The Guardian reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has slated a comprehensive rehabilitation of the nation’s three refineries located in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna to achieve optimal capacity utilization for next year. According to The Guardian, the Chief Operating Officer (COO), Refineries, of the NNPC, Mr. Anibor Kragha, at the Annual General Meeting of the three facilities ...
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FG to build nuclear plants for electricity generation – Omu
The Federal Government has revealed that it would embark on building of nuclear plants and careful application of nuclear energy to meet the needs of the country. Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Onu said that nuclear energy would bridge the energy gap needed ...
Read More »FG secures $150m World Bank support for mining development – Fayemi
Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, has secured $150 million support from the World Bank for the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification (MSSED or MinDiver) programme. New Telegraph reports that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, said the ministry is working with the Nigerian Sovereign ...
Read More »Fire engulfs engineering section of Igbobi Hospital
Vanguard reports that he engineering section of the National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, was yesterday engulfed in an early morning fire that destroyed office appliances and equipment valued at millions of naira. Although no life was lost, the source of the fire, which was reportedly first noticed around 3a.m., was not immediately known, but witnesses said the fire rapidly spread ...
Read More »Prof Okunna donates building to UNIZIK FM
The first female professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria, Stella Okunna, has donated a multimillion naira building tagged ‘Professor Chinyere Okunna legacy building’ to the Mass Communication Department of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. New Telegraph reports that the building which comprises of a one thousand sitting capacity hall, a studio with state of the arts equipment, was single-handedly built by ...
Read More »Gov. Ikpeazu appeals to FG over federal roads in South-East
New Telegraph reports that Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has appealed to the federal government to urgently address the deplorable state of the federal roads in the South-East and South-South geopolitical zones. He made the appeal at the Government House, Umuahia, when he received in audience the Senate Committee on Works, led by its chairman, Senator Kabiru Gaya. ...
Read More »N1trn needed to complete ongoing projects in Niger Delta— Usani
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, has revealed that the ministry would require N1 trillion to enable it complete all ongoing and abandoned projects across the region. Vanguard reports that Pastor Usani, in his maiden press briefing in Abuja, said that the ministry was determined to complete all projects awarded by the previous administration but abandoned ...
Read More »Otuoke residents urge Bayelsa to repair road
Residents of Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has appealed to the state government to repair the Otuoke-Onuebum road that has been in a deplorable condition a long time ago. The residents made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Otuoke. Mr. Ologi Damiete told NAN that the condition of the ...
Read More »Kwara State to renovate 420 classrooms
Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfattah Ahmed, has made it known that his government is set to renovate 420 classrooms across the 16 local government areas of the state. New Telegraph reports that Ahmed disclosed this while addressing members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the monthly stakeholders’ meeting of the party held at the Banquet Hall, Government House, Ilorin. Although, ...
Read More »Governor Amosun to resuscitate Gateway Hotel, Ota
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Monday, restated his commitment to resuscitate the Gateway Hotel in Ota, Ogun. Vanguard reports that Amosun disclosed this during the Opening Ceremony of the First Shoprite Plaza situated at the Toll-Gate in Ota. According to Amosun, the resuscitation of the Gateway Hotel would complement the new Shoprite Plaza in bringing development to Sango-Ota, ...
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