Science Nigeria Lectures 2015: Wednesday 17th June 2015 at the University of Abuja Main Auditorium

We hereby invite all members of the public to the Science Nigeria Lectures 2015 which holds Wednesday 17th June, 2015 at the University of Abuja Main Auditorium by 10am prompt.

The Science Nigeria Lectures is an effort towards creating an interface between Nigerian scientists and the public. The lecture will not only inculcate the much-needed scientific culture in the lives of Nigerians, but will at the same time, generate and sustain interest in the sciences in public domain. Through this lecture, many Nigerians will be enlightened the more on the works and contributions of Nigerian scientists.

Professor Amagh Nduka: Our Great Masquerade for the Science Nigeria Lectures 2015

Our great masquerade for the Science Nigeria Lectures 2015 is no other than Professor Amagh Nduka, Africa’s finest in Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics.

Born in Amankalu, Igbere, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, he attended Igbere Primary School and Hope Waddle Training Institution (Calabar) for his primary and secondary school education respectively. And through an American scholarship, he proceeded to the Western world, where he obtained Bachelor of Science degree (University of California, Berkerly, 1965); Masters of Science (Stanford University, 1967), and Doctorate degree in physics, under the supervision of Physics Nobel Laureate – Professor Subramanyan Chandrasekhar (University of Chicago, 1971).

THE BUDDING SCIENTIST – Grooming Successors in Science, Mathematics and Engineering, vol. 1, No. 1, Jan.- April 2015

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Grooming Successors in Science, Mathematics and Engineering

(An editorial in the maiden edition of the magazine: The Budding Scientist – Grooming Successors in Science, Mathematics and Engineering.)

As the cycle of life unfolds – with plants dropping off their leaves during winter, insects shedding off their outer cuticular layer to give way for new ones, and other animals, giving birth to their young – so is the immutable process that buffers distortion in the ecosystem. Also, anyone familiar with what happens when a piece of land is cleared will invariably appreciate this natural process. When a piece of forest is cleared and left alone, plants slowly reclaim such area (confirming that nature abhors vacuum). Over time, signs of the clearing disappear and the land becomes forest again. These analogies aptly summarize the word succession, which is, the replacement of one organism by another. 

Why Abuja Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Confab for Young and Aspiring Scientists 2014?

It is no longer news that many of our students in secondary and tertiary schools have defective backgrounds in science. Many of these students have also lost interest in pursuing careers in science and technology. Worse still, most young and aspiring scientists

Young People’s Participation in the 21st Century Science

(Published in the Proceedings of the 1st Abuja Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Confab for Young and Aspiring Scientists which held Wednesday November 6 2013 at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce hall, along Airport Road, Abuja.)

Every century comes with its successes and challenges. So has it been for the 21st century. From one area of science to another, outstanding breakthroughs mark this era. These breakthroughs have in no small measure made science the news that stays news and biotechnology, as one of its witnesses. The seemingly impossible man’s complete genetic information has been successfully decoded. Cloning is also another visible one. A totipotent cell from one animal can be used in getting another identical animal with the

Managing the Dynamic World and its Demands for Complexity: The Role of Youth Scientists

Professor M.U. Adikwu, FAS
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical 
Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

(Being a paper delivered at the 1^st Abuja Science, Technology and Innovation Promotion Confab for Young and Aspiring Scientists which held Wednesday November 6 2013 at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce hall, along Airport Road, Abuja.)

Introduction

Every generation has its challenges. Many of the renowned scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries gained fame through their works that supported and improved the lives of the people of those periods. In fact, in their time, there were too many “the mechanism is not known”.  Of course they were few compared to what exists today.

ADDRESS BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL, ENERGY COMMISSION OF NIGERIA, PROFESSOR ELI JIDERE BALA, AT THE ABUJA SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PROMOTION CONFAB FOR YOUNG AND ASPIRING SCIENTISTS, 6TH NOVEMBER 2013

PROTOCOLS:

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen.

It is indeed my pleasure to be one of the invitees at this great occasion. May I seize this opportunity to commend the organizers for the theme of this year “Science, Technology and Innovation in the 21^st Century: Young People as Major Participants”. This annual event is an initiative of Global Science Development Initiatives (a non-governmental organization championing a cause in science popularization and education). The topic is not only relevant but timely, as it affects the youth who are the potential future leaders of this great country.