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The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has disclosed that it has recorded major breakthroughs following researches it carried out in petrochemicals and automobile engineering.

The vice chancellor of the university, Prof Ibrahim Garba, who revealed this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, yesterday, said the university, with the assistance of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), successfully developed a petroleum refining material called zeolite, using a kind of clay called kaolin.

According to him, zeolite, which is a natural mineral, can be used in refining petroleum products in the country.

He, however, decried that the mineral was not available in commercial quantity in the country.

“The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has commissioned a research to develop one kind of material that is used in petroleum refining which is called zeolite – and there are two types.

“They found that if we can convert certain minerals to zeolite it will help. This research has succeeded in converting a clay mineral which is called kaolin to two types of zeolite which can be applicable to petroleum refining.

“The university has even received a patent certificate from former President Goodluck Jonathan. It is now ready to go into semi commercialisation to produce it in large quantities and that has been successful.

“PTDF is also ready to join hands with the Raw Materials Research and Development Council ((RMRDC) to take it to commercial scale,’’ he said

Garba also stated that ABU had developed a mini-refinery in its Chemical Engineering Department to train prospective engineers in the practical aspect of petrochemical engineering.

According to him, the mini-refinery, which refines one barrel of crude oil per day, was built with the support of RMRDC.

The vice chancellor said: “We also have what we call the petroleum or petrochemical mini-refinery. We developed a small refinery that will refine one barrel of crude oil a day.

“We do not intend to refine petroleum for our own consumption, but because we have a chemical engineering department, we train engineers that would go into the industry,” he said.

Explaining why the university went into such a venture, he said: “We found that, in this part of the country, there are not many oil facilities. We found that if we develop this mini-refinery, our students, when they are really taking their degrees, should be able to know the entire working of a refinery.

“It is quite a big edifice that we built and that also came with the support of RMRDC, and it is doing very well.’’

The vice chancellor said the institution had also produced an eco-marathon car through a contest organised by Shell, globally. He challenged universities in the country to produce vehicles that are fuel efficient.

Garba further disclosed that ABU won two awards with its Eco-Marathon Car, adding that both universities of Lagos and Benin participated in the two contests in which ABU’s car came tops.

“There is also another research in the engineering department whereby we produced what we call the ABU Eco-marathon car. So, ABU has developed one. We participated in two events and we won both.

“University of Lagos tried and came close and University of Benin also, but I think ABU is the one that has won the award,’’ he said. (NAN)

http://leadership.ng/news/542045/abu-makes-breakthrough-in-petrochemicals-develops-refining-material

idris4r83:
This is d current state of the popular nnamdi azikiwe way kaduna. The only road that links Kaduna to every other state in nigeria.

Sorry bros o, be specific, which road is this? The road to Zaria, Kano I know, the road to Abuja down to the south, I also know. None of these roads is in your picture. So which road are you talking about?

sonOfLucifer:
Bangalore dey learn work where Chennai day. Even their villages dey get 24 hours power. Did you visit any sites?

Not really, I only stayed in Bangalore and visited Hyderabad once. I went around Bangalore but there was too much traffic, I heard it's worse now.

Henry240:
Another slowpoke is set loose, I'm not comparing the Indian Auto Industry to that of Nigeria you nincompoop. The fact of the matter is there are a you mental-case, this renders whatever hubris message the poorly researched article the dunce of an O.P shared completely void.

I can see you lack home training and also very ignorant. The article says, "Nigeria Exports Religion, India Exports Cars" which is very right. In 2014, Indian export cars worth $14 billions, more than $500 millions of that were imported by Nigerians. Can you please tell me how many cars were exported from your 'lot of companies who produce cars in Nigeria'?

Indian exports for automobiles were $14.5 billion in 2014. The 10 countries below imported 47.8% of that total.

1. United States: $1.2 billion (8.4%)
2. Mexico: $1 billion (6.9%)
3. South Africa: $888.8 million (6.1%)
4. United Kingdom: $637.4 million (4.4%)
5. Sri Lanka: $596.9 million (4.1%)
6. Bangladesh: $592.1 million (4.1%)
7. Turkey: $580.4 million (4%)
8. Nigeria: $546.8 million (3.8%)
9. United Arab Emirates: $433.6 million (3%)
10. Colombia: $428.9 million (3%)

http://www.worldsrichestcountries.com/top_indian_exporters_trade_partners.html

Henry240:
The article is completely ridiculous. The article failed to point out that 68% of Indians live below the poverty line.


The article also fails to mention that India has the world's largest number of people with no basic toilets.


The article also fails to mention that businesses in India also have to depend on diesel generators to power their businesses.


The article fails to mention that India has one of the most polluted air.

