SmartAgro Research Cluster Develop Animal Tracking Device Named ‘NimTrack’

SmartAgro Research Cluster, a team of Nigerian researchers have developed software application solution code-named ‘NimTrack’, which is capable of tracking animal movement.

According to the researchers, the app (NimTrack) was developed in such a way that if embraced and deployed, it might signal the dead end of repeated herders/farmers crises.

NimTrack is the product of a research group, The SmartAgro Research Cluster made up of scientists from the Department of Computer Science, Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Ogun State, in collaboration with researchers from other Nigerian universities.

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Anambra State Emerge Double Winners In The 2020 Chuma Anosike Cup Cricket Championship

Anambra State has emerged double winners in the male and female categories of the 2020 Chuma Anosike Cup Cricket Championship concluded at St. Paul’s University, Awka, on the 15th of March 2020.

Anambra State’s male cricket team, captained by Somto Okafor, beat Enugu State, represented by University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC), to lift the 10th edition of the championship trophy in the male category.

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Winners Of 2020 Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) Competition

About 250 pupils have emerged winners in their respective categories at the 2020 Universal Concept of Mental Arithmetic System (UCMAS) competition.

The pupils won trophies, medals, and certificates after answering mental arithmetic questions in the competition held in Lagos.

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Air Peace Boeing 777-200ER Records Historic 14-hour Direct Non-stop Flight To Beijing

Air Peace Boeing 777-200ER (P4 5-NBVE), has made a 14-hour historic direct non-stop flight to Beijing, China.

The airline’s flight to China is historic, being the first time a Nigerian airline would be doing a direct non-stop 14 hours flight to China.

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Chidi Nwaogu Wins Swiss FDFA-HSD Migration Entrepreneurship Prize 2020

Chidi Nwaogu has won the Migration Entrepreneurship Prize by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) Human Security Division (HSD).

Chidi Nwaogu, the CEO of Publiseer is one of the ten winners of the Prize for entrepreneurs with social business models in countries and regions prone to strong migration movements, offering innovative solutions that reduce the vulnerability of migrants.

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Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide Named President Of The Nigerian Academy Of Science

Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide FAS, has been named president of the Nigerian Academy of Science.

The Nigerian Academy of Science, at its Annual General Meeting held in Lagos on Thursday, 6th of February, 2020 appointed Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide FAS as President-elect.

Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide FAS, who is the immediate past Vice-President of the Academy, will be the first female President of the Academy in 43 years of existence when she takes over office in January, 2021.

Professor Ekanem Ikpi Braide is a professor of Parasitology/Epidemiology and is the Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology in Lafia.

She will take over from Professor Mosto Onuoha FAS (Professor of pure and applied geophysics) and will lead the Academy in achieving an improved quality of life for the Nigerian society through the promotion and application of science and technology; as well as strengthen the nation’s ability to deliver the fruits of science to society by the acquisition, growth, and dissemination of sound scientific knowledge and facilitation of its use in the solution of major national problems.

Professor Abubakar Sambo FAS (Professor of Mechanical Engineering) is the new Vice-President of the Nigerian Academy of Science. He took over from Braide at the recently held Annual General Meeting. Sambo is a former Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, and is currently the chairman of the Ministerial Task Force on Power serving as advisory team on policies and innovative technologies.

The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) was established in 1977. The Academy is the foremost independent scientific body in Nigeria dedicated to the development and advancement of science, technology, and innovation in Nigeria and brings scientific knowledge to positively guide policies/strategic direction of the country.

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