The Daily IIJ

By Chinyere Fred-Adegbulugbe. Dr Erepamo Osaisai, the Director-General and Chief executive officer of the Nigerian Energy Commission, (NAEC) has found the way to ensure energy security in the country. And that magic wand, he says, is exploiting the nation’s potentials of generating nuclear energy. But before he and other nuclear energy enthusiasts in the country [...]

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Chinyere Fred-Adegbulugbe. Everyone likes to be treated with respect. That also includes the Nigerian cow. For ages it has been regarded as a mere source of beef, milk and cheese. No one cared about its health and general well being. It is a different story at Brodowin, a small organic farm village 70 km North-east [...]

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 Pakistan has evolved a comprehensive strategy to avert any possible transmission of swine flue virus during the current Hajj season and decided to restrict people under 15 and over 65 years of age from travelling to Saudi Arabia. “This is one of the preventive measures to save the country of disease, because the immune system [...]

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Commission of inquiry into the celebrations of Ghana@50 has revealed that lackadaisical attitude of Coordinating Directors at the Assemblies is affecting the country’s development. The Commission presided over by Justice Isaac Duose expressed dismay over the attitude of these directors at the helm of affairs at the Metropolitan and Municipal Assemblies.

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It is not a good precedent to make wild allegations about the totality of our peaceful and law-abiding foreign residents in this country. But hey, as we exercise caution and circumspection, the question of the national interest, which wrongly entered the head of the surrogate at the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), will continue to [...]

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A war full-scale war cost us dearly in this land and we need not conduct ourselves strangely when it comes to appreciating the attendant consequences brought about after all. Do we need special social science lecture series to make presentations on the madness visited upon this nation in the name of liberation? Various warring factions [...]

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An avalanche of reports from the Auditing Commission has been piled up at the Capitol awaiting action from the august body. Which kind of action? We are referring to action in keeping with our constitution in any case. The House Committee on Public Accounts and Expenditure wakes up one morning, lines up in single file [...]

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They are both listed among the world’s most industrialised nations, hold key positions in European affairs, and will hold elections in coming months. But when it comes to matters of nuclear energy, there appear to be more differences than similarities between Germany and the UK.

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Electric bulbs no longer seem to work these days. Currently in the grip of a crippling energy crisis, Kenyans are bracing for tougher times, with a warning from energy suppliers. Prepare for power rationing. In effect, what this means is that the hours of darkness in many homes will be extended and there is just [...]

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What do cows, chocolate, cheese, biscuits and shampoo have in common? At Okodorf Brodowin, an eco friendly farm on the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, plenty. On this 1,200 hectare piece of land, nothing goes to waste. Mounds of cowdung are turned into manure. Milk from the cows is processed and packaged in a small dairy [...]

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