The article fails to mention that South-Africa has the world's worst inequality co-efficient. With only 8% of the population controlling 80% of the land.


The article fails to mention that the South-African economy has been growing by 0.6% in the past year, they are in a recession.


The article fails to mention that 3 South-African cities are in the world's list of top 10 murder cities.


The article fails to mention that South-Africa scores dead last in Maths and English, with students only requiring to make 33% to pass out of secondary school.





I'm sorry, I've lots of similar articles written by multiple ignorant Nigerians who has simply failed to carry out the most basic research.

What is your problem? You are like many ignorant Nigerians who doesn't understand how poor Nigeria is and will also fail to learn. You need to stop lying to feel better too.

Percentage of population living below poverty

Nigeria 70% (2010 est.)
India 29.8% (2010 est.)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2046.html

I have been to India, I was in a city called Bangalore and i spent 4 months there. Throughout my stay, there was no power outage even for a day, I won't say that for any city in Nigeria.

Manufacturing in Nigerian is almost non-existence, our education is stuck in the 60's and there is no plan to do anything about it.

Henry240:
You're an illiterate. You and the person who shared it with you are both low life illiterates who have decided rather than do common research, you'll instead wallow in complete ignorance.



Here are just a couple vehicles made in Nigeria and even exported abroad.

It is you who is an illiterate! You are so ignorant that you are comparing car manufacturing in India and that of Nigeria. In 2015, India produced more than 4 million cars from the scratch, while Nigeria assembled less than 3,000 car. Most of the cars in Nigeria are used and mostly vehicle that has been considered irreparable from the countries they were shipped from. The few new ones are shipped in from overseas, many of which comes from India.

Why do Nigerians like to abuse their kids by introducing them early to formal education? I saw a thread on the front page of a man complaining about how his 4 years old son doesn't respond properly at school. I was surprised and disturbed when he said that his teacher in school perceive the kid may repeat because has nothing to show he has learnt and also that a 4 year old kid has a private teacher! The most troubling part is that, most people on the thread do not find any of these disturbing. Only God knows what this kid is going through, there are thousands of kids out there suffering the same fate. Why deprive a 4 year old kid his childhood by expecting him to deliver?

Research has shown that there is no correlation between a child's early start of formal education and their academic achievement. However, early starters are more likely to have less attitude towards learning and are also likely to develop mental heath problem. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/school-starting-age-the-evidence. In most developed countries, the average age they expose their kids to formal education is between the ages of 6-7 years.

Let not all turn our kids to robots or machines but it is important to allow our children develop their mental capacity and improve their creativity which they achieve by playing and learning without needless pressure.

ngoben:
...pls sir home tutor for kids is highy important...even if na 1hr everyday...no child was born dullard,average or intelligent..-t determines on how u take dem serious during deir early days of life.dey will play cos all work n no play makes jack a dull boy..!t home tutor is highly important

Home tutor for a 4 years old is an abuse. There is no child that should pass through that. Don't turn your kids to robot, let them develop their creativity, let them enjoy their childhood. Stop putting pressure on your kids, they are not responsible for your failure.

Omotakins:
I'm not abusing him, pls. The idea of having a home teacher was tinkered with due to reports I got. I wanted him to catch up.

Catch up with what? He is just 4 years for God sake. He has his whole life to live under pressure, please allow him enjoy his childhood. He may be shy, encourage him to play with other kids, show him how to socialize.

Omotakins:
School is the issue. He has home teacher and we teach him at home,too He will just not talk in school making the school say he might repeat class.

A 4 years old kid repeating class? A 4 years old kid has a home teacher? Whaat? Why are you abusing your kid?

ireneony:
Who e help ..
First class my foot!

Bill Gates didn't fail, he was in Harvard. He could have graduated top of his class if he didn't drop out.

68816419:
December this year hopefully first phase

Okay. Thanks. BTW, it's not a misplaced priority. Lagos needs this.

Nice. Is the rail road ready?

diegwu01:
this is a terrible News,
grossly disappointed with Fayemi,
the Same Global steel that failed to revive DSC Warri, is hand over this mega complex

See your life. When they asked you to go to school, you were busy climbing trees looking for ripe mangoes.

Phi001:
His dad managed his accounts......not him. I mean, it's not he's famous because he has 10 Ph.Ds

What are you talking about? Messi makes the money, not his father. The names on the account is LM. Why do people pay financial organisation to manage their accounts and taxes, it's for efficiency. If they don't do it well, you can only fire them but the government goes after you.

I pay a company every year to do my taxes, i pay because filing taxes can be complex sometimes and may not get it right myself. If they don't do it well, the government revenue agency goes after me not the company.

