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Politics › Re: See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op): 7:32pm On May 22, 2019
Nukilia:
@Op, how person dey get job for dis your company cry I no dey joke oo
You can go through their website
Politics › Re: See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op): 7:22pm On May 22, 2019
Ekcel Farms Limited one of the subsidiary of Oilserv group, own massive farm in Anambra State, they are currently building cassava and Tomato refining plant in Omasi, Anambra State When Fully Operational, Ekcel Farms Would Produce 21,000 Tons Of Cassava Per Annum, 150,000 Tons Of Raw Tomato And 51,000 Tons Of Tomato Paste.

Politics › Re: See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op): 6:54pm On May 22, 2019
Asshurbanipall:
Lalasticlala
Oilserv Limited Group of Companies are : Oilserv Limited, Frazimex Engineering Limited, FrazPower Limited, FrazOil E & P Limited, Ekcel Farms Limited and Crown Energy Resources Limited.

Politics › Re: See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op): 5:43pm On May 22, 2019
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Politics › Re: See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op): 5:32pm On May 22, 2019
otokx:
Will the pipes remain there or will they be buried in the ground?
AKswift:
Good question. l was about to ask, too.
Yes it will

Politics › Re: See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op):
OB3 gas pipeline projects video documentary by CBNC Africa


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epEtGnmEDUY



Engr Emeka Okwosa founder and chairman of Oilserv group won Sun 2017 investor of the year

Politics › Re: See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op): 4:19pm On May 22, 2019
The Company has pooled the expertise of highly qualified and experienced Engineers, Technicians and other support Personnel to provide Total Quality Services (TQS) to the Multinational, Local Oil & Gas and Power Companies/Industries operating in Nigeria for Onshore & Offshore activity. Our delivery of Onshore projects has been unparalleled and our development in the Offshore market is a game changer for indigenous players.

Oilserv has continued to optimize its growth using its resources as well as through alliances and joint ventures with international Companies in specific areas of the industry. The Company is also offering services beyond Nigeria, especially in the African Sub – Region (Uganda and Ghana).

Oilserv Limited has proven its strength in Oil & Gas Pipeline/Flowline including Oil & Gas Facilities (Gas Metering Stations & Flow stations) as well as in Gas Power Generation areas.
Activities in these areas cover Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Fabrication, Installation, Commissioning, Repairs, Maintenance, Upgrade, Rehabilitation and Project Management.

Our detail Design and Front End Engineering (FEED) support is provided by our sister company Frazimex Engineering Limited.

Oilserv strong determination in providing new definition to the Local Content initiatives has not only helped in putting us on the fore front of our local contemporaries but has also provided reasons for us to enhance our resource base in order to compete positively with the multinationals.

Oilserv Limited is ISO 9001:2015 certified, fully compliant to the Nigerian Content Policies and Directives and also compliant to OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001 & ISO 260000 (Corporate Social Responsibility).

Oilserv Limited Group of Companies are : Oilserv Limited, Frazimex Engineering Limited, FrazPower Limited, FrazOil E & P Limited, Ekcel Farms Limited and Crown Energy Resources Limited.
Politics › See Leading Indigenous Company Executing The Biggest Gas Pipeline In Nigeria by BeautifulMind2(op): 4:11pm On May 22, 2019
Oilserv
Oilserv Limited is a leading provider of integrated engineering, procurement, construction, installation & commissioning (EPCIC) services and complementary solutions across the asset and program life cycle within the onshore, offshore and subsea market segments of the oil and gas sector.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has expressed satisfaction with Oilserv Limited’s performance at the ongoing East-West pipeline project, also called Obiafu, Obrikom, Oben (OB3) gas pipeline.

Oilserv, an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning company, has been a major player in the sector since its inception in 1992.

It has contributed to the development of pipelines infrastructure, having executed various projects, including the Greater Lagos pipeline projects 1-4.

Oilserv is executing the biggest pipeline in the country – OB3 Project (136km x 48 inch). The company, according to NNPC, has demonstrated indigenous capacity and expertise, which used to be the forte of international EPC firms and has earned a reputation for quality, safety and on-time delivery of projects.
This was confirmed during a visit to the Gas Treatment Plant (GTP) site of the OB3 Project by the management of the NNPC led by the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Gas and Power, Saidu Mohammed, an engineer, and the Managing Director of the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), Tunde Bakare, an engineer.

