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Federal Government has awarded contract for early works on the Second Niger Bridge and emergency repairs at the Tamburawa Bridge in Kano State at a total cost of N16.3 billion. Vanguard reports that Mr Mohammed Abdullahi, the Assistant Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ...

President Muhammadu Buhari will by March this year commission some of the projects the administration is executing in the South East geopolitical zone. Vanguard reports that some of the projects expected to be commissioned by the President include the on-going reconstruction of Enugu-Onitsha expressway and Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway, among others. According to Vanguard, the disclosure was made yesterday by the ...

Kwara State government yesterday has promised to support the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to improve services at the Ilorin International Airport. The Guardian reports that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Sola Isiaka Gold, gave the promise when FAAN’s General Manager and the Chief Security Officer visited him. He said the state would collaborate with other relevant ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Nigeria Police to open its national secretariat without further delay. According to The Guardian, it alleged that the eight-month closure of the secretariat since June 2016 on the desperation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to muzzle opposition. The Guardian reports that a statement issued by the spokesman of the PDP ...

Federal Government has declared that the Assumpta Science Centre, Owerri, Imo State, will be ready for use in four months. Vanguard reports that the project is a product of a 2015 Federal Government’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pontifical Council for Culture of the Vatican City meant to harnessing the ICT talents of many youths even in religious circles. The ...

The Group Managing Director, Alpha Mead Facilities, Femi Akintunde, has made it known that Nigeria’s quest to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 could be a mirage, if the country remains reluctant to implement strategies, practices and processes that will enable it effectively manage its rising waste level. The Guardian reports that Akintunde, an engineer, who expressed concerns ...

The Guardian reports that Borno State has allocated N13, 020, 133.985.00 to the newly established Ministry of Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (MRRR) for massive reconstruction and rehabilitation of destroyed towns and villages, including critical infrastructures in liberated communities. According to The Guardian, Governor Kashim Shettima disclosed this yesterday in Maiduguri, after presenting next year’s N183.84 billion budget to the House ...

The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with two local meter-manufacturing companies for credit in order to begin mass production of electricity meter. The Guardian also reports that the Federal Government is working to ensure that fertilizer is sold for N5,000 in 2017 Speaking at a special town hall meeting ...

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, ...

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 ...