Day: October 24, 2017

Transparent solar technology represents ‘wave of the future’

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Led by engineering researchers at Michigan State University, the authors argue that widespread use of such highly transparent solar applications, together with the rooftop units, could nearly meet U.S. electricity demand and drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels. “Highly transparent solar cells represent the wave of the future for new solar applications,” said Richard Lunt, the Johansen Crosby Endowed Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at MSU. “We analyzed their potential and show that by harvesting only invisible light, these devices can provide a similar electricity-generation potential…

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Troops arrest kidnappers, oil bunkerers, destroy illegal refineries in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers

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Military troops under Operation Crocodile Smile II have arrested kidnappers, armed robbers, oil bunkerers, destroying several illegal refineries in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers States. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, explained that the operation has been stepped up since its launch. He said: “Following the official flag off of Operation Crocodile Smile II by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai on Friday October 13, 2017, the tempo of operational activities within 6 Division Area of…

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Plugged music festival debuts in Port Harcourt this Chiristmas

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Pleasure Park Port Harcourt and Plugged Music Festival Ltd have reached an agreement to jointly organise one of Nigeria’s biggest and dopest Music Festival, The Plugged Music Festival in the spanking new and expansive Port Harcourt Pleasure Park, this Christmas. According to a statement released by the Chief Executive Officer of the Plugged Music Festival, Mr. Chima Emmanuel Aguma, the 2-day Festival at the heart of the city of Port Harcourt, will bring together top acts of the Nigerian music industry to the garden-city for an event like no other…

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Nigerian government can’t ban doctors from private practice – NMA

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The Nigerian Medical Association has kicked against a recent order by the Nigerian government, banning private doctors from practising in government facilities. The association has also threatened to go on holiday, leaving public hospitals to be run by paramedics if they were being equated with them. At a press conference in Ilorin to mark the 2017 Physicians’ ‎week, NMA president Mike Ogirima asked the federal government to come out clear and define what it meant by working hours because according to it, doctors in public hospitals were already working more…

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Vladimir Putin says genetically-modified super soldiers ‘worse than a nuclear bomb’ could be a reality

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VLADIMIR Putin says genetically-modified super soldiers “worse than a nuclear bomb” could soon become a reality. The strongman Russian President spoke to a crowd of students about the prospect of an army of trained killers incapable of feeling “pain or fear” much like the characters in the 1992 action movie Universal Soldier. The Sun reports Putin revealed that scientists are close to breaking the genetic code which would enable them to create “a human with pre-designed characteristics”. Speaking at the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, Putin warned of…

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Buhari’s Ambassadorial nominee to United States too old, may be rejected – Matthew Page

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A former U.S intelligence community expert, Matthew Page, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s 82-year-old Ambassadorial nominee to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor, may be rejected for not being a “dynamic and energetic” person. Recall that Nsofor’s nomination as Ambassador to the U.S had sparked controversy when President Buhari sent his name to the Nigerian Senate. The Senate had rejected Nsofor’s nomination after the Department of State Services (DSS) advised that the ambassadorial nominee “will not be able to perform the duty of an officer due to his advanced age.”…

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Lamido notifies PDP of 2019 presidential ambition

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A former Governor of Jigawa state Sule Lamido, has written a letter to members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to express his interest on the party’s presidential ticket in the 2019 general elections. Lamido, in the letter dated Oct. 22 and made available to newsmen on Monday, shared some of his thoughts and concerns about PDP and Nigeria. He said the country’s founding fathers shared the dream of a united, strong and prosperous independent Sovereign Federation. “This being the case, what our founding fathers believed firmly was that Nigeria…

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Does a Nigerian lawmaker earn more than US President Trump?

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Are the country’s legislators living luxuriously as the majority of citizens tighten their belts? We did the math. Terming it “strange, unthinkable and very disheartening”, the leader of a Nigerian pro-reform group castigated the “monumental” pay of the country’s lawmakers. Areoye Oyebola, a former newspaper editor who chairs the Movement for Nigeria’s Total Transformation, urged a pay cut of as much as 90%. Amid grinding poverty, a Nigerian senator earns “US$1.7 million annually”, Oyebola said, “far higher than the US$400,000 yearly income of the US president”. “Even a member of…

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Southern Governors insist on true federalism, devolution of powers

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The Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria have unanimously reiterated the call for true federalism and devolution of powers to States. The resolution was reached after their meeting in Lagos on Monday. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, who was appointed Chairman of the forum, read out the communique at the end of the meeting. They also resolved to collaborate with one another for the growth and development of their economies. Continuing with the communique, Governor Ambode, who will be assisted by Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa) and David Umahi (Ebonyi),…

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PDP demands arrest, prosecution of Maina

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for immediate arrest and prosecution of Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, wanted for alleged fraud. The party made the call in a statement by National Publicity Secretary of its National Caretaker Committee, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, on Monday in Abuja. The party called for the arrest and prosecution of those who aided the return of Maina to the country after his disappearance for several years, and his restoration to his duty post with added promotion. The…

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