HIV vaccine trial to begin in South Africa
A United States of America Government health agency said on Thursday that a four-year clinical trial would soon begin in South Africa. Anthony Fauci, the Director of NIAID, part of the U.S. National...
View ArticleDoctors, Dentists to spend 7 years in varsity-NUC insists
The National Universities Commission (NUC) says Medicine and Dentistry are still seven-year programmes in Nigerian universities and not 11 years as wrongly reported in the media recently. The...
View ArticleFire destroys ICT equipment worth millions
Valuables worth millions of naira were destroyed by fire at the Florence Ajimobi ICT Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State. The centre is the brain child of the wife of the Oyo State governor, Mrs Florence...
View ArticleLagos to build DNA forensic lab in 15 months
The Lagos State Government on Sunday expressed its readiness to build a DNA Forensic Laboratory within 15 months. The state Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr Olufemi Odubiyi, made the...
View ArticleAir pollution kills 7m people annually
Air Pollution kills seven million people across the world annually and of this household pollution kills 4.3 million, particularly women and children in developing countries. This is contained in a new...
View ArticleLG Electronics launches mosquito-repelling TV
The Indian arm of South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc says it has begun selling a TV with a feature that repels mosquitoes, which spread diseases such as malaria, Zika and dengue. The company said late...
View ArticleInstagram active users rise to over 500 million monthly
Instagram has announced that it now has more than 500 million monthly actives and more than 300 million who use the app daily. The photo and short video app’s monthly user base has doubled in size over...
View ArticleDrones to deliver pizzas in New Zealand
Domino’s Pizza on Thursday said it would begin trial use of drones to deliver pizzas in New Zealand in what it said was the world’s first. The company posted pictures of the delivery-drone on Facebook...
View ArticleUber launches first self-driving taxi fleet
Uber on Wednesday launched a groundbreaking driver-less car service, jumping ahead of Detroit auto giants and Silicon Valley rivals with technology that could revolutionize transportation. In an...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel smartphones to launch on October 4
Google late Monday sent out invitations to an October 4 event, hinting that the Internet titan will show off a new smartphone powered by its Android mobile software. Emailed invitations revealed only...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note7 not officially introduced in Nigeria
An official of Samsung Electronic West Africa, Mr. Zain Mamudu, says the Samsung Galaxy Note7 has not been officially introduced into the Nigerian market. Mamudu, who is Manager, Samsung Customer...
View ArticleGoogle search dominated by Nigeria’s victory against Zambia
Nigeria’s 2-1 victory against Zambia in a World Cup Qualifier dominated Google’s search engine from Oct. 5 to Oct. 12, an official said on Thursday. Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s Communications and...
View ArticleKaduna to spend N2.55bn on drones
The Kaduna State Government has earmarked over N2.6 billion to procure CCTV cameras and drones, to provide adequate security cover in the state in 2017. More than N1.5 billion of the amount was...
View ArticleUber removes self-driving cars from San Francisco roads
Uber Technologies Inc UBER.UL has removed its self-driving cars from San Francisco streets, halting the autonomous program one week after its launch as the company faced a regulatory crackdown, media...
View ArticleSamsung profits more than double despite Note 7 debacle
Samsung’s profits for the final quarter of 2016 were over double the same period in the previous year, the South Korean smartphone manufacturer said on Tuesday in a stock market filing. “Net profit for...
View ArticleYouTube, essential aid for building confidence in cooking
Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone West Africa on Tuesday described YouTube as an essential aid for building confidence in cooking. Kola-Ogunlade in...
View ArticleScientists move ‘doomsday clock’ closer to midnight
U.S. President Donald Trump’s “ill-considered” comments about expanding the U.S. nuclear arsenal are among the reasons a group of nuclear scientists on Thursday moved their symbolic doomsday clock 30...
View ArticleTeenage students seek use of robots in learning
A group of teenage students on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to encourage the use of robots in learning to enhance technological advancement. The group known as “Robo Teens, Nigeria”, in...
View ArticleToyota, Suzuki begin partnership talks
Toyota Motor Corp. and Suzuki Motor Corp. on Monday said they have commenced formal talks aimed at forging a partnership in shared procurement, green vehicles, IT and safety technologies. In a joint...
View ArticleQueen to unveil Britain’s new cyber security centre
Queen Elizabeth II will inaugurate Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre on Tuesday, spearheading the country’s efforts to combat a growing wave of cyber attacks notably from Russia. The 90-year-old...
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