Impressed by the capacity and progress of Oilserv on the project, Mohammed said: “This is a project that we have been waiting for in Nigeria and we are glad that the contractor is performing towards bringing light at the end of the tunnel. What I have seen so far is very impressive and the deadline of completing this project is achievable as all materials needed for the completion of the work are on ground.”

Bakare said: “From what we have seen, Oilserv has done very well. The Gas Treatment Plant (GTP) is massive with a capacity of two billion standard cubic feet per day (2bscf/d). What is left is just the piping and we are sure that by September 2019, we will have the Vice President here to inaugurate the project.”

Oilserv Chairman Emeka Okwuosa, an engineer, thanking the NNPC delegation for the inspection, said: “Oilserv with the support of the client, NNPC, has demonstrated that such a huge project can be done locally. The project is quite challenging and Oilserv has always shown commitment in the process of executing the project from engineering and construction. The Gas Treatment Plant (GTP) is the largest that exists in Nigeria and maybe Africa and it is meant to have a capacity of two billion standard cubic feet per day (2bscf/d). A few changes in the entire design, in addition to other issues that came up, led to quite some delays. Be that as it may, the company is racing towards the finishing line and we are sure we will deliver on the new schedule.”

Apart from building the first gas distribution network in Nigeria, Oilserv has also built the Greater Lagos Phases I, II,III and IV gas pipeline poject for Gaslink Nigeria Limited and several others using high quality and safety standards.

They are the Alaoji Gas Transmission Pipeline System for Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) lots 1 & 2 (Ihovbor, Egbema & Gbarain) for the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC).

Others include the Gas transmission Pipeline System for Geometric Power Limited, Aba, the Akute Independent Power Project for Oando Gas and Power, Oron Gas Transmission Pipeline System for SEPTA Energy, The Southsouth Gas Transmission Pipeline System for East Horizon Gas Company Limited, and Complete Upgrade of Ikeja Metering Station for NGPTC.
https://thenationonlineng.net/nnpc-praises-oilserv-for-ob3-pipeline-project/


OB3 PROJECT DOCUMENTARY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epEtGnmEDUY

Politics › Consolidating Investment In Gas Will Aid Multiplier Effect In Economy- Orjiakor by BeautifulMind2(op): 2:53pm On May 22, 2019
Dr. Ambrosie Orjiako is the Chairman of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc. In this interview with FEMI ADEKOYA, he talks about the firm’s investment in projects that will enhance gas utilisation and domestication in Nigeria. According to him, the prospects in the sector will aid Nigeria’s gas-to-power aspirations. Excerpts.

Your investment in the gas sector is enormous. Will we see you in the midstream soon? Are you going to drill more gas wells to support your gas processing plant?
We are already in the gas midstream business. Last year, we spoke about two main things in terms of our gas business. We spoke about what we have been able to do in our gas growth, we added the capacity to process that gas and we are able to increase that processing capacity to 525 million scf a day and that was phenomenon. This year, you are also conversant that we are taking the first investment decision for our next gas business, which is the ANOH Gas Processing Company, and is more like an addition to our midstream business. That will add another 300 million scf in the first phase.

On the question of whether we will drill pure gas well, it is just a function of what we have to do to meet the capacities of what we have installed. Now, the existing gas reserves, we have a combination of associated gas and non-associated gas. When we have the need, we will drill the wells as the need arises. That is precisely what we will be doing, but we are making sure we are maintaining our leadership position in being the number one gas supplier to the domestic market. Thirty (30) per cent of gas to power the Nigerian market is a quite significant aspect of what we are doing.

How was Seplat able to recover from the oil slump that happen few years ago?
Frankly, our business is not based on the volatility of the oil market. Our business is focused on the effective and efficient delivery of projects and operations. Therefore, we pride ourselves to be a low-cost bio-operating company and therefore, in spite of the volatility and low oil price, our business continues to remain comfortable and that is really what we have demonstrated in the results you are seeing and we will continue to build on that.

