The National Ecosystem Advocates of Nigeria (NEAN) has urged the Federal Government to save Nigeria’s bushes, forests and water areas from marauding Chinese nationals.It said it was expedient for the government to preserve and protect the listed spaces from unscrupulous Chinese nationals. NEAN National Coordinator, Ben Iguabor and Secretary, Silas Modaccai,
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The interiors of nonflowering trees such as pine and ginkgo contain sapwood lined with straw-like conduits known as xylem, which draw water up through a tree's trunk and branches. Xylem conduits are interconnected via thin membranes that act as natural sieves, filtering out bubbles from water and sap. MIT engineers have
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A developmental expert, Ale Michael, has tasked the Federal Government with better policies to enhance water use and supply to boost economic development. Ale, who is the co-founder of, Global Initiative for Nigeria Development (GIND), advised that Rural Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, could redirect the current operational policies to
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Africa is the continent most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. That’s largely because many of its people and governments are too poor to do what’s needed to cope under the expected new conditions. Yet Africa has a long and successful history of learning to live with changing climates. Indeed, it’s
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The federal government yesterday put the total number of oil-polluted sites that have been cleaned up in Ogoniland in Rivers State at 15. Minister of the Environment, Mr. Muhammad Mahmoud, while answering reporters’ questions at the end of the weekly virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the State
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In 1961, Tom Rogers of the Leo Burnett Agency created Charlie the Tuna, a jive-talking cartoon mascot and spokesfish for the StarKist brand. The popular ad campaign ran for several decades, and its catchphrase “Sorry, Charlie” quickly hooked itself in the American lexicon. When the CIA’s Office of Advanced Technologies and
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A new ship powered only by lithium-ion batteries is coming to Japan’s coastline. The 60-meter-long tanker will be the first all-electric vessel of its kind when it launches in Tokyo Bay next year, its developers say. The “e5” tanker is the latest in a small but growing fleet of vessels that
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A hacker recently attempted to poison the water supply of Oldsmar, Florida, local law enforcement announced in a press conference. Pinellas County Bub Gualtieri said the hacker breached the water treatment facility’s computers and raised the amount of sodium hydroxide — which is used to control the water’s acidity — by an eye-popping 100
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Recognising the urgency to tackle climate change by quickly reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions, the British Deputy High Commissioner, Ben Llewellyn-Jones and the General Manager, Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) Mr. Oluwadamilola Emmanuel, have witnessed the demonstration of a hovercraft in LagosHovercraft, an amphibious boat-like vehicle that travels over water, sand
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Divergent views have continued to trail Friday’s verdict by a Dutch court that found Shell liable for pollution of farmlands and fish ponds of four farmers in the Niger Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Dutch court on Friday had ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell, to
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