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Google Unveils Smartphone with 3D Sensors

Google doesn’t stop. The company doesn’t know how to stop. Just a few days after Facebook acquired WhatsApp, an application that Google was also interested in buying, the search engine company has found a way into the news with the

Nigeria Makes Breakthrough in Sickle Cell Treatment

The Nigerian medical sector has achieved a new milestone. Medical experts at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) have successfully drained infected red blood cells from a 27-year old patient and replaced it with uninfected ones. Professor Michael Ibadin,

10 Nigerian Universities Get $80million Grant from World Bank for Centres Of Excellence

Ten Nigerian universities are to benefit from a grant of 80 million dollars donated by the World Bank for the funding of centres of excellence. According to the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, Nigeria

Nigeria Will Have More People than the United States by 2050

The most important demographic story over the next few decades could be Nigeria. From a new Pew Research Global Attitudes Project report about attitudes toward aging around the world: India, it is projected, will secure global demographic primacy by 2050.

Heirs Holdings Invests in Planet Labs Revolutionary Satellite Technology

Heirs Holdings, the pan-African investment company, has announced its investment in Planet Labs, a United States startup involved in satellite manufacturing technology. Planet Labs, based in San Francisco, California, is on the verge of transforming the way imaging of the

100 Years and 100 Interesting Facts About Nigeria

By Peregrino Brimah 1. Nigeria, with a 2013 estimated population of 174,507,539 is the most populous Black nation and the 7th most populated nation in the entire world, trailing after—from least to most—Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia, USA, India and China (1.3bn).

Lagos Ranks in Top 10 Mega City Migration Destinations

Lagos has been ranked among the top 10 choice destinations for rural-urban migration in the world. According to data collected from social networking site, Facebook, which was published in the United Kingdom’s Daily Mail, Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, is one

Is It Wrong to Celebrate Christmas?

For centuries, questions of personal opinion, particularly those regarding special days, have continued to arise among followers of Christ. The question of Christmas is one of them. “Christmas” which means “Christ’s Mass”, is an annual commemoration of the birth of

Google Nigeria Top 10 Searches in 2013

What did Nigerians search for in 2013? Knowing the answer to such question isn’t a tall order anymore. Google, the search engine company that enables internet users to access information anywhere in the world, has released a list of terms

Mobile Networks in Africa: Video Accounts for Less Than 6% of Traffic; Expected to Grow Faster Than in Any Other Region – Report

Sandvine, a leading provider of intelligent broadband network solutions for fixed and mobile operators, today released its Internet traffic trends report, entitled “Global Internet Phenomena Report 2H2013”, based on data from a selection of Sandvine’s 250-plus service provider customers spanning

Dangote Group Among Top 10 Most Valuable Brands in Africa

African Business Magazine has named Dangote Group as the eighth most valuable brand in Africa in its “The Brand Africa 100” survey for 2013. It placed the group as the most valuable in consumer goods sector with a brand value

Canada-based Professor Launches Book on Oil Theft in Nigeria

A Professor of Criminology at the University of Alberta, Canada, Temitope Oriola, has launched a book on kidnapping of oil workers in Nigeria. The book, In Criminal Resistance? The Politics of Kidnapping Oil Workers, explores circumstances responsible for abducting oil

Nigeria Records N6.85 Trillion e-Transfers in Nine Months

A document made available by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), yesterday, has shown that the country registered a total of N6.849 trillion in electronic fund transfers between January and September, 2013. The document revealed that the NIBBS Instant Pay

As Social Network Flogs the English Language

Man would be nothing without language. The evolution and development of language is one of mankind’s most outstanding efforts. It is through language that we express our emotions and concerns. English, Mandarin, Nupe, Kanuri and others are all means of

Higgs-Boson Scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics

Two scientists have won the Nobel prize in physics for their work on the theory of the Higgs boson. Peter Higgs, from the UK, and Francois Englert from Belgium, shared the prize. In the 1960s they were among several physicists

Nigerian Scientists Building Radio Telescopes

Nigerian Scientists at the Centre for Basic Space Science (CBSS), Nsukka, Enugu State, are building an extensive network of radio telescopes, called interferometer. An interferometer is an array of telescopes or mirror segments acting together that is used in astronomy.

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