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Residents of Aladua, a village in Ayedaade Local Government, Osun State, who are predominantly cocoa farmers, have volunteered their services on the rehabilitation of the only access road to their village. Last week, the farmers, including women, trooped out to participate in direct labour in the rehabilitation work on the road. The villagers said they had been disconnected from other ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Power, Works, and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, says debt for infrastructure in Nigeria is good debt, as far as he is concerned. Speaking at the Africa Investment Forum in Sandton South Africa on Wednesday, the minister said the Nigerian government should not be judged like a private company when it comes to borrowing. His words: “The only thing ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reiterated its efforts to reduce road crashes in the country through intelligence patrol. Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, Mr. Osas Osadebamwen,  disclosed this during the  2018 Zonal Retreat in Sokoto on Monday.  The participants were drawn from the sectors and zonal commands. Osadebamwen noted that the time ...

A labourer, Promise Iwoh, who allegedly stole his employer’s cables valued at N120,000, on Wednesday appeared in a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The 33-year-old, a resident of No. 1 Iya-Agan Street,  Apapa Road,  Ebute Meta, Lagos, is facing a charge of theft. Iwoh, however, denied the charge. The Police Prosecutor Ben Ekundayo said the accused committed the offence on Feb. ...

Considering the alarming rate of youth unemployment in the country and its negative effect on the economy, the Universal Learn Direct Academy is empowering youths to solve the endemic housing and infrastructural problems in Nigeria. Funmi Ogundare reports Youth development and empowerment have been recognised as vital stages in life for building the human capital that allows young people to ...

The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Wednesday threatened to drag erring contractors handling the construction and rehabilitation of some primary schools projects in the state before the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). Chairman of SUBEB, Rev. Philip Tachin, said the board would compile all the names of the defaulting contractors and forward same to the EFCC if ...

There is an intense argument between the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and the current governor, Kayode Fayemi, over the state of infrastructural projects across the state. Gov. Kayode Fayemi has decried the poor state of the Ikogosi Warm Spring Resorts, owing to deliberate abandonment of the facility by the immediate past administration. Speaking with journalists after ...

Jide Oke, a former Chairman of Lagos Chapter of Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), on Tuesday said that poor maintenance culture was the bane of infrastructure development in Nigeria. Oke, who made the observation in an interview said lack of maintenance culture had been a challenge since the nation got independence. He expressed regret that many private and public ...

The Southwest Governors’ Forum has expressed concern on economic and security challenges posed by gridlock in the Apapa port and urged the Federal Government to create alternative routes. The forum said the planned alternative routes linking Tin Can Island through Tomoro Island to Ibafo in Ogun State should be revised urgently. In the interim, it suggested that government should enhance ...

The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) would spend N5.9 billion in 2019 on the construction of classrooms, training of teachers, procurement and monitoring, as contained in the N155 billion 2019 budget proposal currently before the state’s House of Assembly. A breakdown of the budget as issued by the state’s Planning and Budget Commission in Kaduna on Tuesday shows ...