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FUD Student Converts Sachet Water Waste To Kerosene , Diesel

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1 year ago

January 14, 2023

Zainab Bilyamin

Zainab Bilyamin, a final year student of the Department of Chemistry Federal University Dutse has converted sachet (pure) water leather waste to hybrid fuel(kerosene and diesel) as her final year project.

Her research project titled” Conversion of low-density polyethylene and mixed low-density polyethylene with polyethylene terephthalate into fuel.

FUD Newsletter gathered that the final result shows that the hybrid fuel produced from the pure water leather waste products has similar properties as normal kerosene and diesel as it was used to light a kerosene lamp and power a pumping machine successfully.

FUD Newsletter also learnt that fuel can be use to power a generator to produce electricity.

Zainab said she was motivated to carryout the research after reading about possibility of converting polymeric (leather)waste into fuel because in Nigeria polytmeric waste keep pilling up the street without recycling which poses enviromental hazard whereas this waste can be converted to wealth .

Her Research Supervisor, Mal.Aminu Dauda said he quickly key into the project when Zainab brought the idea because we all know that combating the menace of this polymeric waste pollution has become a global challenge, despite the fact that recycling rates are comparatively low, and this has lead polymeric waste pollution more than ever.

The Supervisor said the research method used in the research is a normal process of Thermal cracking method where the waste was subjected to high temperature of about 450-500 °C which causes the breakage of the molecular bonds and breaking down long chained, higher boiling hydrocarbons into shorter chained, lower boiling hydrocarbons in the absence of oxygen.

In the course of the research, Mal.Dauda said they had to design and fabricate a machine (reactor) at the Kano Technology Incubation Centre which was used for the pyrolysis, the method used to convert the polymeric waste into fuel..

Zainab who is a native of Jigawa said she is interested in academics as she want to carry the research further in her Masters and PhD program by the grace of God adding that the research gulped more than N100,000.

Zainab and her Supervisor call on the governmnt to invest in this area of research as it will ease the blockage cause by polymeric waste and at the same time serve asis a source of revenue to the government and also means of reducing youth restiveness.

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Kano-Kaduna-Abuja Passengers Spent Night In Kaduna Due to Traffic Jam

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15 hours ago

May 13, 2024

Nigerian Tracker

Some passengers traveling from Abuja to Kano found themselves stranded in Gwanin Gora town, Kaduna State, due to a traffic jam.

An eyewitness and passenger, Dr. Lado Bala, informed NIGERIAN TRACKER that they had been stranded since 3 AM with no indication of movement.

Regarding the cause of the traffic jam, Dr. Bala mentioned that it may be attributed to an unknown accident that occurred further down the road.

As of the time of reporting, no security agency had responded to clear the jam.

The Kano-Abuja-Kaduna Express is a major Nigerian road that links Northern and Southern Nigeria.

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Nigeria Tracker Congratulates Sarkin Bai Mansur Mukhtar On Wedding of His Daughter Amina

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1 day ago

May 12, 2024

Nigerian Tracker

The wedding ceremony

The management of Nigeria Tracker Communications, publishers of Nigerian Tracker online newspaper, has extended its congratulatory message to the family of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Vice President of the Islamic Development Bank ,Dr Mansur Mukhtar on the wedding of his daughter, Amina Mansur Mukhtar.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Editor-in-Chief and CEO of the leading online newspaper, Abbas Yushau Yusuf.

The wedding fatiha and solemnization which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, had in attendance family, friends, and well-wishers, with a dowry of $1000.

On behalf of the board of directors of Nigeria Tracker Communications, we wish the couple a happy married life and Allah’s blessings, and success to the entire Sarkin Bai of Kano’s family, Dr. Mansur Mukhtar.

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My Successors Have Jettisoned My Progressive Ideas-Says Jonathan

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2 days ago

May 11, 2024

Nigerian Tracker

Former President Goodluck Jonathan

Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, said some of the progressive ideas he instituted during his tenure were jettisoned after his exit from office.

Jonathan who was the President from 2010 to 2015, stated this while speaking as Chairman on the occasion of the 25th anniversary celebration of Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State.

The former president who said he ensured that women were admitted into the Nigeria Defence Academy, recalled that he faced serious challenges but had his way as the president of the country.

He said it is worth noting that women have become an integral part of the military set with some of them going ahead to become some of the best jet fighters.

He said, “I recall the challenges faced by women in the military. But as President, I directed that the Nigeria Defence Academy commence admission of women into the institution.

“However some of the ideas, which could have helped in the technological development of the country were jettisoned. “

The former President who noted challenges faced by women in various career fields, advocated that limitations against women’s progression in their chosen fields of endeavour should be eliminated.

He also called for the recalibration of the nation’s school curriculum to prioritize skills acquisition, and technology and de-emphasise certificates.

The ex-president explained that emphasis on skills acquisition and technology in all fields of the country’s educational system was the way to go to hasten the development of the country.

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