The PDP presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar said the issue of restructuring is already an achievable plan. He said he was worried about the state of development in the southeast The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar says his commitment is to fix the ailing Nigerian economy. Abubakar said this on ...
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IG inaugurates N10bn police housing scheme
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated the police housing scheme in the Ajoda area of Ibadan, Oyo State, saying the initiative is to enhance the performance of the men and women of the police force and help them resist corrupt practices or being compromised. Idris, who was represented at the event on Friday by the Deputy Inspector ...
Read More »Fire razes 156 shops in Aba Market
Fire has gutted about 156 shops at the timber and furniture section of Nkwo Ngwa market in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia, leaving many families in grief for their losses. Okechukwu Lawrence, Chairman of the market traders’ association, told journalists at the market on Sunday that he was informed about the incident through phone call around 7:00 pm ...
Read More »Muslims protest alleged acquisition of land by Fayose
Muslims community in Ekiti State has called on the government to revoke the land allegedly acquired by former Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ado-Ekiti for his son, to avert crisis in the state. The Muslims said that the land located at Atikankan area was acquired in 1940 under the late Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Aladesanmi Anirare, describing the alleged take-over as ...
Read More »AfDB signs $40m investment for Nigeria, others
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an equity investment of $40m in African economies. The $40m would be ploughed in the African Infrastructure Investment Fund, with a focus on acquiring positions of significant influence in roads, airports, rail links, bridges, ports, logistics, power generation, utility distribution, as well as telecommunications assets, the AfDB said ...
Read More »EFCC forfeits over 20 houses from Diezani, five from Fayose, Dasuki
Former governors, ex-ministers, top military officers and businessmen are among owners of the properties seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The highlights of the forfeiture were contained in a document obtained by The Nation. The document indicates that the EFCC is empowered by the law to place all suspicious assets under interim assets forfeiture – in line ...
Read More »FG demolishes part of Lagos Ports to give way for standard, Narrow Gauges
The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that efforts have begun to demolish parts of Lagos Ports terminals to give way for both ongoing constructions of standard and narrow gauge rail lines. Amaechi disclosed this while inspecting the five terminals at Lagos Ports at Apapa on Thursday. He said: “We have enjoined the Project Implementation Technical Committee on Lagos-Ibadan ...
Read More »LG Chairman Blames Nkpolu Flooding on illegal property developers
Mr. Solomon Eke, Chairman, Obio/Akpor Local Government Council, Rivers has blamed the flooding at Nkpolu-Rumuigbo on the activities of illegal property developers. Eke told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday that a special committee on flooding set up by the council had already submitted its recommendations on how to tackle the menace. Reports show that some communities in Obio/Apkor, including ...
Read More »FEC okays N31bn for Airport Landing System, Road Infrastructures
Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the procurement and installation of Instrument Landing Systems for Abuja, Kaduna, Benin, Ibadan and Enugu airports. According to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, the landing systems are expected to guide pilots and planes to the central line of the runway and to the threshold. This contract which was initially awarded at a cost ...
Read More »Osun Farmers adopt direct labour for road construction
The villagers residing at Aladua village in Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State who are predominantly cocoa farmers have volunteered their services on the construction of the access road to the village so as to save cost and make good use of the fund provided for the project by the Osun State Agency for Community and Social Development. The ...
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