Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria says it has reached the significant health and safety milestone of 1,200 days without a lost-time injury at SHI-MCI, a ship fabrication and integration yard located in Lagos. SHIN said the achievement was reflective of its intense focus on ensuring the health and safety of its entire
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The National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to revisit the Nigeria Air project which had been suspended. The association made the call on Thursday, at its aviation stakeholders’ safety workshop, held in Lagos. The President of NAAPE, Mr Abednego Galadima, while congratulating the president on his
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America Will Put First Woman Astronaut On The Moon. The Trump administration wants to put Americans back on the moon by 2024, Vice President Mike Pence announced at a meeting of the National Space Council in Huntsville, Alabama. “The first woman and the next man on the moon will both be American
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Smart home devices can make life more convenient, but may put you at risk of being hacked. Ensure your safety with a few simple measures. By connecting smart devices like lights, cameras, door locks and thermostats to the Internet, you may be making them — and you — visible to digital
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There are many tools for setting up two-factor authentication, a security mechanism that prevents improper access. These four methods are the most compelling. When Facebook revealed last week that it had stored millions of people’s account passwords in an insecure format, it underlined the importance of a security setting that many
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Medtronic implantable medical devices are vulnerable to cyber attack The U.S. Department of Homeland Security last week warned that numerous medical devices made by Medtronic are vulnerable to cyber attack. The vulnerabilities affect 17 of the company’s implantable cardiac device models and the external equipment used to communicate with them. A Medtronic spokesperson told
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Energy sensor can monitor, find electrical failures before it happen A new system devised by researchers at MIT can monitor the behavior of all electric devices within a building, ship, or factory, determining which ones are in use at any given time and whether any are showing signs of an imminent
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The Nigeria Integrated Water Resources Management Commission has issued licences to Nestle Water and Winners Power Gardens companies for water supply and hydropower construction respectively. The Executive Director, Reuben Habu, who confirmed this, said the issuance of licences to prospective applicants was another landmark, having met the conditions required by law. Habu
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Axxela Limited (“Axxela”), sub-Saharan Africa’s preferred fast-growing gas & power portfolio company, has officially inugurated its Greater Lagos IV inugurated gas pipeline network and the newly renovated Elegbata Sports Complex. Greater Lagos IV (GLIV) is Axxela’s gas pipeline network, developed by its Gaslink Nigeria Limited subsidiary in partnership with the Nigerian
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Employees of the Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences are currently undergoing training on the latest mining techniques that would help improve their efficiency and grow the country’s revenue from the sector. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing seven-day training on human capital development for NIMG staff in conjunction with
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