African Water Facility Turns Waste into Commercial Fertilizer and Energy, Improves Sanitation Services for Ghana’s Urban Poor
AfricaPress Releases November 8, 2013
PRESS RELEASE African Water Facility Turns Waste into Commercial Fertilizer and Energy, While Improving Sanitation Services for the Urban Poor, in Ghana A waste treatment plant that can produce about 500 tons of fertilizer per year, and can generate about 580,000 kWh per year of... Read more
Agriculture Fast Track Fund Now Accepting Grant Applications from African Agri-Business Operators
AfricaPress Releases November 8, 2013
PRESS RELEASE TUNIS, Tunisia, November 7, 2013/ — The Agriculture Fast Track Fund (http://www.AFTfund.org), a new multi-donor trust fund, managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org), designed to boost investment in Africa’s agricultural sector, is now accepting applications for new grants. Logo: http://www.photos.apo-opa.com/plog-content/images/apo/logos/african-development-bank-2.png Launching the call for... Read more
Following the Court of Appeal’s reinstatement of the former Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, as the National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Baraje-led faction of the party says “the days of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur and his illegal National Working Committee (NWC) in the Wadata... Read more
The final match of the 2013 UAE World Cup between three-time champions, Nigeria and defending champions, Mexico on Friday in Abu Dhabi would be a game of wits. This much was the verdict of Coach Manu Garba, Golden Eaglets’ Head coach after Nigeria handed a 3-0 defeat to... Read more
The World Mountain Race Association (WMRA) Mountain Running World Champion Philip Kiplimo of Uganda is leading 120 athletes to the 9th Obudu Ranch International Mountain Race. This was disclosed to sports journalists in Calabar by Mr. Patrick Ugbe, the Cross River Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development. Ugbe also told... Read more
“The Constitution Provides for the Federal Character; That Every Part of the Entity Should Have Relevance…”- Offoboche
Nigeria November 6, 2013
Chief Matthias Oko Offoboche, Gynaecologist, Politician, PDP Chieftain, Elder statesman and former Deputy Governor of Cross River State speaks on the position of Cross River North Senatorial District in respect of the governorship of the state in 2015 in this interview with newsmen in Calabar. Offoboche, who was Chairman... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Chief (Dr) Matthias Offoboche, a PDP Chieftain and former Deputy Governor of Cross River has called for power shift to the Northern senatorial District in the 2015 governorship election. Offoboche also said that it was unfair for people to use the 1979 Calabar-Ogoja Accord to... Read more
By Obichi Ikechi Like a plot unfolding in stages, the attacks on Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Madam Stella Oduah have sunk to a sad new low. As the commissioned attackers could not nail their target on the leaked BMW purchase ‘scandal’ they have resorted to attacking her widely acclaimed airport... Read more
Golden Eaglets’ Head coach Manu Garba (MFR) said he was confident that his wards would deliver the goods yet again in Tuesday’s semi-final decider against Sweden at the Rashid Stadium in Dubai. “All my life, I have never entertained any fear and I don’t even know what fear means,” posited a self-... Read more
From: Eno Effiong Akpabio (Uyo) Controversy has continued to trail the on-going saga between ExxonMobil and its host communities in the Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria over an oil spill that occurred late last year in November in which the regulatory authorities claimed 300 barrels of crude oil leaked... Read more