How would you assess the security situation in the Niger/Delta? Are you comfortable with the present situation and what do you think could be done to make things better?
Frankly, I must say that overall, the Niger Delta security situation has improved tremendously, but there is always room for improvement and the only thing we can do is that all hands must be on deck; the communities will play their role, and to get them to play their role, the operating companies must play their roles.

We will like to see a situation where the relationship continues to improve between the operating companies and the communities. Secondly, the government must also keep to their promises and once you put all of this together, you can only see improvement and more calm in the Niger Delta. Infrastructure development and employment creation especially among the youth are the key instruments to maintaining long term peace in the Niger- Delta.

On the Assa-North Ohaji-South gas project in Imo state, when are we expecting it to come on stream and what impacts will it create in the nation’s economy?
Seplat and NGC have both contributed $100m each. We are expecting another $50m each from both parties by idyear and the final payment of $60m each by year end. There are 5 major contract packages to be awarded this year. Guidance is that we’ll have first gas by Q1/Q2 2021.
It will have a phenomenal impact and we are expecting that once this comes on track, it will enhance the demand in the western Niger Delta and more importantly, it will create demand in the eastern Niger Delta and we have already began to see that happen. We have seen a lot of people in the eastern states and even the south-south coming to make inquiries about buying this gas and this is a very welcome development.

Apart from power, there are also other aspects of the economy that this will impact – the agricultural sector, industries and overall; as well as the manufacturing sector will be impacted. Therefore, when we say that Seplat is a company that is well keyed into the economic development of Nigeria, we mean that we are extremely impactful with employment and empowerment key in our operations. So, apart from gas to power, the real trickle-down effect or the real multiplier effect in the economy will be a phenomenon and I am looking forward to the entire country to be extremely happy with what we are doing and for other companies to emulate.

As one of the major suppliers of gas to the Azura Power plant, which other companies are you looking to partner with when the ANOH gas project becomes operational?
The best way to describe Seplat, which tallies with a lot that has been spoken about our differentiation, is that we have created a race in this competition that only us are running and frankly, by the time the others come, we will create other races. Our gas development is one of those types. We have demonstrated the ability to do willing-buyer/willing-seller supply of gas and in addition to meeting our domestic supply obligations.

There are not many companies that have met this and what I will like to say about Azura is that it is a willing-buyer/willing-seller arrangement and it is a take or pay arrangement. The people around there are happy that Azura has come on stream and it is actually one of the successful Independent Power Projects (IPPs) in the country and we are happy to be associated with it.

The truth of the matter is that the demand is high and it is growing so we are not indeed short of the market. Gas is one market where supply creates demand, but in this case, we have a situation where demand is already existing before the supply; so, we can only do one thing and which is continue to grow that business and if you look at the infrastructure gap in Nigeria for power alone, you can only say that the future is bright and we can only grow that business.

It is assumed that the commercial and financial framework for gas-to-power is weak. Is it still cheaper to flare gas despite the recently passed law on gas flaring?
LNG transfer price is below domestic market prices. Nonetheless a lot needs to change with the domestic market to make it more viable including adjusting exchange rate to market rate, achieving prompt payment of invoices transiting from the DSO framework to a liberalized market.
In respect to the gas flare, it is really a true statement that anybody who is still flaring gas today, is actually burning petrodollars because the penalty that has been revised will mean that you will pay as much penalty as you would have received revenue for investing in the gas. So, that by itself is an investment for people to invest. From my own perspective, we are not only committed to the gas business just for revenue, because we pride ourselves as a company that keeps very high in our priority, environmental stewardship, and we see that the gas development will not only take away flare from the environment but will also bring cleaner energy in the environment and that is key.

The other aspect of this business will include LPG. In fact, somebody raised the issue in our AGM and one of the things we do with LPG is to take people away from burning bushes and firewood to take cleaner ways of cooking, so it has a very multifaceted advantage to the society and that is why we are doing it.

Are you saying the current arrangement under the new law will encourage investors to come into the sector?
Yes, that is the point. The core domestic gas price is adequate to attract investments in Nigeria and it is comparable to international gas price and people should be able to invest and that is why we are investing and we are making money. Can’t you see in our report that gas revenue is almost getting to 50 percent of oil revenue and it speaks for itself?

