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Nigeria losing up to ₦20trn annually to revenue leakages – Agbakoba
…..says debt servicing now gulps 70% of earnings …..faults oil sector financing arrangements, refinery spending By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Former...
Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor
Archaeologists used a combination of advanced CT scans and 3D digital reconstruction to identify one of the Pompeii victims who died in 79 CE during the eruptio...
Jury begins deliberations in trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke
The jury in the trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke began their deliberations after nearly four months at London’s Southwark Crown Court, Reuters reported o...
Beacon of Light
This latest Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope features Messier 77 (M77), a barred spiral galaxy famous and appreciated among...
AFC enters African VC with $40 million backing for Future Africa, Lightrock
Africa Finance Corporation, the development bank with over $19 billion in total assets, has committed $40 million to Future Africa, an early-stage venture capit...
NDPHC plans additional 1,500MW supply for Lagos
By Udeme Akpan The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Engr. Jennifer Adighije, has said the company is ready to...
Stock market extends rally as investors reap N3.3trn
By Peter Egwuatu The Nigerian stock market extended its bullish run last week, as investors reaped N3.34 trillion gain, with sustained buying interest in bankin...
The toxic stew: Street food vendors take to ‘esa’ as cost of whole tomatoes rise
By Elizabeth Adegbesan Before, in most cities around the country, there were usually heavy, humid air around the areas with smells of rice, fried plantains and...
Power sector: Biggest scam in Nigeria — Ajaero, NLC President
DESPITE decades of reforms, huge public spending, and the privatisation of Nigeria’s power sector, millions of citizens and businesses continue to grapple with...
Solar power production undercut by coal pollution
Coal is by far the most polluting fuel that we use. It produces the most carbon emissions per unit of energy, and impurities in the coal produce a lot of sulfur...
Making cement from a different type of rock could clean up emissions
Cement production alone currently accounts for about 8 percent of global CO2 emissions, so considerable effort is going into lowering that number. Efficiency ca...
Africa has seen oil shocks before. Why 2026 could be the turning point for clean energy
Africa has been here before. Oil climbs above $100, import bills balloon, Finance ministers across the continent convene emergency sessions, and somewhere in a...
Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs I...
Trazo built a food delivery business in smaller cities. Now it wants to enter Lagos.
In 2019, Ikechukwu Nweze was trying to solve a problem in Asaba, in southern Nigeria, where he was based: ordering food online was difficult. At the time, most...
Picturing Earth in a New Light
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Picturing Earth in a New Light Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Lan...
NASA, Industry Prepare Cryogenic Fuel Technology Demo
2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is collaborating with Eta Space of Rockledge, Florida, on an in‑orbit techno...
Dungeons & Desktops: 10 roguelikes that never die (because their communities won’t let them)
The first version of NetHack was released in 1987 as a heavily modified descendant of Hack, itself based on Rogue, a Unix-era experiment built for character-bas...
How researchers are using GitHub Innovation Graph data to reveal the “digital complexity” of nations
One of our goals for the GitHub Innovation Graph was to facilitate research on the economic impact of open source software and developer collaboration. In a pap...