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A NIGERIAN Scientist,
Ejikeme P. Nwosu, 29 year- old, have developed a process for producing flammable gases from urine. Nwosu, a graduate of Pure and Industrial Chemistry from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (NAU), Anambra State with Masters of Science degree in Organic Chemistry from the
University of Ibadan (UI),
Oyo State, claims this process could replace fossil fuel in the
near future. Nwosu told The Guardian,"after years of study, I have successfully developed a
process that converts urine into flammable gases. These gases can be used as an alternative to fossil fuel. This process is cheap, easy and very feasible. It requires treating urine with some substances I identified after
years of study.
A U.S-based Nigerian born scientist, Dr. Alphonsus
Ekwerike, a professor of
Neuroendocrinologic-
Neurosquatemetry at the
Science Medicine Research Institute, USA and Science Medicine (SUPREP) University,
has been credited with
discovering a new heavenly body named 2010 TL 78. This achievement, which is coming barely eight months after he was also credited with the confirmation of
observation of a Near Earth (NEO) object, Comet C/2010 H1, was contained in a new space
discovery news released
recently and endorsed by the president of the International
Astronomical Search
Collaboration (IASC), Dr Patrick Miller. The third Nigerian is
Dr Joseph Igietseme, Nigerian-Born Bio-Medical Scientist, a
top scientist and researcher at
the Atlanta based, US federal government- owned Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) led others to win the this year's prestigious
Charles C. Shepard Science Awards, which is to recognize excellence in science achievement by CDC scientists and authors of outstanding
scientific papers,according to
the CDC. His expertise in the US scientific research community
is underscored by the fact that the American government through its agencies like the
CDC and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimate about
$20 million to support
Igietseme's research over the last decade and he is also reputed to have over 200
peer-reviewed research publications, reviews articles and presentations as an
academic scientist.