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EducationNewsNigeriaResearch & DevelopmentNnamdi Azikiwe University Set to Host Onu, Others, During Alex Ekwueme Lecture Series

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)December 3, 2022

The Ekwueme Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, is set to host Ogbonnaya Onu as the lead speaker for this year’s Ekwueme lecture series. The Centre set up a few years ago to keep the memory of the late statesman evergreen, is chaired by Professor Makodi Biereenu-Nnabugwu, Professor of Political Theory in Political Science Department of the Institution. Top on agenda of the Centre, is to promote multidisciplinary research within the university...

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HealthNewsResearch & DevelopmentScientists Develop Technique That Can Reverse Ageing Process By 30 Years

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 17, 2022

Researchers have developed a new technique for rejuvenating skin cells, which can reverse the aging process and rewind the biological clock of patients by 30 years. The new research was conducted at the Babraham Institute, a life sciences research organisation in Cambridge, and the results were published in the journal eLife. “Excitingly, our method substantially rejuvenated multiple cellular attributes including the transcriptome, which was rejuvenated by around 30 years as measured by a novel transcriptome...

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Research & DevelopmentScience & TechnologyAustralian Researchers Break Ground On Quantum Computers

PilotnewsJanuary 13, 2022

Researchers from the University of Melbourne and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have contributed to an international breakthrough that would allow for the cheap production of next-generation super-powerful quantum computers. The publication in the journal of Advanced Materials on Thursday showed a new method of embedding single atoms into silicon wafers to create extremely precise arrays of subatomic particles or “qubits” used in quantum computing. The current process of making quantum chips relied...

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Research & DevelopmentAdditional Research Centres Of Excellence Underway In Nigeria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 24, 2021

LAGOS — Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Suleiman Bogoro says the fund would soon announce 12 additional research centres of excellence to be sited on various campuses of Nigerian universities. Bogoro disclosed this in Lagos at the opening session of a two-day workshop with the theme; “Requirements for Strengthening by the as part of its efforts towards improving the performance of Nigerian ivory towers on the global ranking tables. The workshop was coordinated...

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Research & DevelopmentTelecommunicationNigerian Communications Commission Spent Over N200 Million On Research

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 24, 2021

ABUJA — The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Umar Danbatta, has stated that the commission has spent over N200 million to promote research and development. Danbatta made this known during the prize presentation ceremony of the 2021 NCC National Essay Competition held on Tuesday in Abuja. This was contained in a statement by the NCC Director of Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde, titled, ‘NCC has committed over N200 million to Research and Development,...

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EducationResearch & DevelopmentOsinbajo Advocates More Funding for Universities to Carry Out Research

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)November 23, 2021

ABUJA — Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that more resources are required for higher institutions of learning to invest in research. The Vice President made the remark on Monday when he received a delegation from the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Alumni Association, which was led by Dr. John Momoh. “We should focus on how to endow research because ultimately, research is what puts us on the world map of intellectual achievement and attainment,” he...

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Research & DevelopmentGov Diri Harps On Implementation of Research Findings

PilotnewsNovember 17, 2021

YENAGOA — Governor Douye Diri, of Bayelsa has stressed the need for the implementation of critical research findings of individuals and agencies as an integral part of national development strategy in the country. Diri laid the emphasis when students of Senior Course 44 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday in Government House, Yenagoa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Governor was represented...

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