nuclear energy Private players? Private players may soon be allowed entry into nuclear energy production. Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said as much minutes before he went in to deliberate on the draft Integrated Energy Policy with the plan panel. The law will, however, have to be amended to allow the private sector to set up nuclear plants, he added.

Andrew England & Carola Hoyos Saudi Arabia says it will increase production by around 200,000 barrels per day in July. Saudi Arabia's decision to pump more oil than it has in nearly 30 years risks being completely negated by the sharp drop in output caused by attacks on production facilities in Nigeria. Nigeria now pumps less than 1.5 million barrels a day, rather than the 2.5 million b/d it has the ability to produce, the lowest level in 25 years, according to officials attending Sunday's high-level meeting in Jeddah.

Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi offered his Nigerian counterpart Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) of Pakistan services for exploration and laying oil/gas pipelines as the organisation has vast skills, technology and trained manpower to undertake such projects, says a statement released by foreign office about FM visit to Kampala.

To avoid being turned into a dumping ground for e-waste, the Nigerian government has decided to slap duties on old computers imported for spare parts. Much of the unwanted material is dumped. It is

Nigeria sues Tobacco company: The Nigerian government has filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Abuja against tobacco companies British-American Tobacco, Philip Morris International and

for sanitation offenders: The state government of Lagos, Nigeria, has set up a sanitation court, which will prosecute offenders arrested for violating the state environmental sanitation exercise. The

Of late, Chinese products have come under severe criticism worldwide. The us toy company Mattel Inc recently recalled 19 million Chinese-made toys, because the toys contained lead paint. The