Dr Kola Oyediran – A demographer Sunday Odeleke – A public commentator Nigeria risks a deepening crisis unless its education system is urgently reformed, two Nigerian scholars have warned.In a recent article, demographer Dr Kola Oyediran and public commentator Sunday Odeleke believe that Nigeria’s population growth has outpaced both education planning and job creation, leaving
Zeblon Vilakazi, President, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa The National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) is set to launch its seventh International Research Centre (IRC) in collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.The partnership focuses on strengthening the centre’s relationship with top-tier universities. Speaking about the collaboration, Zeblon Vilakazi, the university president,
The Four academics at Queen Mary University of London awarded €2 million each for their research Four academics at Queen Mary University of London have been awarded €2 million each for their research. The funding was awarded in recognition of their track record of delivering research excellence to organise a new research group, build or
Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for the Quebec Region Mélanie Joly, the Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for the Quebec Region, and Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health, have announced the launch of the Canada Impact + Research Chairs Program. The program is a
Prof. Oluyemisi B. Fawole, immediate past Dean of Agriculture, UNILORIN Experts at the University of Ilorin have raised concerns about the growing threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Nigeria, calling for urgent reforms across the agriculture, pharmaceutical, veterinary, and public health sectors. The warning came at the AMR Prevention Summit on November 19, 2025, organised
Dr. Maryam Muhammad, Director_CEO of National Veterinary Research Institute (NVRI), Vom The LIDISKI project concluded with a close-out event at the Hawthorn Suite in Abuja from December 4-6, 2025, marking the end of a five-year initiative to strengthen surveillance and control of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and Newcastle Disease (ND) in Nigeria. Dr Maryam
Prof Murtala Sabo Sagagi of Dangote Business School, Bayero University, Kano Professor Murtala Sabo Sagagi of Dangote Business School, Bayero University, Kano, has called on the state to generate at least 300,000 new jobs annually to tackle its growing youth unemployment crisis. Speaking at the Purple Bow Youth Leadership Conference, Sagagi noted that a study
David Mualen (right), a doctoral researcher at Ohio State University David Mualen, a Nigerian doctoral researcher at Ohio State University, has developed a groundbreaking technology set to revolutionise global healthcare. His co-authored study, Experimental and Computational Investigation of Mixing Relevant to Real-World Challenge, introduces millifluidic jet-mixing reactors capable of producing nanoparticles at a kilogram-per-day scale
Prof Nial Tanvir, chair of the governing council of the ENGRAVE ENGRAVE, a research group, has won DKK 8 million (approximately £940,000) for discovering that the elements that constitute our planet and bodies originate from colossal collisions between the universe’s extreme stars. Through their research, the team have shown that rare collisions are the cosmic
A survey has shown that 80 per cent of researchers at two of Germany’s public research organisations use artificial intelligence. A survey of researchers at the Max Planck Society of basic research centres and the Fraunhofer Society of applied R&D Centres, which received over 6,200 responses, reported in Research Policy, showed that 42.4 per cent
