Tag Archives: Nigeria

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has commissioned the over N200 million Arkilla TCN Sub-station 132/33KVA upgraded transformer for power distribution in the state. New Telegraph reports that under the new arrangements, the state will bid good bye to power outage and when completed the state Independent Power Project (IPP), will operate at full capacity to meet the power needs of ...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has promised to leave a legacy of turning Nigeria’s rich tourism potentials to a tourism economy. The Guardian reports that the Minister made the pledge in Abuja on Tuesday when he received the International Tourism Adviser of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Mr. Jim Flannery, who is in Nigeria to ...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, advised road users to cease from embarking on night journey during the Yuletide. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, FRSC Deputy Sector Commander in Enugu, Mr Lucky Ugele, gave the advice in an interview with the . “Every road user is advised to do away with ...

Stakeholders in the power sector are canvassing a shake-up of the sector, in order to bring about optimal performance. They also suggested the revocation of the licenses of non-performing utilities as deterrent to others. This was following Federal Government’s decision not to reverse the privatisation of the sector. The Guardian reports that experts, including workers unions believe the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory ...

The Guardian reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari plans to spend the $29.9 billion, he wants to borrow, on reviving the comatose economy and paying contractors, some of who are being owed for up to 10 years. The Guardian reports that APC’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said Sunday night that the President ...

Federal Government has opposed the plan by the Senate to scrap the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) and replace it with the Federal Roads Authority (FRA). The Guardian reports that the upper chamber of the National Assembly was wanting to repeal the Act establishing the agency having being sponsored by the chairman of its Committee on Works, Kabiru Gaya (APC ...

Aframero Limited, an Nigerian provider to the building industry, has called for government’s intervention in the furniture and design sector to make it self-sufficiency in local production. The Guardian reports that the Managing Director, Aframero Limited, Mrs Yetunde Oghomienor who spoke at the company’s customers’ forum in Lagos, noted that 2016 has been an interesting year due to the cost of ...

In a bid to retain significant proportion of Nigeria’s landmass under forest, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) has begun a new initiative known as Green Recovery Nigeria (GRN).The Guardian reports that the initiative aims to establish a forest rehabilitation scheme in 25 per cent (230,942 sq. km) of Nigeria’s total landmass (923,768 sq. km) from 2017 to 2047, while simultaneously promoting ...

According to Vanguard, as the February 1, 2017, deadline placed by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, on speed limiters draws nearer, transporters, private and public vehicle owners have besieged Purple Global Services & Technologies Africa, the company which specializes in installing the device in vehicles. Vanguard reports that the Director of Purple Global Services and Technologies Africa Limited, Mr. ...

With adequate policies, Nigeria could surmount her poor electricity supply through the tonnes of wastes that are generated on daily basis in the country. The Guardian reports that this was contained in a communiqué by the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), at the end of the African Engineering conference on energy held last week in Uyo, Akwa Ibom. According to The ...