Quod:

There must be a reason.maybe because of Piracy or most likely some Nigerians have hacked into their system causing huge loss

It happened in Venezuala and Russia

Two Postgraduate students from the University of Greenwich were deported this summer by UKBA for working more than 20 hours during the holiday period, because according to the immigration rules, they had still not submitted their dissertation, so had no right to undertake full-time employment, even though they had finished their studies and it was the holiday period whereby all international students could work full-time

Trouble brewed in 1980, with the alleged inability of MPNU to come up with an
anti-corrosive chemical to neutralize the salinity of the Qua Iboe Terminal, QTI,
terrain for their offshore operations. Before this time however, activities of the
oil prospecting company were confined to on-shore drilling. According to Jimmy Akpan,
CNL coordinator for the Western states of Nigeria, Uwemedimo brokered an agreement with MPNU in
1980, to develop an ante-dote that would neutralize the effect of salinity on
the pipes that were pile-driven into the seas for oil prospecting.

CNL applied for and got government nod of the Non Convention Patent NO RP 13522 in 1999,
apparently establishing it as owner of the intellectual rights to the chemical in question

Researchers have developed a new tool in the fight against the illegal hunting and trading of wild animals.

"We can use a small sequence of DNA as a species identifier in the same way as a barcode," says George Amato of the American Museum of Natural History.

The technique can accurately identify an animal species, even once it has processed and turned into meat or other products.

The illegal trade in bush meat has grown dramatically over recent years.

Hunting for income or subsistence is traditional in Asia, South and Central America and West and Central Africa.

There is also increasing international demand for meat and other products from "exotic" wild animals.

The trade is difficult to monitor but estimated to be worth billions of dollars a year.

Knowing the species can help trace where an animal is from, and therefore help determine whether the hunting and killing was illegal.

Along with traditional techniques like education, it could help control the trade.

Health concerns

"All sorts of species are hunted, from snails up to elephants," says Noelle Kumpell from the Zoological Society of London.


Scientists hope to use the technique to identify goods sold in markets
She manages conservation programmes which include the monitoring of the bush meat trade in west and central Africa.

"Conservationists are particularly worried about the impact on the more vulnerable species, which are the larger, more slowly reproducing species such as great apes, or elephants."

As well as causing problems for conservation there are health concerns over eating species like apes which are closely related to us, as there is a risk of transmitting diseases.

To develop the DNA barcode, scientists had to find a region of DNA that is varied enough to distinguish between species, and resilient enough that it can be found in leather, bone, or dried meat.

Database

They are now building a database of the wild species so that products can be checked and compared.

"The whole point of this new development was to make a useful new tool for monitoring the trade at point of origin, whether it's in the field, in markets, at airports, and all along the chain of where these wildlife products might travel," Mr Amato told BBC Science in Action.

"The notion is that we'll be able to, very shortly, identify the barcode from the product locally, which could be right in a market. Then we will access the database over the internet, and get that information back, at point of origin."

In as much as itz not right to reject him on the account of what his son was charged of i think its nemesis that is pursuing them.

SEFAGO:

Man they are not as bad as zimbabwe, mugabe is rolling

nuzo:

First thing first, right? Go after IBB, OBJ, Kalu, Ibori, Yerima and co, then we can can talk about the ones abroad.

THISDAY, however, learnt last night that the former minister has been denied a new Nigerian international passport.
Since finishing his studies at Harvard University in the United States, el-Rufai has been based in Dubai and London.

Great news for freetown.I was there many years back and didn't like what I saw.I pray this oil liberates them from poverty.Apart from the domination by the greedy labenese in their own land,Sierraleoneans are law abiding ,peaceful and not a trace of corruption can be found in them.However with the discovery of ,oil this is bound to change.

naylove:

lets wait and find  out what she brings back from the conference b4 we decide if she made a mistake going there. even though i don't feel its in her natural capacity to fill in such a role.

Stupid people-  if this happens in other African countries- no eyebrows will be raised - whats the big deal in sending her to the meeting? Is she such a slowpoke as you people are trying to depict her to be or what

If America comes they will never leave. Nigeria will just end up as a US military base, probably hosting AFRICOM. Pathetic, Yaradull needs to go now.

The yaradul should know that Nigeria is greater than wht he thinks that him and US can jst toil around with unless they calling for a 3rd wolrd war. Let any of their soldiers step into Nigerian soil.

The corruption trend in Naija is but for a time. Even those crooks know. Forget the plastic smiles they put on in public, deep down in their hearts is immeasurable fear and guilt. That is why they patronise pastors/alfas for friendship and prayers. The same reason is why the fences of their houses are always higher than the houses. Crooks shall never see peace, so do not envy them. Their days are numbered.