June 30th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Environment, Governance, Nigeria, Oil
“The Federal Government has said that it is ready to shut in oil wells and lose revenue if that was what would be required to achieve the 2008 gas flares out deadline”, in a statement credited to a senior official of the Department of Petroleum Resources, and reported by the Punch Newspaper.
“The time […]
June 4th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Business and Entrepreneurship, Environment, Governance, Idea, Nigeria
Domestic waste disposal is a pain - any African knows this. Lagos state alone generates some 4,000 ton daily. Yet waste can be converted to electrical energy, a commodity lacking across Nigeria.
Globally, waste to energy (WTE) initiatives are quite common , and the technology is getting cheaper and better. There is none in Nigeria. […]
March 20th, 2008 | by Imnakoya | published in Blogosphere, Environment, Health, Sierra Leone
AfricanLoft has a featured article on the Obama Nigeria Initiative being spearheaded by the legislator. Hon. Onibiyo Adelabu, the President Obama Nigeria Initiatives, is shown answering reporters’ questions at the press conference in Lagos.
If the Lagos State Legislators have assembled to pool and use their resources to advance a common social cause in their state, […]
December 5th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Business and Entrepreneurship, Environment, Niger-Delta, Nigeria
A private equity group (Emerging Capital and Notore) is about to make money out of the chaos in the Niger-Delta…”want to redirect natural gas to a more beneficial use: nitrogen fertilizer, of which natural gas is the main ingredient.”
“You cannot let this humongous asset waste away while Nigeria flares gas and imports fertilizer,” says […]
November 30th, 2007 | by Imnakoya | published in Environment, Governance, Health, Nigeria
A section of the TINAPA complex
It’s interesting how some states have suddenly discovered the need to create “mega’ or “economic†cities all of a sudden.
Check one: Lagos. Where the governor has been all over pitch-selling his idea for a “Lagos Mega City” - a project expected to gulp several billion dollars and […]
