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http://ift.tt/2s9hDQr The Flamanville nuclear power plant in northwestern France PHOTO: AFP Photo/CHARLY TRIBALLEAU A gray dinosaur statue outside south Florida’s largest power plant is meant to symbolize two decommissioned fossil fuel reactors, but it also could be seen to represent a nuclear industry crumpling under mounting costs. Almost a decade ago, Turkey Point was aiming to become one of the country’s largest nuclear plants. Florida Power and Light had argued that such expansion was needed to maintain diverse energy sources and to supply Florida’s booming population for years to come, while touting nuclear as a clean form of energy. But now, just three reactors are in operation – one natural gas and two nuclear reactors, built in the 1970s. And plans to build two more nuclear reactors — first announced in 2009 — are essentially on hold for at least four years, according to filings with the state’s Public Service Commission. “Right now our only focus is on getting a...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Okofu Omamuli D URING President Mohammadu Buhari’s, PMB, inaugural speech on 29th May, 2015, he stated thus: “ Constitutionally, there are no limit of power to each of the three tiers of government, but that should not mean that the federal government should fold its arms and close its eyes to what is going on in the state and local government …while the federal government cannot interfere in the details of operations, it will ensure that the gross corruption at the local  level is checked”. Some would say that the semantics of these statements were averred commitment to change certain existing anomalies. It is implicit that the federal government under  PMB was not going to treat allegations of corruption with levity at any level of governance. But  what obtains today is a contradiction. It is believed that the instrumentality of PMB’s war against corruption  has  not been holistic. Perhaps, because the Economic and Finance crime Com...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A buja— The Federal Government has saved at least N300 billion from overseas training, courtesy of the Centre for Management Development, CMD, through its local content policy. Director-General of the CMD, Dr Kabir Kabo Usman, who disclosed this in Abuja, said:  “There is also the local content agenda because there was a circular from  office of the Head of Service that civil servants should not just go for overseas training unless they got an approval that the kind of training cannot be acquired in Nigeria. “So, when you look at it and to be very honest with ourselves, we get about 500,000 Nigerians going for one training or the other overseas. “Even if you reduce the figure to 100,000 and we pay about $10,000 for each person, you know we are talking of $1 billion. So, if you translate it to Naira, it tells you about N300 billion. “So, even if we are going to have one percent of the local content being domesticated, we would save at least N1 billion ...

http://ift.tt/2pNKf3e President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (centre) with the 21 Chibok girls freed by Boko Haram on October 13, 2016. The girls were received by the president at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday, October 19, 2016. PHOTO: TWITTER/PODE Barring any changes, President Mohammadu Buhari will on Sunday receive  82 Chibok girls released by Boko Haram on Saturday following fruitful negotiations facilitated by international organisations. A statement by Senior Special Adviser on media and publicity, Garba Shehu last night said “after months of patient negotiations, our security agencies have taken back these abducted girls in exchange for some Boko Haram suspects held by the authorities. “The Girls are due today [Sunday] in Abuja to be received by the President,” Shehu said. Meanwhile, President Buhari has expressed gratitude to security agencies, the military, the government of Switzerland, the Red Cross, local and international NGOs fo...