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  Nigeria is looking at using mathematics to solve crimes, especially those perpetrated by young people in the country. Specifically, the Nigeria Police Force is looking at the possibility of using a mathematical model developed by Dikeoha Okwu, a Nigerian Professor of Mathematics who has developed several games for children and adults to curb cultism…

  By Onche Odeh Renowned Nigerian Professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori has stressed the need for Africa to use the advent of vaccine protection for COVID-19 to create an environment for science to thrive across the continent.  That way, according the virologist who was at the backend of Nigeria’s Polio eradication success, Africa would be…

  Uganda’s Luganda, Cameroon’s Njifakue die within 4 days Science Journalism in Africa has received a double fatal blow with the passing of two seasoned African science journalists within a space of four days. In the East, senior Ugandan science journalist and renowned communication consultant and trainer, Patrick Luganda, bowed to the cold hands of…

    Dr. Josephine Okechukwu is a Director of Public Health at Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As a frontline staff working to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic since it broke out in Nigeria, Okechukwu has done everything right as far as observance of the COVID-19 safety protocols is concern. Yet she caught the bug. In…

By Our Reporter Findings by AfricaSTI have revealed that the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit Nigeria may be due to the negligent disposition of schools towards the adherence to personal and communal protocols for the prevention of the spread of thee virus. It has emerged that schools in Nigeria’s Federal Capital…

  International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)’s Director of Development and Delivery Office, Dr. Alfred Dixon, has been named alongside two other IITA scientists , Abebe Menkir and John Derera among the top 20 most influential plant breeders in Africa. The Southern African Plant Breeders’ Association (SAPBA) recently published the list which has 20 internationally…

  By Our Reporter Artisans in Nigeria have resorted to localization of toilet technologies to increase access to improved toilets within their communities at affordable rates as a means to end open defecation. The artisans, including masons and fabricators are among those that have been trained by resource experts under the various water, sanitation and…

  By Onche Odeh Nigerian women have given their perspectives on a new mode of delivering contraceptive that could provide the developers useful insight prior to its release for use. Using Microarray Patch (MAP), a platform that enables delivery of drugs and vaccines using a skin patch, women will have the option to self-administer contraceptives.…

  The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has announce Professor Daniël Christiaan de Wet Swanepoel from University of Pretoria, South Africa, as the winner of the 2018 Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Breakthrough and/or Technological Innovation. Prof Swanepoel was selected for the prestigious award prize for his innovative and highly impactful research work in tele-health…

By Marcus Fatunmole President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to nations across the world to engage more technologies and other resources needed to combat the menace constituted by tuberculosis to humanity. The president made the call while addressing the virtual Roundtable Conference of the Board of the “Global Stop TB Partnership on Thursday. He said tuberculosis,…