Fossil fuels as the name suggests are derivatives of plant and animal fossils that are millions of years old. These are primarily formed from the remains of the decayed plants and animals of the carboniferous era. The three fuel sources i.e. coal, natural gas and oil/petroleum help to meet the energy and electricity demands of…
Overview Fossil fuels are among the most commonly used forms of energy in the world. Common fossil fuels include natural gas, coal and petroleum, which is refined to create gasoline. Although fossil fuels are strong sources of energy, their use can pose certain health problems if handled incorrectly. The various Fossil Fuel types all have…
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on the Army are in Rivers State to see places damaged by the military earlier in 2016. The committee, led by Rimande Shawulu Kwewum, was taken round properties destroyed by soldiers, who unleashed terror on inhabitants of Ogoni communities. Part of the places visited on Tuesday, April 19,…
Captain of the Nigeria professional football league side, Kano Pillars, Gambo Mohammed, has now been discharged from hospital. Aproko247 gathered that Mohammed was discharged by doctors at Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday. The skipper suffered a head injury in Sunday’s week 12 league game against Rivers United in Port…
Nigeria’s representative at this year’s CAF Champions League, Enyimba, say they will snatch a win, or at worst, a draw against Etoile Sportive du Sahel when they meet on Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in Tunisia and hope to chase the club out of the competition. One of the players of the Nigeria professional football league…
The trial of former Chairman, Akoko Edo Local Government Area, Edo State, Akerejola Joseph Folorunsho and five others slated to begin on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 before Justice E. A. Edigin of the State High Court, Benin could not go on as planned as the defence is challenging the competence of the court to entertain…
Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has stated that violators of the provisions of the Procurement Act risk five to 10 years imprisonment. Magu, who lamented the widespread procurement fraud in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, further disclosed that civil servants found guilty under the Act might also face dismissal…
The Director General of National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, Adolphus Joe Ekpe, has again reiterated his firm commitment to collaborate with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in tackling lottery scam and economic crimes in the country. He said the synergy became imperative as both agencies are strategic to the success of the anti…
The Nigerian Senate has disclosed that it is totally untrue that a National Grazing Bill is before it as being speculated on social media. The upper chamber of the National Assembly made this clarification on Tuesday after plenary. Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Babajide Omoworare, disclosed this in a statement he issued in…
The Senate says contrary to what many think, the proposed amendment of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act cannot affect the ongoing trial of the its President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement by Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public…