480 Truckloads of Fuel Dispatched to FCT, Environs – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Monday, said over 480 truckloads of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol, had been dispatched to Abuja and neighbouring states within Sunday and Monday, to quell the scarcity in the region, Vanguard reports.

Kaduna State University ICT Gutted by Fire

 

A section of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) center of the Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna has erupted in flames, while some students were making use of the facility.

The fire, which started about 11:45 am lasted for about one hour, forty-five minutes, destroying computers, server, props and other internet equipment worth millions of Naira. However, no casualty was recorded from the incident.

Nigerian Stocks Gain, Buoyed by Oil Price

Jan 29 Nigerian shares rose on Friday as investors, encouraged by gains in the price of oil, sought bargains in a market that has fallen sharply this month.

The main index rose 1.34 percent to close at 23,916 points, with the banking, petroleum and food sectors leading gains.

Sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest stock index has fallen 17.6 percent so far this year on falls in the naira currency and in crude, Nigeria's main export.

Lassa Fever Patient Absconds in Nigeria's Ebonyi State

A Lassa fever patient receiving treatment in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Ebonyi on Tuesday absconded from a health facility to an unknown place, Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole told an audience in Abuja.

The patient was being quarantined in Ebonyi, one of the high-risk states affected by the latest Lassa fever outbreak which has claimed almost 50 lives across the country, the senior official said during the inauguration of a National Lassa Fever Action Committee to investigate, control and prevent further outbreaks of the disease.

Security agencies and health officials have immediately taken contact tracing steps to find the fleeing patient which now poses a serious threat to the society, the official said.

Chinese Firm Sets up Poultry Farm in SW Nigeria 

A Chinese firm in southwest Nigeria’s Ogun State has set up an integrated poultry farm in order to focus on enhancing the nation’s food security through commercial agricultural production.

Mark Chen, General Manager for Eco-Green Farm, made this known in an interview with Xinhua in Ijebu-Ife, about 130 km from Lagos, the country’s economic hub on Monday.

Established in 2011, the farm situated a rural area of Ogun State recognized

Nigeria to Deploy 3,000 Policemen to Restive Northeast

The Nigerian government has concluded arrangement to deploy some 3,000 policemen to the restive northeast region, a spokesperson said on Thursday.

Olabisi Kolawole, the national police spokesperson, who disclosed this in a statement made available to Xinhua, said the police authority has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Operations, Sotonye Wakama, to lead a team of intelligence officers to the northeast on needs assessment.

The step was preparatory to the deployment of 3,000 policemen to liberated areas in the zone and restoration of civil authority, she said.

Nigeria: Lassa Fever - Lagos Health Officials Comb Markets for Rats

 

Following the reported case of a Lassa fever patient at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), the Environmental Health Officers Association of Nigeria (EHOAN), Lagos State branch, for two consecutive days last weekend, moved from one market place to another in Lagos, pursuing rodents, to curb the spread of the ailment. Lassa fever is believed to be caused by rats and similar rodents. Chairman of EHOAN in Lagos State, Mr. Samuel Akingbehin, said the association decided to embark on the 'de-rat' exercise, "in order to reduce the number of the killer rodents in the market places."

Football Pitch in Nigeria Powered by Kinetic Energy: Vanity Project for Oil Multinational or Future for Renewables?

 

An innovative new football pitch in Lagos opened in December using power generated by the players running on special tiles that capture kinetic energy. The project at the Federal College of Education in Akoka is supported by multinational oil company Shell and uses technology developed by British company Pavegen.

“We found a community that had no light, has no way at night time for people to socialise or play sport,” Pavegen founder Laurence Kemball-Cook told RFI. “We're creating a real legacy project here to really change the way energy used and viewed in Africa,” he adds.

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More than 90 tiles located under the pitch capture kinetic energy generated by the movement of the players.

“Each tile produces up to 7 watts of power per footstep,” says Kemball-Cook. “If you had 8 people continuously walking over the tiles you could produce up to 56 watts of power continuously.”