‘Nigeria waited too long before acting against Coronavirus’ – Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS. (Professor of Virology, Immediate Past President, The Nigerian Academy of Science) – Interview on Channels TV. The coronavirus pandemic has hit Nigeria, with...
Past President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Professor Oyewale Tomori FAS talks to BBC on COVID-19 in Africa. Watch interview here
Regrettably, Nigeria has, during the last one week, seen a dramatic increase in the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases. It is now time for a national lock down, especially now that the disease has invaded the highest level...
The outbreak of the respiratory disease, COVID-19, as announced by China in December 2019 has since put the world on edge. With the diagnosis and announcement of a case in Lagos (a traveler from Italy) on the 26th...
The Nigerian Academy of Science held its 1st NAS Annual Scientific Conference on the 4th and 5th of February, 2020 in Lagos. The conference, themed “The Role of Science in attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framed around...
Nigeria Academy of Science (NAS) has raised the alarm over the impact of Lassa fever yearly resurgence, saying since the first case was reported in Nigeria 50 years ago in January 1969, a total of 16,783 suspected cases...
A total of 1,047 Nigerians have died of Lassa fever since the first reported case in 1969, the Nigerian Academy of Science, NAS, has stated. The NAS is the apex and official science academy of Nigeria, established in...
As the number of cases of Lassa fever continues to rise all over the country, President of the Nigerian Academy of Science, Prof. Mosto Onuoha, has called on the Federal Government to declare the ravaging disease a ‘public...
The Nigerian Academy of Science, NAS, has appointed Professor Ekanem Braide as President-elect. A statement signed by Dr Oladoyin Odubanjo, Executive Secretary, NAS, stated that Braide, a professor of Parasitology/Epidemiology and erstwhile Vice-President of the Academy, will be...
The Nigerian Academy of Science is pleased to announce to the Public the Winner of the 2019 NAS GOLD MEDIAL in the Physical Sciences in the person of PROFESSOR OLUGBENGA BELLO, a Professor in the Department of Chemistry...
