The paucity of women in technology and leadership roles is easily traceable to social and economic barriers. Cultural beliefs still entrenched in underserved communities across Africa means the female child is less likely to get an education than males. There are still limiting beliefs about what career is for the female gender and which one…

The Kogi State commissioner of education Mrs. Rosemary Ojocbenemi Osikoya has challenged newly admitted students of Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja to rewrite the Nigerian story through research and technological breakthroughs. Speaking at the matriculation ceremony for the 2018/2019 academic session against the backdrop that the education system has become more of theory than practical, Osikoya…

Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Olufemi Baniro, yesterday, called on African leaders to invest in research in order to end hunger, unemployment and underdevelopment in the continent, rather than depending on foreign aids. He said this at an event organised by the University of Benin, Centre of Excellence in Reproductive Health…

Committed to the development of natural products as well as establishing efficacy and safety, dosage for herbal medicine in Nigeria, Paxherbal Clinic and Research Laboratories (Paxherbals) has partnered with the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos (FIIRO) and the Lagos State Coconut Development Agency (LASCODA). FIIRO has been at the forefront of innovative research…

Pharmacists in the industry and academia have called for deliberate effort by government to provide basic facilities and resources necessary to convert the country’s natural resources and biodiversity to essential medicines for curing diseases. The pharmacists under the aegis of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists in Academics (NAPA) and the Association of Industrial Pharmacists of…

MainOne, has emerged winner of a 15-year contract with the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) to provide high-speed bandwidth services. WACREN, the regional research and education network (REN) that facilitates interconnections between national RENs in West and Central Africa will use MainOne to provide high-speed backbone data services including internet access…

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brigham Women’s Hospital, United States (U.S.) have developed a capsule that can deliver a week’s worth of Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) drugs in a single dose. This advance could make it much easier for patients to adhere to the strict schedule of dosing required for the drug…

The Director General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Yaba, Lagos, Prof. Babatunde Salako, has said that funding remains the main plague to research in Nigeria, just as he charged the newly appointed advisory board to harness all possible means for the institute to fulfil its mandate. Salako, during the inauguration of the…

Blood Pressure in the elderly gradually begins to decrease about 14 or so years before death, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine. Researchers from UConn Health and the University of Exeter Medical School in the United Kingdom (U.K.) looked at the electronic medical records…

In terms of number, one would be tempted to say that with over 150 Universities (both public and private), we have enough. However, we do not have enough in terms of quality.

“This is a knowledge-driven society, without the creation of knowledge, you cannot make it and it is through research that you can create knowledge and good attention should be given to it”

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Universities Commission (NUC) says they will partner to strengthen the Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN).