Solar energy, eco-tourism and even fish farms can create new jobs in arid raegions of developing nations as global warming strains scant water supplies, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.

Delta State Government has said that it is ready to support the demarcation of itsboundaries with neighbouring states.

An insight into President Umaru Yar'Adua's 2009 budgetary proposals has shown that 46 per cent of the capital budget estimated at N684 billion will be devoted to strategic investments in the key sectors of power and roads.

Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), has bemoaned its lack of the enabling power to prosecute, a fact which has made it a toothless bulldog.

DEPUTY Speaker of the National Assembly Mutale Nalumango has ordered the Government to explain the escalating prices of mealie meal and why prices of fuel have remained static when global oil prices are falling.

COAL of Africa (CoAL) would supply coal to two of Eskom's pre qualified independent power projects, the company said yesterday.

King-makers in oil-rich Ugboland in the Ilaje Local government Area of Ondo State yesterday insisted that the choice of Prince Obateru Akinruntan as the new Olugbo of Ugbo was irreversible and that the aggrieved parties had no say in the

The Federal Government is losing multi-billion dollars of oil revenue, due to its failure to repeal the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with oil companies in 1986, THISDAY has learnt.

The Ministry of Mines and Energy had good news for consumers yesterday - fuel prices went down this morning.

As global prices of petroleum products continued to dwindle resulting in low revenue earnings for the country, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has advocated for a shift to science and technology.

The Electricity Control Board says electricity tariffs do not increase because of the creation of the regional electricity distributors (REDS), but because of new investments such as new power stations and transmission lines.

Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited yesterday won the third leg of the suit it instituted against Chevron Oil and Gas Limited at the Federal High Court in Lagos, for divesting 60 per cent of its stake from Texaco Nigeria Plc.

The candidate for mayor of the southern Mozambican city of Matola for the ruling Frelimo Party, Arao Nhancale, promised on Wednesday to defend the citizens of Matola against criminals by improving public lighting.

Namibia has not yet embarked on any serious solar energy initiative, despite the abundance of sunshine from which the renewable energy source can be harnessed.

The President of the Republic of Germany , Mr. Horst Kohler, has advised the Kano state government to look into the possibility of adopting alternative energy sources to boost the local economy. Mr. Kohler said this during a courtesy visit

The Federal Government yesterday said it has mapped out a plan to install streetlight in all major roads leading to state capitals and other major cities across the country.

AS global prices of petroleum products continued to dwindle resulting in low revenue earnings for the country, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has advocated for a shift to science and technology.

OIL's slide from grace over the past four months has been nothing short of dramatic, with prices near two-year lows yesterday even as the International Energy Agency (IEA) said a "revolution" was required to match supply with demand over the

The sudden drop in the price of imported diesel (Automated Gas Oil) has jeopardised the finances of petroleum products marketers who did not anticipate the turn of events in the international market, leaving them with stock they can either sell

No one pays full price for petrol in northern Cameroon, not when there's cheaper Nigerian contraband available. In Garoua town for example, there are about 4,000 commercial motorcycles which all depend on "zoa zoa" or "federale" as this highly cherished