HERE AND THERE: Natural disasters



First an earthquake in Haiti, then Chile; Bududa in Uganda buried under mud, hurricanes in France and yet another earthquake, this time in Taiwan: I was beginning to wonder when the drumming of the doomsday prophets would begin. Then an article...

Has the current Information technology revolution really reached Africa?



The above is a very pertinent question and can be answered from a few standpoints in my view, by looking at the factors that have grown (in geometric progression) Information Technology in western countries compared with growth across most of A...

Omo Forest’s not for the faint-hearted



Ever dreamt of spending a night in a virgin forest. Neither had I, until now The Omo Forest in Ogun State is one of the few surviving of such forests in Nigeria.
Neck of the woods
The large forestland is named after the Omo tree, which is ind...

A glimpse into mythical Ife at the British Museum

About 100 exquisite artworks made between the 12th and 15th centuries in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, are currently on display at the British Museum. The quality of the works in the exhibition tagged, Kingdom of Ife: Sculptures from West Africa, has attracted...

‘Energy efficiency can check climate change’



An academic has said that energy efficiency and conservation could be used to battle the effects of climate change in Nigeria.
Ike Mowete, a professor of electrical and electronics engineering at the University of Lagos, said energy efficiency...

Commissioner encourages use of solar energy



The Gombe State Commissioner for Water Resources, Town Planning and Environment, Mohammad Doho, has called for the harnessing of the abundant solar energy in the country for cooking purposes.
In an interview in Gombe on Thursday, the commissio...

ABE, pioneering robotic undersea explorer, is dead at 16

ABE, a nomadic adventurer that plumbed the world‘s oceans on its own, forever changing the way scientists explored the seafloor, was lost at sea March 5 off Southern Chile. The autonomous underwater vehicle was about 16 years old and in the off-sea...