The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen Hadi Sirika, has revealed that the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, will be closed for six weeks in February and March 2017 for total repairs on the runway. Vanguard reports that Sirika told newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the closure was to allow Julius Berger carry out total re-construction on the ...
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Ikeja Electric calls for re-instating CAPMI scheme
Vanguard reports that due to difficulties faced in the acquisition of pre-paid meters, Ikeja Electric wants the credited advance payment for metering implementation, CAPMI, scheme to be brought back to discourage estimated bills. According to Vanguard, the Chief Executive Officer, Ikeja Electric, Anthony Youdeowei, speaking when the House of Representatives Committee on Power visited the company’s Head Office at Ikeja, implored the ...
Read More »Ajaokuta Steel Company to operate at full capacity by 2017— FG
Federal Government has assured that Ajaokuta Steel Company would operate at full capacity in the second quarter of 2017. Vanguard reports that the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who disclosed this when giving a scorecard of his Ministry’s performance in 2016 and projections for 2017 in Abuja, also disclosed that the government had made progress over ...
Read More »Court stops Okorocha from demolishing NBA secretariat
New Telegraph reports that Justice Chukwuemeka Chikeka of an Owerri High Court has granted an order of interim injunction, restraining Governor Rochas Okorocha, the Attorney General of the State and the Commissioner for Works and Housing from unlawfully demolishing the Bar centre of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) situated within the state judiciary complex in Owerri. The judge in a ...
Read More »Federal Government to build 3,000 housing units for civil servants in Abuja
The Guardian reports that the Federal Government through the office of the Head of Service (HOS) has entered into an agreement with a housing developer, Brains and Hammers to build at least 3,000 housing units in 72 hectares of land located in Bwari, Abuja. The housing units which are to be completed within 6 months is to enable the civil ...
Read More »Propertygate’s boss speaks on structural problems of mass housing
The Guardian reports that a frontline Real Estate Operator and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Propertygate Development and Investment Plc, Mr Adetokunbo Ajayi has identified some structural problems affecting the government’s mass housing project and proposed measures to revamp them. In an interactive session with the media on how Propertygate has fared despite the recession, Ajayi explained that lack ...
Read More »FG partners Morocco on renewable energy
Nigeria is pursuing international partnership with Morocco to create collaborative platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies to enhance security and sustainable development, The Guardian reports. According to The Guardian, the Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed who disclosed this, while giving account of one-year stewardship, said investments in the power sector is to encourage the implementation of renewable energy ...
Read More »Stakeholders seek action towards Nigeria’s climate adaptation
Towards ensuring Nigeria fully adapt to climate change, stakeholders have called for a new line of thinking that support a green economy. According to them, such initiatives could be enshrined within reviewed national laws, and local councils’ action plans, The Guardian reports. According to The Guardian, the call was contained in an interim report from the workshops held in Lagos by ...
Read More »Lake Chad gets $1.8million lifeline
As part of efforts to improve livelihoods of about 40 million people living around the Lake Chad basin, Governments of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Chinese firm, Powerchina International Group Limited to transfer water from the Congo Basin into the receding Lake Chad. According to The Guardian, the project, which worth $1.8million, ...
Read More »Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed becomes UN Deputy Secretary-General
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres, on Thursday, announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed, as his Deputy Secretary-General. The Nation reports that Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr. Stephane Dujarric. Guterres also announced the duo of Ms. Maria Viotti of Brazil and Ms. Kyung-wha Kang of the Republic of Korea into high-profile positions at the UN. ...
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