Are you venturing into petrochemicals in the future?
Obviously, our business is in the energy sector which is a broadband and we will definitely take one step at a time. Today, we are concentrating in our oil and gas business where we are consolidating our upstream business in production. We have now launched the midstream and will like to see how we progress with that. We consolidate before we take other options and we are very focused.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/guardian.ng/energy/consolidating-investment-in-gas-will-aid-multiplier-effect-in-economy/amp

Politics › Re: Update on developments in Anambra state-photos by BeautifulMind2: 2:39pm On May 22, 2019
mktinsight:
Gas needs processing. You cannot use it straight out of the ground. The source of processed gas is Imo from Shell's network.

Too bad Nestoil (Obi Jackson) is going for a selfish big project idea (Century Power) instead of a gas pipeline which will cost 1/10th of the $1.5 billion the power plant will need. You need a consortium of Nestoil, Seplat, IFC, ANSG to fund a pipeline through Nnewi to Onitsha and then let manufacturers and businesses do the rest. It will mean an explosion of industry in the Onitsha/Nnewi axis with spill-over effects for the rest of the state.
Consolidating investment in gas will aid multiplier effect in economy’

Dr. Ambrosie Orjiako is the Chairman of Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc. In this interview with FEMI ADEKOYA, he talks about the firm’s investment in projects that will enhance gas utilisation and domestication in Nigeria. According to him, the prospects in the sector will aid Nigeria’s gas-to-power aspirations. Excerpts.
Your investment in the gas sector is enormous. Will we see you in the midstream soon? Are you going to drill more gas wells to support your gas processing plant?
We are already in the gas midstream business. Last year, we spoke about two main things in terms of our gas business. We spoke about what we have been able to do in our gas growth, we added the capacity to process that gas and we are able to increase that processing capacity to 525 million scf a day and that was phenomenon. This year, you are also conversant that we are taking the first investment decision for our next gas business, which is the ANOH Gas Processing Company, and is more like an addition to our midstream business. That will add another 300 million scf in the first phase.

On the question of whether we will drill pure gas well, it is just a function of what we have to do to meet the capacities of what we have installed. Now, the existing gas reserves, we have a combination of associated gas and non-associated gas. When we have the need, we will drill the wells as the need arises. That is precisely what we will be doing, but we are making sure we are maintaining our leadership position in being the number one gas supplier to the domestic market. Thirty (30) per cent of gas to power the Nigerian market is a quite significant aspect of what we are doing.

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How was Seplat able to recover from the oil slump that happened few years ago?
Frankly, our business is not based on the volatility of the oil market. Our business is focused on the effective and efficient delivery of projects and operations. Therefore, we pride ourselves to be a low-cost bio-operating company and therefore, in spite of the volatility and low oil price, our business continues to remain comfortable and that is really what we have demonstrated in the results you are seeing and we will continue to build on that.

How would you assess the security situation in the Niger/Delta? Are you comfortable with the present situation and what do you think could be done to make things better?
Frankly, I must say that overall, the Niger Delta security situation has improved tremendously, but there is always room for improvement and the only thing we can do is that all hands must be on deck; the communities will play their role, and to get them to play their role, the operating companies must play their roles.

We will like to see a situation where the relationship continues to improve between the operating companies and the communities. Secondly, the government must also keep to their promises and once you put all of this together, you can only see improvement and more calm in the Niger Delta. Infrastructure development and employment creation especially among the youth are the key instruments to maintaining long term peace in the Niger- Delta.

On the Assa-North Ohaji-South gas project, when are we expecting it to come on stream and what impacts will it create in the nation’s economy?
Seplat and NGC have both contributed $100m each. We are expecting another $50m each from both parties by idyear and the final payment of $60m each by year end. There are 5 major contract packages to be awarded this year. Guidance is that we’ll have first gas by Q1/Q2 2021.
It will have a phenomenal impact and we are expecting that once this comes on track, it will enhance the demand in the western Niger Delta and more importantly, it will create demand in the eastern Niger Delta and we have already began to see that happen. We have seen a lot of people in the eastern states and even the south-south coming to make inquiries about buying this gas and this is a very welcome development.

