sex education taught in Nigerian schools from the school curriculum. Worried about theContinue Reading
By Abdelghaffar Amoka Abdelmalik We were walking by the water fountain at the roundabout yesterday, and I looked towards the Main Gate, the Suleiman Hall, and the Senate building. The flow of students in these different directions reminded me of some recent experiences. It reminded me of the emptiness ofContinue Reading
By Mahdi Isa Waziri The Head of Avian Influenza Molecular Laboratory, Veterinary Teaching Hospital , Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Dr Yunusa Yahaya Pala, has emerged Chairman of the Institution’s branch of National Association of Academic Technologist (NAAT). In a fierce and keenly contested By-Election, which took place on Wednesday,Continue Reading