The Oyo state government has said it would soon begin training of staff in the maintenance departments of local government areas and local council development areas in the state to be able to carry out maintenance works on roads across the state. Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Infrastructure, Mr Gbenga Akintola who stated this on Wednesday, in Ibadan, ...
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SOAN, Don disagrees over $195m maritime security
A don at the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology in Lagos and the leadership of the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria (SOAN) have disagreed over the viability of the recently signed $195m maritime security contract between the Nigerian government and an Israeli firm, HLSI Security Firms and Technology Inc. It would be recalled that the Minister of Transportation, ...
Read More »Covenant University-Nigeria loses N1 trillion to tourism and infrastructure
A former vice chancellor of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Professor Charles Ayo, has revealed that Nigeria loses a minimum of N1 trillion to education tourism with about 75,000 Nigerians currently studying in Ghana, Benin Republic and Egypt. In his address recently at the convocation of Crawford University, Igbesa, Professor Ayo appealed to Nigerians to patronise Nigerian universities, especially ...
Read More »President Buhari is not enthusiastic about infrastructural issues
If it is true that what you say, and how you say them expose and unveil the condition and attitudes of your heart, it is safe to say that the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari is not enthusiastic about infrastructural issues and definitely not interested in technology in Nigeria, at least not in 2018. His New Year Day Speech comprised exactly ...
Read More »Cross River set to commission British/Canadian School in Obudu
Arrangement has been concluded by the government of Cross River State to commission the British/Canadian International School which is presently undergoing construction in kakum, Obudu Local Government Area in the state in May this year. The Executive Chairman State Universal Basic Education disclosed this while ordering the contractors at site to redouble their efforts towards meeting up with deadline with ...
Read More »Boko Haram sets hospital on fire, kills three people
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a Madagali community, killing atleast three persons and abducted few others. Residents said armed insurgents raided Pallam village on Monday night, shooting and looting property. A displaced resident, Adiel Yakubu said the insurgents burnt three persons to death and injured several others before setting a hospital on fire. “We heard gun shots and confusion ...
Read More »Road accidents in Anambra State claim Ten lives
The Anambra Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Tuesday that no fewer than 10 persons lost their lives in 23 road accidents in Anambra in 2017. Mr Sunday Ajayi, the Sector Commander of the FRSC in Anambra, disclosed the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. Ajayi said that ...
Read More »Benue Killings: IGP gets a 14-day ultimatum to arrest culprits
The Senate has given the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr Ibrahim Idris 14 days ultimatum to arrest and investigate the perpetrators of Benue killings. This position was sequel to the consideration of a report of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Review of the Current Security Infrastructure in Nigeria. The committee had on Friday last week, visited the state ...
Read More »FG set to increase intellectual property right towards industrialisation
Federal Government on Tuesday said it was ready to increase intellectual property rights toward industrialisation of the nation. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, made the assertion when he addressed journalists at a world press conference on the forthcoming Science, Technology and Innovation Expo scheduled to hold from March 5 to March 9. According to him, the ...
Read More »FCTA demolishes property belonging to Patience Jonathan in Abuja
A property allegedly belonging to the former first lady, Patience Jonathan, was on Tuesday demolished by the FCT Development Control Department. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the building, which is inside A. Aruera – Reachout Foundation/Women For Change and Development Initiative, is situated on Shehu Yar’Adua Way along Mabushi–Kado–Life Camp Expressway, Abuja. Emmanuel Anene, a lawyer with E.A. ...
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