Apart from power, there are also other aspects of the economy that this will impact – the agricultural sector, industries and overall; as well as the manufacturing sector will be impacted. Therefore, when we say that Seplat is a company that is well keyed into the economic development of Nigeria, we mean that we are extremely impactful with employment and empowerment key in our operations. So, apart from gas to power, the real trickle-down effect or the real multiplier effect in the economy will be a phenomenon and I am looking forward to the entire country to be extremely happy with what we are doing and for other companies to emulate.

As one of the major suppliers of gas to the Azura Power plant, which other companies are you looking to partner with when the ANOH gas project becomes operational?
The best way to describe Seplat, which tallies with a lot that has been spoken about our differentiation, is that we have created a race in this competition that only us are running and frankly, by the time the others come, we will create other races. Our gas development is one of those types. We have demonstrated the ability to do willing-buyer/willing-seller supply of gas and in addition to meeting our domestic supply obligations.

There are not many companies that have met this and what I will like to say about Azura is that it is a willing-buyer/willing-seller arrangement and it is a take or pay arrangement. The people around there are happy that Azura has come on stream and it is actually one of the successful Independent Power Projects (IPPs) in the country and we are happy to be associated with it.

The truth of the matter is that the demand is high and it is growing so we are not indeed short of the market. Gas is one market where supply creates demand, but in this case, we have a situation where demand is already existing before the supply; so, we can only do one thing and which is continue to grow that business and if you look at the infrastructure gap in Nigeria for power alone, you can only say that the future is bright and we can only grow that business.

It is assumed that the commercial and financial framework for gas-to-power is weak. Is it still cheaper to flare gas despite the recently passed law on gas flaring?
LNG transfer price is below domestic market prices. Nonetheless a lot needs to change with the domestic market to make it more viable including adjusting exchange rate to market rate, achieving prompt payment of invoices transiting from the DSO framework to a liberalized market.
In respect to the gas flare, it is really a true statement that anybody who is still flaring gas today, is actually burning petrodollars because the penalty that has been revised will mean that you will pay as much penalty as you would have received revenue for investing in the gas. So, that by itself is an investment for people to invest. From my own perspective, we are not only committed to the gas business just for revenue, because we pride ourselves as a company that keeps very high in our priority, environmental stewardship, and we see that the gas development will not only take away flare from the environment but will also bring cleaner energy in the environment and that is key.

The other aspect of this business will include LPG. In fact, somebody raised the issue in our AGM and one of the things we do with LPG is to take people away from burning bushes and firewood to take cleaner ways of cooking, so it has a very multifaceted advantage to the society and that is why we are doing it.

Are you saying the current arrangement under the new law will encourage investors to come into the sector?
Yes, that is the point. The core domestic gas price is adequate to attract investments in Nigeria and it is comparable to international gas price and people should be able to invest and that is why we are investing and we are making money. Can’t you see in our report that gas revenue is almost getting to 50 percent of oil revenue and it speaks for itself?

Are you venturing into petrochemicals in the future?
Obviously, our business is in the energy sector which is a broadband and we will definitely take one step at a time. Today, we are concentrating in our oil and gas business where we are consolidating our upstream business in production. We have now launched the midstream and will like to see how we progress with that. We consolidate before we take other options and we are very focused.

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 12:17pm On May 22, 2019
mercyville:
Thief.She is from Okpanam.A mixture of Bini,Igala,Olukumi and Igbo
You have exhausted yourself looking for Igbos bearing OTITO but you could not find one grin.
OTITO means truth in Yoruba language.Okpanam is also influenced by the Olukumi who are originally Yorubas from Ife.
Mrs OTITO might be Bini,Igala or Olukumi but not Igbo.They are very close to the Igbos just like Egun in Lagos and Ogun state who bear YORUBA names but are not Yorubas.
Go to their Forum.
I don't know why you enjoy being stupid, Yoruba answer Otitoju, Otito is a common name in Igbo land

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 10:20am On May 22, 2019
mercyville:
Face front.Mrs OTITO is not Igbo.
She married Mr Osamor.Thief.You are looking for good families.If Mrs Akeredolu who is an Igbo wins a Laurel now, it is surely an Igbo that is married to a Yoruba that has excelled.There is no Igbo in the House of Lords only Yorubas. grin
Ignoramus, She is from Asaba, Asaba is closest neighboring town to Onitsha, you can trek from Onitsha to Asaba, it official language is Igbo, there is no difference between Onitsha and Asaba.

