Alcatel-Lucent achieves distance record for undersea data transmission over more than 10,000 km using unique 300G technology in Africa
Africa July 16, 2015
Lab trial leverages SOFTNODE platform and unique real-time processing 300G 8QAM technology to demonstrate cost-effective high capacity increase on subsea cable systems PARIS, France, 14th July 2015,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Telecom and cable Television operators in Africa are set to improve on quality and increase their clientele reach, thanks... Read more
TRAFFICKER SUSPECTS From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu The Bayelsa Command of Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday said it has smashed a child trafficking syndicate and rescued 36 trafficked children. Briefing Journalists on the operation, Mr Friday Onuche Deputy Director at Bayelsa Command of the DSS said the operation was... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. Shell’s Kolo Creek-Rumuekpe pipeline spilled 306 barrels of crude- JIV Report A breach on a 20 inch crude delivery pipeline from Kolo Creek fields in to Rumuekpe in Rivers has discharged some 306 barrels of crude into the swamps. According to a Joint... Read more
A total of 27 partnerships have been agreed by Nigerian and British companies under the auspices of the annual Nigeria-UK engagement programme sponsored by the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo). The partnerships cover a wide range of oil and gas activities including engineering, maintenance, fabrication and... Read more
Twelve oil workers died in a pipeline explosion which occurred on Thursday afternoon at Agip’s oil fields in Azuzuama in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa. Three others were injured in the explosion at an oil spill site operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) where a... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has signed the state’s Infrastructure Fund bill into law. The law empowers the state government to seek for funding for its capital projects such as the governor’s signature projects in its effort to render services to its citizenry. Speaking... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The National and State Legislative Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Calabar, Cross River, is insisting that the use of Forensic Analysis to ascertain the veracity of votes cast is relevant as it will assist in disposing electoral disputes before it. The three-member Tribunal led... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu. Mrs Martha Nestor Binabo wife of the Former Acting Governor of Bayelsa abducted on June 30, on Sunday regained her freedom after her relations parted with N8.2 million. . A family source who wished to be anonymous said on Sunday that the woman was handed... Read more
Female Entrepreneur Kidnapped In Bayelsa
News July 7, 2015
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. Barely one week after the kidnap of two expatriates in Ogbia area of Bayelsa, the Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the kidnap of a female company executive in Yenagoa, sending distress signals to the business and investment community. The kidnappers of the 2... Read more
From: Arodiegwu Eziukwu, Yenogoa. An Economist Mr Friday Udoh has advised President Muhamed Buhari to adopt new economic models to revamp the ailing economy. Udoh, South-South Zonal Cordinator, Institute of Chartered Economists of Nigeria (ICEN) gave the advice in an interview in Yenagoa on Tuesday. The economist... Read more
