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The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has described the abduction of some construction workers in the state by bandits as an act of sabotage. A site engineer, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, and three other members of staff of an indigenous road construction company were kidnapped in Shiroro Local Government Area last week by the bandits who initially demanded N1 ...

Two Chinese workers kidnapped by suspected herdsmen at a construction site at Ivo River, at the boundary area between Ohaozara and Ivo Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State, have been rescued by the police. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Loveth Odah, a Deputy Superintendent of Police. She said that the victims were rescued ...

Two construction workers, Emmanuel Udoh and Mohammed Saidu, who allegedly beat their co-worker to death during a brawl, on Tuesday, appeared before a Lagos High Court Judge, Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya. The accused persons, whose residential addresses were not given, are standing trial on a one-count charge of murder. The Prosecutor, Mr K. N. Bamgbose, told the judge that the duo ...

The Building and Construction sector is very crucial in any nation’s social and economic development. There are many factors responsible for this. This article gives an overview of the building and construction sector in Nigeria. Apart from the Building and Construction sector’s potential with respect to employment generation, the various activities undertaken in the sector are very germane to fostering ...

According to Premium Times, the Benue State Government, on Monday in Makurdi, said threats to release snakes to bite construction workers during construction of airport in Benue on site had temporarily stalled its plan to have a cargo airport in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government’s plan for the project on Kilometre 28 along ...

“The pair, who worked with construction firm VKS Nigeria Construction, were abducted from their hotel on 9 April in the town of Eket in Akwa Ibom state. Five suspects have been arrested, said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Don Awunah, confirming the expatriates’ rescue, which took place on 19 April. “The two kidnapped Turkish nationals were kidnapped and taken ...

“Two Turkish construction workers were abducted from their hotel rooms in Nigeria’s oil-rich Akwa Ibom state on Sunday, according to a police spokesman Tuesday. Police officer Chukwu Okechukwu told the country’s official news agency, NAN, the workers were abducted from Eket, an oil-rich town that is dozens of kilometers (miles) away from the Akwa Ibom capital city, Uyo. “The state ...

Skilled construction workers in the construction industry play a very crucial role to the survival and growth of the industry as they are mostly engaged in the practical realization of construction projects. This article addresses the problem of shortage of craftsmen in the construction industry in Nigeria. As a country endowed with skilled manpower, the construction industry in Nigeria can ...