The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has harped on the need for schools in rural communities to have increased teachings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with particular focus on female students.
Author: Tina George
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has warned that sand and dust storms are now becoming more frequent in some places worldwide
The World Health Organization has verified over 250 attacks on healthcare in Gaza and the West Bank raising alarm over the reports on repeated attacks on hospitals.
ASHENEWS reports that drivers in the United States of America (USA) are currently switching to electric vehicles (EV) due to the falling prices and improved technology of the electric vehicles.
A professor of Pharmacological Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dickson Musa of the Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University Lapai (IBBUL), has disclosed that answers to Nigeria and world’s several health problems and can be found in the plants that grow around us.
ASHENEWS reports that a 14-year-old suspect, has confessed that she killed the lecturer of Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, Dr. Fumilola Adefolalu, because the diseased sacked her from work.
The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has given food and non-food assistance to 300 households affected by the insecurity in Shiroro and Paikoro local government areas of Niger state.
ASHENEWS reports that the United Nations has tasked Nigeria and the world to end its addiction to fossil fuel stating that the days of oil-driven triggered economic growth are over. According to her, the dependence of Nigeria on fossil fuel for electricity generation is alarming. Speaking during the 1st Niger State Green Economy Summit in Minna on Tuesday, the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed noted that net zero pledges have already encompassed three-quarters of the global economy. “There is no long-term future for oil. Our global progress in meeting the climate emergency is still too slow…
ASHENEWS reports that the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Rt. Honorable Abdulmalik Sarkindaji has said that government need to prioritize funding public vasities in order to arrest the rising crime rate and youths restiveness across the country. According to him, the proliferation of private universities has made education expensive as several youths cannot afford to go to private universities. The Speaker who spoke after he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in political science by the ESCAE University, Cotonou in Benin Republic said that by not funding the public universities, the universities will not have the necessary tools…
Girls Beyond Reach Foundation, also known as Daddys Girls, has awarded N2 million in educational scholarships to girls residing in Angwan-Shao, Karimo, Abuja