Phi001:
Are you the one that will put him in jail? Whether he appeals or not, he's not going to jail.
Besides he was 18 when this incident happened....he didn't go to school. So where do you think he got MBA from?

People need to take responsibility. Tax evasion is a fancy name for stealing. Once someone is jailed even for one day, he becomes a criminal.

Amberon:
Break what law sir? Since when did hawking become a crime in Nigeria if not yesterday?

Third world meaning that hawking is prevalent in every third world country. Hawking and poverty is synonymous. There is no hawking where is no poverty. If not for decades of corruption, Nigeria would have gone beyond this stage. What do you want those masses to resort. They lack the finances to rent shops for trading.

Hawking, same as stealing, murder, armed robbery is against the law in Lagos state. It doesn't matter how long my brother, it is against the law!
If Lagos state outlaws hawking, why not move to Ogun, Ibadan, PH, Enugu or Kano to continue the business. Like I said earlier, many of these people don't have business living in Lagos, they will be better of living in a smaller city or in a village farming.

Are you sure you know the meaning of 'third world'?

wishy30:
He's not going to serve the jail term according to Spanish laws. He's yet to commit a crime worthy of sending him to jail before. He'll only pay fine in respect to the jail term. Read the news in details or let's wait to seee Messi in jail next season.

Even if he is sentenced to one day in prison, he is a criminal. It doesn't matter if he serves it or not.

Amberon:
Are you attributing the traffic jams which are obviously caused by narrow, insufficient and delapitated roads to be caused by street hawking?

Are you even okay? Nigga Nigeria is a third world country. A vast majority of its citizens are poor and the recent economic woes has just further plunged millions into abject poverty.

The reason you don't see hawking in the U.S is because it is a rich country and because an average american is rich as opposed to an average Nigerian. Hawking will naturally phase out when we play our cards right. You cannot just come up with such laws especially in this era of recession. Too many people are broke and our government does absolutely nothing for its citizens.

Do you expect those hawkers to resort to crime?

What are you saying? If you have to break the law to survive in a place, then you don't belong there. There is no justification for that! Who is comparing U.S to Nigeria?

BTW, what has third world has to do with the economy and poverty level of Nigeria? Nigga!

If you have to break the Law to survive in a place, it means you don`t belong to that place. Find your level.

Kingkamal:
America is just a hyped country... when u go u go see..

Hyped? Are you okay?

I don't get your point. Do you mean people should be allowed to sell on the road. Lagos has population of about 20million people, a large fraction of that are poor. If everyone is allowed to sell things on the road, you won't be able to get to work. Compare the chaotic Oshodi to the present relatively organized Oshodi with free flowing traffic and better security. There are a lot of people hustling in Lagos who I believe have no business living there.

johntaiwo123:
Wow!! Amazing despite the fact that dollar keeps rising.. Nigerians are Big Time Spenders#

That's shows how stupid Nigerians are.

ejilife:
Th You mean kind of Pit toilet that Mandela washed? Sorry, I forgot it the kind that Adisa and Diya washed while crying like a baby before their junior officers abi?

No, Mandela wasn't in the Nigeria prison. It's gross here.

Just image him washing pit toilet in a Nigerian prison, it's not something anyone will want to do.

Blacks do feel inferior sometimes, if it was the other way around, everyone will be shouting racism.

EMMAUGOH:
i live in Lagos Where The Rice Pass Through To Kano Or Is There Another Thing They Are Not Telling Us.

EMMAUGOH:
who all this lie go help. i deal on rice and bought on wholesale at 13500 and who are they decieving, i thought imported rice are cotraband. Dem Just They Confuse Masses Anyhow

Cyph98:
Do you live in kano sir

Who told you rice passes through Lagos to Kano? You deal in wholesale rice and is still this ignorant?

There is nothing equal about a man and a woman. We are different and will ever be. Gender equity is the way.

toocutehector:
Nigerians and symbolization



D other time, a bat flew into the room where my elder bro and I were sleeping, if u see the way he hit me to wake up, I just woke up and started running away.. only for him to tell me it was a bat.. he started shouuting Jesus. Chei. I was angry eh. My sweet sleep got wasted.

Actually, bats have rabies and a bite from one can be fatal.

They went hustling i guess. Most of them will be confused, they will just be wondering what next. Some may be in debt, thinking they will make it big travelling abroad.

kelvinreality:
If Hillary Clinton does not win the upcoming election and the prediction against Trump yield no result, then I will believe it was edited.

Sheikwonder:
Clap for yourself smart guy!!!!!!!!!!!!





Just one question: "If it was edited, wouldn't you see the 'edited' tag on the post as is usually done on Facebook?"

Or is the below also edited?

Don't believe all you see on the internet.

Its a lie, he just re-edited an old post.