Day: 18 January 2023

LASU School of Transport wins $50,000 grant for research on  accidents

January 12, 2023 The School of Transport and Logistics, Lagos State University, LASU, has won a $50,000 grant from the Volvo Educational and Research Foundation, VREF, to research the road and water traffic crashes in three African cities. The LASU team, led by Prof. Samuel Odewumi, won the grant following the success of the proposal …

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Electric car batteries could be key to boosting energy storage

Electric car batteries could be used to boost power storage in the future, injecting electricity into the grid during times of scarcity or storing electricity during periods of excess, a new study found Tuesday. Renewable energy is essential for the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below two degrees Celsius, but the …

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The growing use of Hemp Fuel for cars & its impact

Hemp, the world’s most sustainable uncooked material, can be built-in into vehicle our bodies and used as a biofuel. Hemp activist and legend, the late Jack Herer, believed that hemp-based fuel could save the world. His preeminent work, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, is a treatise on the multitudinous methods he believed that hemp was once the ideal …

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Lagos govt picks preferred bidder for 4th Mainland Bridge construction

The state government said construction will include a greenfield tolled road and bridge with a designed speed of 120 kilometers per hour, including the development of adjacent real estate. The Lagos State government, through the Office of Public-Private Partnerships (OPPP), has announced Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium as the preferred bidder for the construction of the proposed …

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Sanwo-Olu inaugurates waterways monitoring, data management centre

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the Lagos State on Friday inaugurated a first-of-its-kind Waterways Monitoring and Data Management Centre that would enhance activities on the state waterways. Inaugurating the facility at Falomo, on Friday, Sanwo-Olu said that the establishment of the center would give access to real-time information, and gather data for continuous improvement of the …

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