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 10:05am On May 22, 2019
mercyville:
Face front.Mrs OTITO is not Igbo.
She married Mr Osamor.Thief.You are looking for good families.If Mrs Akeredolu who is an Igbo wins a Laurel now, it is surely an Igbo that is married to a Yoruba that has excelled.There is no Igbo in the House of Lords only Yorubas. grin
See how you are fooling yourself grin Otito is praise in Igbo language Otondo grin Otito diri Chineke means praise the Lord grin

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 8:43am On May 22, 2019
mercyville:
Did she even tell you that she is Igbo? She is from Delta where some claim to be Igbo and some non Igbo like Oliseh.
Olodo posting 'trashic' trash.
OK you have changed debate grin funny people I guess Delta is a tribe huh Are you sure those names you mentioned are not Ijebus who migrated from Northern Sudan, Eguns, Kogi or Kwara did they tell you they are Yoruba huh
Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2:
mercyville:
Olodo.The only 'Nigerian in the House of Lords is Adebowale.No Igbo.Igbo and fakes are like Siamese Twins.
This is their site.

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/
Your dumbness no get part 2, Mrs Otito Osamor mother of Ofunne who is MP in UK, Osamor is an Igbo woman from Asaba, she was first Nigerian by birth to be in House of Lords, others you mentioned were born in UK, they don't know their root.

https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-osamor/4711

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 9:58pm On May 21, 2019
Firgemachar:
Only in the minds of Igbos did that amount worth of transaction take place... grin
Otondo

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 9:48pm On May 21, 2019

A Nigerian born scientist, Samuel Achilefu, has won the prestigious St. Louis Award for 2014 for creating cancer-visualizing glasses.

Dr. Achilefu, a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering, and his team developed the imaging technology in cancer diagnosis into a wearable night vision-like goggles so surgeons could see the cancer cells while operating.
“They basically have to operate in the dark,” Bloomberg Businessweek quoted Dr. Achilefu, 52, as saying.
“I thought, what if we create something that let’s you see things that aren’t available to the ordinary human eye.”
Dr. Achilefu won a scholarship from the French government to study at the University of Nancy, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch, a regional newspaper in St. Louis, U.S., and is the 87th person to receive the annual award since it was established in 1931.
Married with two young children, Dr. Achilefu moved to St. Louis after he was hired by Mallinckrodt to start a new research department.
“Our efforts start with two words: ‘What if?'” Dr. Achilefu said during his acceptance speech.
“These words may sound simple, but they embody the belief that each person has the potential to make a difference, if only he or she can take the time to understand the problem.”
According to Bloomberg, the researchers’ technology requires two steps: First, surgeons inject a tiny quantity of an infrared fluorescent marker into the patient’s bloodstream. The peptides contained in the marker enables it to locate cancer cells and buries itself inside.
After the tracer flows through a patient’s body and clears from non-cancerous tissue – which lasts about four hours – the operation would begin. Wearing the goggle, the doctor can inspect tumours under an infra red light that reacts with the dye, causing cancer cells to glow from within.
This month, the goggles have been used on humans for the first time by surgeons at the Washington University School of Medicine.
Four patients suffering from breast cancer and over two dozen patients with melanoma or liver cancer have been operated on using the goggles since they were developed.
“The goggles function fantastically,” says Ryan Fields, a surgical oncologist who is collaborating with Dr. Achilefu to improve on the technology.
“They allow us to see the cells in real time, which is critical. Because the marker has not yet been FDA-approved, doctors are currently using a different, somewhat inferior marker that also reacts with infrared light.”
Julie Margenthaler, a breast cancer surgeon, says tens of thousands of women who had had breast cancer lumpectomies go back for second operations every year because of the inability to see the microscopic extent of the tumours.
“Imagine what it would mean if these glasses eliminated the need for follow-up surgery and the associated pain, inconvenience and anxiety.”
Dr. Achilefu and his team began work in 2012 after they received $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Before then, they had been working on a lean budget provided by the Department of Defence’s Breast Cancer Research Program.
After it was developed, the team spent years testing the technology on mice, rats, and rabbits to confirm the efficacy of the goggles.
“Nobody would believe us until we showed that the goggles work,” Dr. Achilefu says.
The Food and Drug Administration are still reviewing the goggles and a related dye Dr. Achilefu and his co-researchers developed, according to Washington University in St. Louis, a St. Louis based journal.
Dr. Achilefu says he intends to keep Washington University as the primary centre for clinical trials to evaluate the technology in patients.
“Making a difference in society should be the goal of everybody,” Dr. Achilefu

