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Minister of Works and Housing Babatunde Raji Fashola Tuesday appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on abandoned Federal Government’s Projects (Works) from 1999 till date and insisted that there was no abandoned project in the sector. A statement issued by the Deputy Director, Press at the ministry, Mr. Stephen Kilebi, quoted Fashola as calling for a stronger collaboration ...

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has lambasted Governor Abubakar Sani Bello over numerous abandoned road projects in the state, particularly the 86km Kontagora to Rijau road. The governorship candidate of ADC in Niger state, Dr. Ibrahim Ahmed Mani stated this Sunday in an interactive session with journalists. He said, “Governor Sani Bello has not shown interest and concern over the ...

More facts have emerged as to the cause of the delay for the completion of the controversial 25 kilometer Uyo-Ikot Ekpene road the immediate past state administration awarded in 2011 at the cost of over N71 billion. While the immediate past administration publicised that the road was done up to 18 kilometers remaining only three kilometres for its completion, the ...

Port Harcourt – Developers in Rivers state have lamented the cost of building materials saying that what they are charging as house rent was not commensurate with the cost of constructing an apartment. Reports show that for three years running, the cost of building materials has skyrocketed, thereby reducing the number of developers or those who intend to build personal ...

The Boko Haram insurgency has continued to take a toll on Borno State as seven major road constructions have had to be suspended. Due to the insurgency which at its peak had 22 of the 27 local governments of the state overran by the terrorist groups, several billions of naira were lost as a result of massive destruction of infrastructure ...