J.K. Obatala
18 Dec 2022
J.K. Obatala— a Public Lecturer, Amateur Astronomer and The Guardian contributor for 33 years—has long sought to focus attention on “helium,” as a neglected national resource. In May, 2015, for instance, he published a series of columns, in The Guardian, entitled “The Helium Conundrum”. Two years later, the then Vice Chancellor, at the Federal University…
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