Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 16:57
NIGERIA is to receive $3bn from the World Bank and the US Export-Import Bank (Exim Bank) to assist the government with the implementation of its energy transition plan aimed at enabling the nation to achieve its zero emissions target by 2060.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 15:32
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has lashed out at former Jigawa State governor Sule Lamido for criticising his refusal to accept the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primaries saying the ex-helmsman has lost his political relevance.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 15:00
NIGERIA'S federal government has been advised to use the latest tranche of $23m returned to the country by the US to settle the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) industrial dispute that has crippled tertiary education since February.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 14:14
OPPOSITION to the All Progressives Congress (APC) decision to field a Muslim-Muslim ticket in next year's presidential election continues to grow with northern Christian leaders meeting ex-military leaders Ibrahim Babangida and Abdusalam Abubakar over the matter.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 12:42
NIGERIAN teenage centreback Odel Offiah has made his season's debut for English Premier League side Brighton & Hove featuring for them in yesterday's Carabao Cup match when the Seagulls beat League One side Forest Green Rovers 3-0.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Thu, 08/25/2022 - 10:39
Ayo Akinfe
[1] This is the screw pump, known as the Archimedes Screw. It is the oldest displacement pump in the world and records of its use dates back to Ancient Egypt before the 3rd century BC. Back then, Egyptians used it to lift water from the Nile
[2] Later introduced from Egypt to Greece, some researchers have postulated that the Archimedes Screw was the device used to irrigate the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/24/2022 - 17:31
CHINA is planning to forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect $10bn of its International Monetary Fund (IMF) reserves to nations across the continent as part of its programme to come to the assistance of its struggling trade partners.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/24/2022 - 16:57
HEALTH minister Dr Osagie Ehanire has played down the ongoing exodus of medical doctors Nigeria is currently witnessing saying that the country produces enough practitioners to replace all those who leave.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/24/2022 - 16:12
WASHINGTON will have returned a total of $334.7m of General Sani Abacha's stolen cash to Nigeria once the recent tranche of $23.4m is handed over Mary Leonard who revealed that the US will no longer remain a safe haven for money launders.
Submitted by AkinfeAyo on Wed, 08/24/2022 - 16:12
WASHINGTON will have returned a total of $334.7m of General Sani Abacha's stolen cash to Nigeria once the recent tranche of $23.4m is handed over Mary Leonard who revealed that the US will no longer remain a safe haven for money launders.
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