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In Nigeria, we’ve figured out how to turn waste matter into electricity…

Awesome stuff… Too technical for me, but if science is your thing, you can read the full thing here, for everyone else, here is an excerpt:
Olatubosun Obayomi Adeleke reports on his progress in converting a septic tank into a biogas reactor at a guest house in Abuja, Nigeria. The major idea and inspiration of this effort is [...]

Presidency, govs review power projects

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Presidency, govs review power projects
From Madu Onuorah and Nkechi Onyedika Abuja
THE Presidency and state governors yesterday took stock of ongoing efforts to boost power supply in the country and agreed that much needed to be done.
A reinvigorated approach to the problem will however await the emergence of [...]

Thisday: Power Sector: AC Asks Yar’Adua to Probe Obasanjo

The Action Congress (AC) has called on President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua to direct the anti-corruption agencies, especially the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to probe the role played by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the alleged frittering away of $16 billion in the power sector between 1999 and 2007.
The party hinged its call [...]