With oil prices at a six-month high and gasoline prices not far behind, energy traders are pointing a finger at rising violence in Nigeria’s ethnically driven civil war.
A wave of attacks on oil wells, platforms and pipelines by rebels in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has left the country’s output at about half its maximum level of [...]
Abuja — Federal government will soon inaugurate a technical advisory committee to accelerate the pace of application of nuclear technology to electricity generation in the country.
Receiving a delegation of the Nigerian Academy of Science led by its chairman, Prof Oye Ibidapo-Obe in his office in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Science and technology, Dr. [...]
Patrick Ugeh
Abuja
Stakeholders, including a representative of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ian Facer, yesterday urged greater coordination among those involved in Nigeria’s quest to achieve its dream of generating power through nuclear energy.
A communique issued at the close of the three-day review workshop/expert mission to support introduction of nuclear power in Nigeria, said this [...]
Leon Usigbe
The Federal Government is committed to the development of safe nuclear energy and has therefore assured on the provision of necessary resources to create the appropriate technological, economic and social conditions that would sustain it.
According to the Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre who spoke at the opening of a “National Workshop [...]
By OBINNA EZEOBI
What is the idea behind the renewable energy fund? In the past few years, the Authority of Heads of States have been putting pressure on us to do a lot more on renewable energy and energy efficiency. In January 2008, they instructed us to do more in this area. Following that, the government [...]
By Gilbert da Costa
Nigerian rebels who have waged an increasingly bold campaign in the oil-rich Niger Delta say they feel cheated out of the oil wealth being pumped out of their land. Residents are equally disappointed by the near-absence of schools in the Delta. A philanthropist in the region says education holds the key [...]
