The Yobe State Government says it will achieve 90 per cent access to water supply and sanitation by 2025 in line with the water and sanitation reform policy. Alhaji Bukar Mohammed, the General Manager, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), disclosed this on Sunday, December 24, 2017 in an interview with newsmen in Damaturu, the state capital. He said government has already achieved 90 per cent access to water and 85 per cent access to sanitation in Bade and Nguru local government areas under the joint partnership between the state and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). According to…
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National President, National Sesame Seed Association of Nigeria (NSSAN), Alhaji Sherif Balogun, says that sesame seed production has the potential of generating about N180 billion in four months if fully tapped. Balogun, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Monday, December 25, 2017 said that sesame seed production could also provide employment to 900,000 youths annually. He explained: “What is needed is between N60,000 and N70,000 to cultivate a hectare of sesame seed, with a guarantee of N200,000 returns on investment.” According to him, the country has about 84 million hectares…
Clinical Mentor, Kebbi State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr Mustapha Bature, has warned that consumption of fruits such as mango, banana, pawpaw and plantain, artificially-ripened by Calcium Carbide can cause cancer. Bature made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, December 25, 2017 in Abuja. According to Wikipedia, Calcium carbide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula of CaC₂. Its main use industrially is in the production of acetylene and calcium cyanamide. However, the chemical is being used to ripen fruits by some fruit vendors in Nigeria. The medical expert warned that…
The Rivers State Government and Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the distribution of gas to industries in the Greater Port Harcourt area and its environs. The MoU sets out broad terms and conditions to guide co-operation between the two parties in the development of new gas distribution opportunities in the Greater Port Harcourt area and its environs in addition to its existing gas distribution network in the state. “The agreement is key in the efforts of thegovernment to boost industrialization in Rivers State,” said Richard Hart, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of $2.5 million to the Mozambican government to develop renewable energy resources. The grant, from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), administered by the bank, will be used to implement the Mozambique Renewable Energy Integration Programme (MREP). “With the support of the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, Mozambique’s capacity to integrate larger shares of variable renewables will increase its efforts to become a major regional electricity supplier,” said Dr. Daniel Schroth, Director of the African Development Bank’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department. He added:…
Yemi Osinbajo on Monday, October 31, 2022, said that Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan (ETP) would require funding of about $1.9 trillion up to 2060. Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, said this in Abuja while declaring open the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum (ESEF) 2022. ”For the sake of emphasis, it is relevant to note that Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan (ETP) would require funding of about $1.9 trillion up to 2060. ”$410 billion of this amount is above usual spending and implies that we need to mobilise an additional $10 billion per annum. ”The realisation of this goal…
The presidents of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt signed an agreement on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, to develop one of the world’s largest onshore wind projects in Egypt. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the UAE’s renewable energy firm, Masdar, alongside its joint venture with Egypt’s main renewable energy developer, Infinity and Hassan Allam Utilities. Masdar, invested in a portfolio of renewable energy assets with a combined value of more than $20 billion and a total capacity of more than 15 GW, said the new project which would be its biggest yet. “With this agreement to develop…
In a few months’ time in January 2013, no fewer than five million gas cylinders will be distributed to urban and rural dwellers across the nation, under the “Switch to LPG Project”, which was officially unveiled in Abuja. Initially focusing on Nigeria but programmed to spread to other African countries, the phased initiative is essentially utilising the LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) as a climate change control tool, under the premise that with the process curbs the emission of greenhouse gas (GHG) while providing employment opportunities. The endeavour is being promoted by the Access To Clean Cooking Energy Solutions and Services…
Residents of Okpoama Community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State in Nigeria have butchered a stranded giant whale at seaside of the Atlantic Ocean close to the community. The stranded whale, which measured about 15 meters long, 5 meters wide and 3 meters height, appeared to have been washed off on Tuesday evening due to low sea wave at the riverbank. Residents of the community meeting the stranded whale on Wednesday morning, trooped out with machetes, hacksaws and axes to dismember the sea animal for fish. The butchering was still ongoing as at the time of filling the…
Police in Italy arrested 12 people in the southern region of Campania over charges of criminal association aimed at illegally disposing of waste and corruption, news agency ANSA reported on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. ANSA reported that Italian authorities had unveiled a criminal ring dedicated to the illegal disposal of special waste, of industrial origin, at the public plant in the town of Tufino on the outskirts of Naples. According to the agency, authorities believed some 1,000 tonnes of special waste coming from Naples as well as the cities of Salerno and Benevento and the town of Avellino, in Campania.…