Nokia 1011 is the world’s first mass produced mobile phone. MADE: 1992-1994 in Germany MAKER: Nokia Corporation CATEGORY: Telecommunications OBJECT NUMBER: 2013-137 MATERIALS: Electronic components, metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified) MEASUREMENTS: Overall: 38 mm x 60 mm x 190 mm, .47 kg TYPE: Mobile telephone TAXONOMY: Component – objecttelephone. ReferenceScience Museum Group Collection© The Board…

GSM stands for Global System for Mobile Communications. It was originally named after the committee that worked on it, called Groups Spécial Mobile. GSM was a European standard for early digital mobile networks, meaning that mobile phone users could use their phones across the whole of Europe without having to buy a new handset in…

Onah Samuel AdakoleAbel John EjilaIn tecent times, they have been efforts to adopt additivemanufacturing in Nigeria, however, Benue state has not beenengaged most notably in the industrial adoption of thistechnology. Additive Man5ufacturing is the new paradigm inthe manufacturing industry which is revolutionizing theindustrial landscape. This change looks at new engineering,management, science, technology, and innovation skills…

Catholic pontiff, the Pope, erects a new Diocese of Wukari, and appoints Rev. Fr. Mark Maigida Nzukwein, as the first Bishop of the Diocese, the Vatican press office reports. The new Bishop, Mark Maigida, prior to his appointment as Bishop, was the priest of Jalingo Diocese and the Rector of St. Augustine Major Seminary in…

Elon Musk at the Tesla Gigafactory construction site in Brandenburg, Grünheide, on Sept. 3, 2020. Reference: MSNBC

Onueke town is the capital of Ebonyi South Local Government Area and the ancestral headquarters of the Ezza, one of the most populous clans in Ebonyi State. Ebonyi South LGA was created at the same time when Ebonyi State was created — 1st October 1996. Onueke was formerly the headquarters of the old Ezzikwo County…

Like Ebonyi River, from which the state got its name, the history of Ebonyi state is the history of motion and movement, whose tidal flow maintained a continuum in and out of seasons. Part of old Ogoja ProvinceHistorically, the geographical area today known as Ebonyi State is formerly a part of the old Ogoja Province…

Ebonyi State got its name from a River, the Aboine River also called Abonyi River. The name Abonyi was Anglicized to become Ebonyi. The Ebonyi River goes through Abakaliki, the capital of the state. Ebonyi State was created on October 1, 1996, by president Sani Abacha from parts of Enugu and Abia States. It is…

Map of Ebonyi showing the state’s 13 local government areas Ebonyi Local Government AreasAbakalikiIzziEzza NorthEzza SouthAfikpo SouthAfikpo NorthEbonyiOhaukwuOniochaIshieluIkwoOhaozaraIvo Map of Nigeria showing Ebonyi State Ebonyi Ebonyi is a state in southeastern Nigeria, created in 1996 from parts of Abia and Enugu states. Ebonyi state is the 36th and youngest state in Nigeria. It is bordered…

Afikpo North Afikpo North is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi It’s headquarters and largest town is Afikpo Afikpo Afikpo, also known as Ehugbo, is the second largest town in Ebonyi state after Abakaliki, the state capital. Land areaAfikpo spans an area approximately 164 km2 (63 sq mi). BoundariesIt is bordered to the north by…