The China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation (CCECC), the contractor handling the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, is in a race to meet the June commissioning deadline by finishing at least seven stations The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, had last Saturday inspected the project where he frowned at the slow pace
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The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) will, tomorrow, award 57 marginal oil fields to oil firms in the country.The Federal Government had in June last year started a bid round for the fields, which are mainly in the Niger Delta. DPR said through its spokesman, Paul Osu, yesterday, that arrangements had
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A report published by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) warns China could gain “coercive leverage” – in essence, blackmail material – over Asian, African, and Latin American countries thanks to telecom giant Huawei’s strategy to provide massive amounts of Internet storage to dozens of governments at
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Until now, competing types of robotic hand designs offered a trade-off between strength and durability. One commonly used design, employing a rigid pin joint that mimics the mechanism in human finger joints, can lift heavy payloads, but is easily damaged in collisions, particularly if hit from the side. Meanwhile, fully
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Given that businesses have suffered a yearlong battering from the pandemic, many are now viewing vaccine passes as a potential route to salvation. Some of the biggest tech firms and healthcare organizations have joined together to help facilitate that return to “normal” – ensuring that citizens have access to a
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Consumers are demanding assurances from online trade-ins as more than half expect to upgrade to 5G mobile devices in the next two years, according to new research from Blancco Technology Group. The Online Device Trade-Ins: Building Trust in an Invisible Process study found 57% of global consumers expect to upgrade to
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Samuel Anyaele regularly tells his students that everything they need to write a software code can be found on their mobile phones. He writes HTML codes on his phone, which are displayed on a monitor in a tiny classroom in Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity. His students look up at the big screen
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New concept pictures for the interior of the world's largest aircraft have been revealed, showing plush seats for up to 100 passengers and a 'wall' of windows. The spacious Airlander 10, which measures almost double the length of an average commercial aircraft, appears to offer a far more comfortable flying experience
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A team of scientists has reportedly broken the record for drilling the deepest ocean hole in history. The hole was drilled nearly 5 miles below sea level off the coast of Japan in an effort to study the region’s earthquake history. In a blog post last week, the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD), Institute for Marine-Earth
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With the widespread paradigm shift, which ranges from remote working to business digitization, customers’ expectations have changed significantly over the last 12 months. When COVID-19 disrupted businesses on a global scale, those already deploying cloud applications were able to adapt to the new norm and rollout continuity for important operations.
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