Livestock keeping in Africa is being recognized as a credible climate solution, as it is a means to provide valuable agricultural resilience to climate extremes
Author: Tina George
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger/Kogi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has foiled luxury car smuggling, as it seized 11 luxury cars in the month of November. Significant among the seized vehicles is a smuggled 2019 Range Rover that had a diplomatic vehicle registration number plate. The command also intercepted 317 packages of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 254.6 kilograms, valued at N20.6 million. During a press briefing in Minna on Tuesday, the Customs Niger/Kogi Controller, Comptroller Budayo Kadejo revealed that there were other seizures and detentions made in November. These, according to him, include a truck loaded with dutiable…
The Department of Human Physiology at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) has celebrated Physiology Week in a grand style, showcasing the importance of physiology in medical education and clinical practice.
ASHENEWS reports that Aisha Bura has been elected as the new president of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) during the Association’s 11th triennial delegates conference.
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.
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.