Stakeholders call for sustenance of IT policies by incoming govt
Stakeholders in the e-commerce sector have called for sustainability in the policies of the outgoing government on Information Technology.
Energy experts fault NERC’s new directives on electricity tariffs
Lagos—Some energy experts yesterday faulted the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (NERC) recent pronouncement that Distribution Companies (DISCOs) could now use the cost of operations to peg their tariffs.
W/Bank cuts Africa growth projection to 4%
The World Bank, yesterday, announced a downward review of its 2015 Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth rate projection to 4.0 percent.
Solar-powered internet drone completes first test flight
A PORTUGUESE startup that aims to use solar-powered drones to provide wireless internet access to offline areas of the world claims to have successfully completed its maiden test flight. The company Quarkson plans to use the SkyOrbiter drones that will stay airborne for weeks, months or even years at a time and will fly at altitudes of up to 22,000 metres.
Low crude oil prices leave thousands of US wells uncompleted
In February EOG Resources Inc. said it would delay a significant number of well completions and plans to close out 2015 with 285 uncompleted wells, up from 200 at the end of 2014. Continental Resources Inc. Apache Corp. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. have also said that they plan to delay well completions until crude oil prices pick up again.
How elections were rigged, by PDP, APC
The struggle to win more governorships between the political parties, yesterday, shifted to the media with the two major political parties accusing each other of conspiring with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agencies to rig the governorship elections against them where they lost out.
