NDDC moves to train Niger Delta youths at Innoson Motors, Nigeria’s premier vehicle maker
Ben Eguzozie
21 hrs
Automaker said ready to debut Nigeria electric cars The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a federal government quango, is set to begin training of Niger Delta youths at the Innoson Kiara Academy, a technical and vocational institution, affiliated to the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Ltd. (IVM), as part of its skills acquisition programme, said […]
MDXi, MainOne’s subsidiary, leads way in energy efficiency, environmental sustainability
Ben EguzozieFebruary 15, 2021
As Africa accounts least GHG emissions, but continent loses $15bn yearly to climate change UNFCC: Africa most vulnerable to climate change via droughts, floods, low food production AfDB commits $12.5bn to climate finance MDXi, West Africa’s largest carrier-neutral data centre and a fully owned subsidiary of MainOne, the broadband infrastructure company, is […]
Urhobo indigenes initiate committee to establish N1.5bn microfinance bank
Onome AmugeFebruary 15, 2021
By Onome Amuge A group of progressive-minded Urhobo indigenes have set up a fundraising committee aimed at the mobilizing funds for the establishment of a microfinance bank with N1.5 billion capitalto cater for the needs of the ewheya (women) and ighele(youngsters) of Urhoboland in the Delta State region. The committee, launched recently, was inaugurated […]
Anambra gov’t lauds commercial airliner’s launch at a time global airline business lost $157bn in 2020
Ben EguzozieFebruary 15, 2021
IATA says global airline business to lose $38.7bn this year United Airlines off with one of 4 Embraer aircraft commercial flights to Enugu State gov’t asks businessman to use incoming state airport as hub Anambra government has commended Obiora Okonkwo, the owner of newly launched commercial airliner, United Nigeria Airlines, […]
Seplat builds NOUN university teaching centre in Sapele at N126m
Ben EguzozieFebruary 10, 2021
Under its OMLs 4, 38 & 41 GMoU Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc, the operator of the NPDC/SEPLAT Joint Venture assets of oil mining leases (OMLs) 4, 38 and 41, in partnership with the Sapele Okpe Community in Delta State, has expanded access to equal and qualitative higher education with the commissioning of […]
Strong lobby on to get Brazil’s Embraer locate Africa service centre in Nigeria’s Anambra State
Ben EguzozieFebruary 10, 2021
State in talks with Air Peace, Embraer’s biggest African buyer State to inaugurate own airport this year The Willie Obiano administration in Anambra State, with few months to its exit date in November this year, is pushing up a partnership deal with Air Peace, West Africa’s leading airliner, to format its incoming airport […]
UNILORIN, IITA researchers develop ILOMAZ-1 maize breed to boost production
Onome AmugeFebruary 9, 2021
By Onome Amuge Researchers at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin,in partnership with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, have developed a new breed of maize, named ILOMAZ-1. Gbolagade Adesiji, erstwhile dean of the UNILORIN agriculture faculty, disclosed the new development in Ilorin, Kwara State. Adesiji also said the grain has […]
NDDC woos Niger-Delta youths, as it gets set to open multi-billion-naira head office
Ben EguzozieFebruary 1, 2021
Distributes 36 disposal trucks, 162 waste bins to member-states Items laid waste at commission’s Port Harcourt warehouse Effiong Akwa, the interim administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is seeking tacit cooperation from the youth of the oil region as a common front for peace and development of the Niger Delta […]
Port Harcourt DisCo explains meter distribution strategy
Tobias PiusJanuary 27, 2021
By Tobias Pius Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED), which holds the franchise to service AkwaIbom, Bayelsa, Cross River and Rivers states, has said that it would meter customers in the aforementioned states in phases. The company made this known after it took delivery of just 77,000 prepaid meters supplied by the Federal Government […]
Nigerian university agriculture institute researchingflood resistant maize
Onome AmugeJanuary 26, 2021
By Onome Amuge The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has begun a research into the development of maize varieties that can withstand flood and survive while submerged in water for up to 14 days. Muhammad Ishiyaku, the institute’s director, noted that one of the fundamental focus areas […]