25 July 2026

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Emuesiri Ejairu’s Research Drives Policy, Slashes Food Waste
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Emuesiri Ejairu’s Research Drives Policy, Slashes Food Waste

The groundbreaking research of logistics visionary Emuesiri Ejairu has been successfully translated into transformative government policy, yielding significant results in Nigeria’s Delta State. In a direct response to his findings, the government established a new Agricultural Logistics Task Force, which has implemented his recommendations and successfully achieved a significant decline in postharvest losses by over

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Nigerian Wins French Award for Disease Research
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Nigerian Wins French Award for Disease Research

Oluwadamilare Dauda, a final-year PhD student at Osun State University, has won the prestigious Young Scientist Award from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse, France. The award was given in recognition of Dauda’s research on blackfly transmission of river blindness (onchocerciasis) in Southwest Nigeria. His work supports efforts to control the disease in affected communities.

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Nigerian Scientist Sends Egusi Seeds to Space
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Nigerian Scientist Sends Egusi Seeds to Space

In a landmark breakthrough for Nigerian science and African innovation, space scientist Temidayo Oniosun is sending Egusi seeds, an essential component of West African cuisine, into orbit aboard NASA’s Crew-11 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch, scheduled for July 31 at 12:09 PM EDT (5:09 PM Nigerian time) from Cape Canaveral,

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Nigerian Scientist Blessed Oguh Shines in Laser Research

Blessed Oguh, a young Nigerian doing his Ph.D. at Wayne State University in the United States, is making Nigeria proud with his brilliant work in laser science. His research focuses on how atoms and molecules behave in tiny moments using powerful laser technology. Oguh, who hails from Imo State, graduated with first-class honours in Industrial

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