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 9:37pm On May 21, 2019
mercyville:
Show us her name on their site,olodo.
Abi she has gone to Malaysia?

This is their site.
https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/
Dumbo
https://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/baroness-osamor/4711

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 9:32pm On May 21, 2019
mercyville:
I said conquering the world,you are posting spent out people. cheesy
Just 2 days ago
Dr Chibawanye Ene, a US-based Nigerian Doctor, has won the 2019 Ronald L. Bittner Award on Brain Tumor Research.
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/nigerian-doctor-wins-brain-tumor-research-award-in-us.html

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 9:27pm On May 21, 2019
mercyville:
The only Nigerian in the house of Lords in UK is Adebowale.The others are fake. Igbos and fakes are like Siamese twins.This is their site.

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/
Otondo, so BBC is fake

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 9:26pm On May 21, 2019
mercyville:
The only Nigerian in the house of Lords in UK is Adebowale.The others are fake. Igbos and fakes are like Siamese twins.This is their site.

https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/lords/
Otondo

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 9:12pm On May 21, 2019
mercyville:
Yorubas are busy conquering the world wink

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 8:54pm On May 21, 2019
Elemosho478:
we have 2 Yoruba in House of Lords

We have Yoruba in the Parliament, Yoruba is the Master here and we will always be your master
Igbo in the House of Lords, three Igbos in UK Parliament, three Mayors and one Sheriff, who is the master huh
Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 8:10pm On May 21, 2019
Elemosho478:
You will just have heart attack on Yoruba matter grin

Everything is not by making noise
Igbos are your masters

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 8:04pm On May 21, 2019
Elemosho478:
You will just have heart attack on Yoruba matter grin

Everything is not by making noise
Otondo

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2: 4:11pm On May 21, 2019

Politics › Re: Patience Ifediora Becomes First African Female Sheriff Of Nottingham by BeautifulMind2:
ChristianNorth:
Another Igbo Amaka.
Lalasticlala grin
Our Colonia masters know the smartest tribe in Nigeria, that's why they are trusting them with sensitive positions, just space of four weeks one tribe among many tribes in UK

Literature › Re: Lesley Arimah And Tochukwu Okafor Make 2019 Cain Prize Shortlist by BeautifulMind2: 3:42pm On May 21, 2019
Guestlander:
Yeah, even Chimamanda will slap you across the face for saying this.
Mention one

Another create writer

Chika Unigwe was born in 1974 , author who writes in English and Dutch. In April 2014 she was selected for the Hay Festival's Africa39 list of 39 sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in African literature. Previously based in Belgium, she now lives in the United States. She is the sixth of seven children. She attended Secondary school at Federal Government Girls' college in Abuja and obtained a BA in English in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1995. In 1996, Chika earned an MA in English from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL).[3] She has a Ph.D in Literature (2004) from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. Her debut novel, De Feniks, was published in 2005 by Meulenhoff and Manteau (of Amsterdam and Antwerp, respectively) and was shortlisted for the Vrouw en Kultuur debuutprijs for the best first novel by a female writer. She is also the author of two children's books published by Macmillan, London.

She has published short fiction in several anthologies, journals and magazines, including Wasafiri (University of London), Moving Worlds (University of Leeds), Per Contra, Voices of the University of Wisconsin and Okike of the University of Nigeria.

