A Nigerian company, Quadloop has discovered a way to recycle electronic waste into solar-powered lanterns and other products which will have a lower impact on the environment. Quadloop recycles lithium batteries from disposed old laptops for its solar lanterns. The company gets 70% of its material from e-waste. The founder of Quadloop, Dozie Igweilo, told […]
First time I heard of the name ‘ken saro wiwa’ was during a government class in SS1 and also in my literature class. I can clearly remember how we beat our palms on our school desk chanting the words ‘Ken Saro wiwa’ in a sing song manner in order to remember the poems written by […]
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Nigerian representatives in the African Cups suffered contrasting fortunes in far away Libya as Plateau United failed to qualify in the Confederation Cup, although Rivers United in the group stage after playing a 1-1 draw against Al Nasr. Prior to this, Plateau United secured a lead score 4-1 in the first leg of the Confederation […]
An appeal was made by the Chairman, Working Group on people of African Descent, Ms Catherine Namakula to the United Nations and other stakeholders to refrain from using Africa’s children images in undignified circumstances. This appeal was made in a report published and presented to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. Namakula said in an […]