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2025 NAS GOLD MEDAL: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

We are pleased to call for nominations for the 2025 NAS Gold Medal Prize for Nigerian scientists in the life sciences. Background The NAS Gold Medal (Prize for

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The ISC Governing Board has issued a statement to underscore the urgent need to protect and strengthen global cooperation in science.

The ISC Governing Board has issued a statement to underscore the urgent need to protect and strengthen global cooperation in science. Click here to download the statement.

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Investiture of the Academy’s 20th President

Professor Emeritus Abubakar Sani Sambo, FAS was installed the 20th President of the Nigerian Academy of Science on Thursday, 23rd of January, 2025 in Abuja. He took over from Professor Ekanem Braide,

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NAS holds Induction and Public Lecture

The Nigerian Academy of Science expanded its Fellowship at an induction ceremony held on 22nd May 2025. At the event, 11 distinguished scientists — including one Foreign Fellow — were

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Commissioning of the NAS-TY Danjuma Science Museum and Library

The Nigerian Academy of Science commissioned its Science Museum/Library building on Monday, January 20th 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. The Museum is conceptualized to deepen the interphase between science and the

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20th Annual Meeting of African Science Academies (AMASA), Algeria

June 26, 2025

The Nigerian Academy of Science was at the twentieth Annual Meeting of African Science Academies (AMASA-2024), which was hosted in Algiers, by the Algerian Academy of Science and Technology (AAST) from November 26th to 28th,

Acholonu Prize

June 26, 2025

Professor Emeritus Alexander Dozie Wozuzu Acholonu FAS endowed the Acholonu Prizes for best oral and best poster presentations at the NAS Annual Scientific Conference. The prizes consist of cash and certificates. The first of the

NAS holds 5th NAS Meeting with Nigerian Science Associations

June 26, 2025

In 2011, the Nigerian Academy of Science initiated a meeting with national science associations in Nigeria to start a process of restructuring and organizing the Nigerian scientific community. The scientific community acknowledged the importance of

NAS Inducts Fellows and holds Public lecture

June 26, 2025

The Academy at its Annual General Meeting, held in January, elected nine distinguished scientists as Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Science. On Thursday, 16th of May, 2024 seven of these scientists were inducted into

2025 NAS GOLD MEDAL: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

June 26, 2025

We are pleased to call for nominations for the 2025 NAS Gold Medal Prize for Nigerian scientists in the life sciences. Background The NAS Gold Medal (Prize for Science) is an annual award

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