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Retiring Philander A Key Member Of Golden Generation

December 23, 2019 5:11 pm

Vernon Philander may not always have attracted the headlines of some of his more heralded team-mates but he was a key member of what has been described as a golden generation of South African cricketers.

Philander, 34, announced on Monday that he will retire from international cricket after the four-match World Test Championship series against England, which starts at SuperSport Park on Thursday.

Philander’s impending retirement follows those in recent years of South African legends like Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Hashim Amla, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel and will leave captain Faf du Plessis and Dean Elgar …

Air Peace Adds New Generation Aircraft To Its Fleet

November 13, 2019 1:59 am

Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace, has brought in a B737-800NG to help sustain its expansion, domestic and regional operations.

The aircraft arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at the weekend from Europe.

Disclosing this to newsmen, the Corporate Communications Executive of the airline, Mr. Stanley Olisa, stated that the new arrival is a 160-seater aircraft comprising 16 Business Class seats and 144 economy class seats.

He said, “We are very glad to announce the acquisition of another aircraft, which is a 160-seater B737-800 New Generation aircraft”.

He reiterated the resolve of the airline to spread its operations across …

UNN sets record of electricity generation with waste

March 19, 2019 11:29 am

The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has in Nigeria, set the record of electricity generation by using organic waste to install 100KVA Refuse Drived Fuel (RDF) gasification plant for its Nsukka Campus.

Prof Benjamin Ozumba, UNN Vice-Chancellor, commended the project during its inauguration and said the university would no longer be a customer to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).

According to him, the project is first of its kind in Nigeria and another feather added to the cap of the institution.