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President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday signed Executive Order 007 to close the road infrastructure gap in the transportation sector of the country through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement. Tagged order 007 on road infrastructure development and refurbishment investment tax credit scheme, the president signed it at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In the first phase of the scheme, 19 road projects ...

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will soon commence the construction of more classrooms and employment of teachers in order to improve standard and to decongest the classrooms. FCT Education Secretary Dr. Bala Mohammed Liman dropped this hint while speaking with a section of the media during an inspection of resumption of schools in Abuja, last week. He noted that ...

Itesiwaju Local Government Chairman Hon. Niyi Adeagbo has on Wednesday, donated a sum of N100,000 Cash to National Union of Teachers (NUT), ITESIWAJU Chapter as part of the Local government’s contribution to facilitate the construction of its Secretariat. Adeagbo announces the donation to the Branch Chairman of the Union, Comrade S.O Olaoti and his Secretary, Comrade M.O Bolaji respectively when ...

The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, on Sunday flagged off the building of 500 houses to replace homes destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents in Gajiram, headquarters of Nganzai Local Government Area. Nganzai, an agrarian local government, about 90km from Maiduguri, the state capital, was among the communities that were badly hit by the Boko Haram onslaught. Gajiram, ancestral home of ...

Road users plying the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway have called on the Federal Government to intervene in the gridlock caused by the ongoing construction of Oshodi-Abule Egba Bus Rapid Transit (BRT lane). Some commuters, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, lamented the untold hardship and loss of man-hour faced on the road. They appealed to the Minister ...

The Federal Government has insisted that the contractors handling the construction of new Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line, China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation, must employ more professionals, especially Nigerian engineers, and other workers. This will not only ensure the timely delivery of the project in December this year as promised but facilitate smooth transition and operation of the rail ...

Alhaji Salisu Na-Allahu, Chairman, Maiadua Local Government Area in Katsina State, has commended the Federal Government for constructing 10.5 km drainage network in the area to prevent flooding. Na-Allahu gave the commendation in an interview in Maiadua on Tuesday that the project, which will soon be completed, was financed by the Ecological Fund Office. He said the drainage would provide ...

After almost two years in limbo, all is now set for the commencement of massive construction on the much anticipated Benin River Port to be situated in Gelegele, Benin City, Edo state. There have been insinuations that the project may have been a political gimmick to deceive the people for elections since after it was announced with fanfare not much ...

Lagos – Professionals with the construction industry have called on the federal government to immediately undertake full-blown scientific investigations into the ongoing earth tremor in Mpape, Maitama, Gwarinpa, and Utako areas of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. This, they said is necessary to among other things boost the confidence of both occupants and investors in the area. Although the FCT Emergency ...

The Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, Enugu State chapter has commended Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for reconstructing and modernizing the historic Milliken Hill federal road in Ngwo, Enugu North Local Government Area, after so many years of neglect. NSE also applauded the governor for his quick response in the ongoing construction of more massive concrete retaining walls on the erosion-prone areas ...