Supply improvement: NERC calls for embedded power
One of the ways of inreasing generation caapacity, thereby, improving on electricity supply and delivery in the country, is through embedded power production, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has said.
FG, firm sign N155bn deal on mining
LAGOS—The Federal Government has signed a $1 billion (about N155 billion) memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Swiss firm, Glencore International, on investment in mining, energy and infrastructure.
New NIMR IRB urged to abide by WHO recommendation
Members of the newly reconstituted Nigeria Institute of Medical Research, NIMR, Institutional Review Board, IRB, have been urged to abide by the World Health Organisation’s, WHO, recommendations on human subject protection.
NDLEA re-arrests suspect with creamy cocaine
IKEJA—Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), yesterday, re-arrested a 50-year-old drug suspect with 9.500kg of creamy concaine at Murtala Muhammed International Airport , Lagos. This is the first seizure of creamy cocaine in the country by NDLEA .
Oil prices likely to stay high despite good supply – IEA
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that tension between Iran and the West is likely to keep oil prices high despite a dramatic improvement in world supply and a big build in stocks.
Court orders Kogi govt to reinstate 346 sacked workers
LOKOJA – A Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene, yesterday, ordered the state government to reinstate about 346 workers sacked following a screening in 2009 and pay them their entitlements. Justice Sunday Oto, who gave the directive also said the workers were irregularly sacked.
