NGO trains over 20,000 undergraduates on plastic pollution
By Peter Egwuatu U-Recycle Initiative Africa, a youth-led Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, has trained over twenty thousand youths across four federal universities in Nigeria through the second edition of its flagship multi-year initiative for universities, called PlasticWize 2.0. The NGO is advancing environmental education, circular economy solutions, and climate action across Africa. Through PlasticWize 2.0, themed, “Redefining […]
Electricity consumers lament ‘crazy’ bill in Kano
Electricity consumers in Kano State have said that less than 3,000 consumers have received pre-paid meters since the distribution company, the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDCO, took over in November, 2013.
‘Over $100 million flow into China from Nigerians’
Nigerian businessmen in China have expressed the need to have both visiting and resident Nigerians in China process travelling documents to China without much hassles, stressing that Nigerian businessmen alone, flow about $100 million into the city of Guangzhou, China, on a daily basis.
Electric power companies must deliver value-added services — Huawei
Huawei a global information communication technology solutions provider, has emphasized that electric power companies in Africa and other part of the world must be able to deliver various value-added services to respond to the diverse needs of their customers.
Court stops NASS from summoning Petroleum Minister
A Federal High court in Abuja presided over by Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday set aside the summons by the House of Representatives on the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke to appear before it to answer to allegations that some ten billion naira was spent on a private aircraft charter. Justice Mohammed in […]
Alison-Madueke records another first as she’s appointed president of GECF
Barely three weeks after her election as the first female President of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been appointed as the President of the Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), the first woman to be so appointed by the body.
