The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology is to avail relevant agencies with space-based technology to address environmental problems.

Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N314.32million for the proposed databank of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in Abuja.

On a day the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a N314.32 million contract for the building of an office complex to house the proposed databank of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), the Vice president, Goodluck Jonathan has denied media reports that he had indicted the governors of the Niger delta states as well as the Niger Delta Development Commission for not ...

Despite may soon come the way of parents of children with sickle cell disease as the Federal Government moves to domesticate the technology which cures the disease.

Mozambique's Minister of Science and Technology, Venancio Massingue, on Wednesday urged measures to ensure that "science makes a real contribution to the country's social and economic development".

Antiretroviral treatment is now being hailed as a prevention tool by scientists who argue that people on ARVs with undetectable viral loads are very unlikely to infect others.

THE development of new energy-efficient technology will be the most important factor in the battle to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and power usage in the South African property industry.

Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said yesterday that Nigeria was caught in a cyclic web of poverty, diseases and underdevelopment because of lack of emphasis in science and technology education.

The Sokoto State government has approved N235 million for the purchase of science equipment for schools in the state. This was announced by the commissioner of Science and Technical Education, Barrister Nasiru Aliyu, IN Sokoto yesterday while presenting kitchen utensils worth over N5.6million to some of the science schools in the state.

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Scientific Research and Innovation, Dr Maurice Doube, presided at the ceremony.

Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena has said he hopes the Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Expo 2008 will highlight the tremendous innovations occurring in IKS in South Africa as well as satisfy the growing demand for information.

Consumers are faced with a safety and moral dilemma. In view of the prevailing food crisis that is threatening the lives of millions of people across the world, experts have noted that production of bio-fuels poses a clear and present danger to food security.

Organisers of the 50th anniversary since the discovery of the famous Zinjathropus skull at Olduvai Gorge have unveiled a five year plan for paleoanthropological capacity building in the country.

Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye at the weekend, called on the United States Naval authorities to assist the Nigerian military with training in the area of Space technology and other relevant areas especially capacity building to ensure a better preparedness for the challenges ahead.

WHILE there is a drive by Zimbabwe and most other African countries to develop biofuels as a response to both climate change and the rising petroleum fuel import bill, agronomists and environmentalists say this must be done cautiously so as not to threaten food security and sovereignty.

Set up in 1916 as a retirement home, Kahangi Estate has over the years attracted several foreigners whose desire was to create a mini-Europe in Fort Portal. Harriet Birungi found out the the changes the estate has undergone

UGANDA is expected to receive funding from a new project aimed at strengthening sciences and engineering capacity in Africa.

The Federal Government has made its intentions known to lift Nigeria to the next level of technological attainment.

AFRICAN scientific and engineering research is to receive a $2,4m boost over the next 2½ years in the form of a grant from New York's Carnegie Corporation, it was announced this week.

Field trials have begun in a bold effort to make cassava, the primary source of calories for 800 million people worldwide, a better provider of nutrition and increase its revenue-producing potential, especially for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Federal Government is soon to set up a Science and Technology Development Fund to help translate research results into marketable products.

In its determination to make the nation's universities offering Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) degree programme conform with minimum academic and professional standards, the Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology (NISLT) has taken its inspection tour to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology.

Former Minister of Finance and Managing Director, World Bank, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has attributed the poverty plaguing many countries in Africa to lack of science and technology base to solve their problems through innovations.

Herbalists, for years, have been discerned as unprofessional, and often times associated with witchcraft- in fact speaking of herbs, a skeptic's mind runs directly into a shrine.

The University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) has won a Sh1bn research and training grant to build its human capacity for sciences and engineering.