American Chemical Society Nigeria International Chemical Sciences Chapter 4th Annual Symposium with the Theme “Innovations in Chemical Sciences for Industrial Growth and Sustainable Development” was held at University of Lagos. Below are pictorial descriptions of the event: “As businesses, we are nothing without a healthy and productive workforce. I cannot express in words the gratitude many of us feel for the renewed mandate of Africa CDC from the African Union to accelerate testing throu...

The 5th ACS Nigeria International Chemical Sciences Chapter Symposium, Sokoto 2020, was held March 1-4, 2020. The event, with the theme “Chemistry: A Viable Tool for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals,” featured keynote and plenary lectures, award presentations, technical and poster sessions, a cocktail party, and the Annual General Meeting of the chapter. More than 300 local and international participants from academia, student communities, industries, inter-government ag...

The ACS Nigeria Chapter in collaboration with the ACS Office of International Activitiesorganized and hosted the 2015 Festival of Chemistry in Abuja, Nigeria. The festival was heldat the Abuja International Conference Centre, Abuja. The festival was the first activity to beorganized by the ACS Nigeria Chapter, the first to be hosted in Africa and the seventh globallyafter Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Puerto Rico and China. Participants at the festival included the Permanent Secretary, Federal...

Festival of chemistry returned for its third unique time in Nigeria to deliver exciting and engaging science-based activities to pupils, high school students and the society at large. The 2018 program “Southern Nigeria Festival of Chemistry” had as its theme – Showcasing chemistry as a central aimed at motivating the pupils and students to pursue careers in the chemical sciences through series of hands-on experiments (see appendix 1 & 2). The festival was held at the Civil Service Audi...