She won the 2003 BBC Short Story Competition and a Commonwealth Short Story Competition award. In 2004, she was shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing. In the same year, her short story made the top 10 of the Million Writers Award for best online fiction. In 2005, she won third prize in the Equiano Fiction Contest.

Her first novel, De Feniks, was published in Dutch in September 2005 and is the first book of fiction written by a Flemish author of African origin. Her second novel, Fata Morgana, was published in Dutch in 2008 and subsequently released in English. Entitled On Black Sisters' Street, Unigwe's novel is about African prostitutes living and working in Belgium, and was published to acclaim in London in 2009 by Jonathan Cape. On Black Sisters' Street won the 2012 Nigeria Prize for Literature; valued at $100,000 it is Africa's largest literary prize. Also in 2012, Zukiswa Wanner in The Guardian rated her as one of the "top five African writers". Still in 2012, she floored Olushola Olugbesan's Only A Canvass and Ngozi Achebe's Onaedo: The Blacksmith's Daughter to clinch the coveted $100,000 Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, becoming the second Diaspora writer to win the prize.[8]

Unigwe sits on the Board of Trustees of pan-African literary initiative Writivism, and set up the Awele Creative Trust in Nigeria to support young writers. In April 2014, she was selected for the Festival's Africa39 list of 39 sub-Saharan African writers aged under 40 with potential and talent to define future trends in Africa.

In autumn 2014 the University of Tübingen welcomed Unigwe and her fellow authors Taiye Selasi, Priya Basil and Nii Ayikwei Parkes to the year's Writers' Lectureship, all of them authors representing what Selasi calls Afropolitan literature.

In 2014, Unigwe published Black Messiah, a novel about Olaudah Equiano.

In 2016, Unigwe was appointed as the Bonderman Professor of Creative Writing at Brown University in Rhode Island.[11]

In September 2016, Unigwe's novel Night Dancer (published in 2012) was shortlisted for the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature;[12] the winner was subsequently announced as Abubakar Adam Ibrahim.[13]

Literature › Re: Lesley Arimah And Tochukwu Okafor Make 2019 Cain Prize Shortlist by BeautifulMind2: 3:14pm On May 21, 2019
OlawaleSmarter0:
Yoruba are in competition with no one except ourselves

This Generation of Yoruba are Making waves without any noise and chest beating, because we are greater than that. Only people that haven't experience greatnest act like the way you guys does

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tribuneonlineng.com/193753/amp/

https://brittlepaper.com/2019/03/the-2019-sillerman-first-book-prize-for-african-poets-goes-to-nigerias-gbenga-adeoba/
No Yoruba man or woman dead or alive can make waves more than than Chimamanda

Literature › Re: Lesley Arimah And Tochukwu Okafor Make 2019 Cain Prize Shortlist by BeautifulMind2: 3:07pm On May 21, 2019
OlawaleSmarter0:
Yoruba are in competition with no one except ourselves

This Generation of Yoruba are Making waves without any noise and chest beating, because we are greater than that. Only people that haven't experience greatnest act like the way you guys does

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.tribuneonlineng.com/193753/amp/

https://brittlepaper.com/2019/03/the-2019-sillerman-first-book-prize-for-african-poets-goes-to-nigerias-gbenga-adeoba/
And Igbos are leading you in your domain cheesy grin

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria_Prize_for_Literature
Literature › Re: Lesley Arimah And Tochukwu Okafor Make 2019 Cain Prize Shortlist by BeautifulMind2: 2:37pm On May 21, 2019
Guestlander:
Common, there are 4 Yoruba winners on the list. Two Ibo nominations are everywhere is full of Igbo amaka!
Why are these afonjas so damn smart?
Igbos dominate Nigeria Prize for Literature, Igbo man was first to win the prize
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Literature › Re: Lesley Arimah And Tochukwu Okafor Make 2019 Cain Prize Shortlist by BeautifulMind2: 2:30pm On May 21, 2019
Guestlander:
Nobel prize is such a high bar to scale. Still savoring it, but as you can see, we are always reaching for new heights.
Yet to see new generation Yoruba grin grin

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