The vice-chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Eyitope Ogunbodede, has lent his voice to the raging controversy surrounding the introduction of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to the university system by the Nigerian government. Mr Ogunbodede, a professor of dentistry, said the introduction of the IPPIS by
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The Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE) has expressed confidence that the future of oil and gas exploration is bright amid the global energy transition. The president-elect, NAPE, Mrs. Patricia Ochogbu, said petroleum exploration is not all about oil, but also about gas even as the Minister of State for Petroleum
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Over the past few decades, roboticists and computer scientists have developed a variety of data-based techniques for teaching robots how to complete different tasks. To achieve satisfactory results, however, these techniques should be trained on reliable and large datasets, preferably labeled with information related to the task they are learning
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A team of astronomers at Stanford University has detected light coming from behind a black hole in a first ever observation that proves famed theoretical physicist Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. The study, published in Nature, analyzed X-ray 'echoes' surrounding a black hole, some 100 million light-years from Earth, which were a
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A passion for biomaterials inspires PhD candidate Eesha Khare to tackle climate change. Eesha Khare has always seen a world of matter. The daughter of a hardware engineer and a biologist, she has an insatiable interest in what substances — both synthetic and biological — have in common. Not surprisingly, that
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A longstanding interest in radiation’s effects on metals has drawn Michael Short into new areas such as nuclear security and microreactors. Michael Short came to MIT in the fall of 2001 as an 18-year-old first-year who grew up in Boston’s North Shore. He immediately felt at home, so much so that
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The Nigerian Communications Commission says it will continue to collaborate with stakeholders to ensure faster development of broadband infrastructure technologies in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the assurance on Thursday at the second quarter 2021 meeting/open forum of Industry Consumer Advisory Forum (ICAF) in
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The UK is planning to install 40 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2030—enough to provide electricity to every home in the country. This would require 5,000 wind turbines—double the number installed offshore worldwide at the end of 2020. Current projections indicate 234 gigawatts of offshore wind energy will be
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Diagnosis of rare diseases is an inexact science. On average, it takes around six years from the first presentation to the beginning of specialized treatment for conditions like heart failure, rare cancers, and psychosis. Sydney-based startup, Prospection is aiming to help change that situation by leveraging longitudinal patient data to
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Wire fraud convict, Obinwanne Okeke, widely known as Invictus Obi, has lost the appeal he filed against his years’ imprisonment. The U.S. Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal after it was voluntarily withdrawn by the convict. The 33-year-old Nigerian, who was arrested in the U.S. on August 6, 2019, had pleaded guilty to the offence of conspiracy
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