Euphoria as Landmark Paris Climate deal Adopted

LE BOURGET — Cheering envoys from 195 nations on Saturday approved a historic accord in Paris to stop global warming, offering hope that humanity can avert catastrophic climate change and usher in an energy revolution.

 

 
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius ended nearly a fortnight of gruelling UN negotiations on the outskirts of Paris with the bang of a gavel, marking consensus among the ministers, who stood for several minutes to clap and shout their joy, with some shedding tears of relief.

Kudos! knocks greet proposed Pipelines Privatisation

Nigeria-The announcement by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, that the federal government will privatise the nation’s petroleum products pipeline network has continued to elicit mixed reactions from stakeholders in the oil and gas industry.

Pipelines

While operators applaud the decision as a wise move, labour on the other hand thinks it is anti-people.

The Executive Vice-Chairman, Techno Oil Limited, Mrs. Nkechi Obi, told Vanguard that it is welcome

View full list of Buhari’s Ministerial Nominees

NIGERIA- President Muhammadu Buhari may have picked from across the States of the Federation, including the Federal Capital Territory, Nigerians who will serve as ministers in his cabinet.

Recall that on September 30, President Buhari sent to the Senate President Bukola Saraki, the first batch of 21 ministerial nominees.

Also, yesterday, the President sent the names of the second batch of 16 nominees.

Meanwhile, at the time of this report, the states where  Ahmed Isa Ibeto (No. 19) Abubakar Bawa (No 36.) and Aisha Abubakar (No. 32) were nominated from were yet to be known. Background checks however show that both Ibeto and Bawa are from Niger State.

 

South Africa Airways launched the New Direct Flight from Accra

Last week the Aviation Giant, in partnership with Africa World Airlines (AWA), launched the new direct flight from Accra to Washington DC with the inaugural flight on Sunday, August 2, 2015.
At the launch which was held at the La Pleasure Beach