Efforts to increase ship traffic at the Eastern ports has received a boost with the successful handling of a containership measuring 265 metres in length overall by the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) at the Onne Port Complex, Rivers State. The ship, named JPO Volans, is the first gearless vessel and
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Sequel to the high demands by Cameroonians to fly directly into Nigeria, plans are underway for IbomAir to begin scheduled flights on Cameroon-Nigeria route. Briefing newsmen shortly after the last State Executive Council meeting for 2019, the Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State Government, Dr Emmanuel Ekuwem, maintained that “there’s a
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Mining has traditionally been a dangerous activity with a heavy environmental cost. But European projects are helping to make it safer and cleaner, by taking existing technologies and applying them to the context of mining. Increasing mine safety The SIMS Project is working on the introduction of drones to mining. "It's about using
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Twitter is banning animated PNG image files from its platform after trolls hijacked the Epilepsy Foundation’s handle and hashtags to send potentially seizure-inducing images to epileptic and photo-sensitive individuals. The company recently discovered a bug that allowed users to bypass its autoplay settings, and allow several animated images in a single
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Scientists have found the mineral edscottite, which is a phase that iron reaches after cooling down while being smelted into steel, on a meteorite, marking the first time it’s been discovered in nature. The mineral was discovered in the Wedderburn meteorite, a lemon-sized piece of metal first found in Australia in
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More facts have emerged on the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to order the release of the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki and activist/publisher, Omoyele Sowore from detention on December 24. The failure of the government to obey court orders was beginning to impact foreign investment into Nigeria, especially
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A slew of new satellites aim to make the world better connected but it might come at the expense of humanity's ability to reach out to the stars. Thousands of new satellites are set for launch in the coming year by SpaceX and other companies in an effort to improve internet
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Researchers believe they may have found living matter in pockets of water trapped in rock for billions of years in South Africa, fueling speculation they could be a key to some mysteries on Mars, Inside Science reported. According to the science news outlet, two miles under a grassy plain in South
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Payment system experts have stressed the need for electronic payment (e-payment) providers to embrace increased partnerships and utilisation of data analytics to sustain the triple digit growth recorded so far under the Payment System Vision 2020 (PSV). The experts made the observation while speaking at the 2019 retreat of the Committee
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Construction work on many major roads in the six geopolitical zones of the country has stopped despite the Federal Government’s N84.54bn budgetary allocations to them from 2017 to 2019. Investigations showed that contractors stopped work on many of the projects because of poor funding by the Federal Government. It was gathered that
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