Tag Archives: Nigeria

New Telegraph reports that Oghior community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, demanded a compensation of N855 million from the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) for allegedly failing to contain an oil spillage that occurred in September from militants or its operations in the community. According to New Telegraph, the President-General of the community, Hon. Wisdom Ghagara, while warning ...

The Nation reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday said that his administration will heavily utilize talents and skills of local engineers to rebuild ailing infrastructure across the country. According to The Nation, he described Nigerian engineers as ‘‘competent and cost effective.’’ Speaking at an investiture ceremony by the Nigerian Academy of Engineers (NAE) at the State House, President Buhari said the well-trained ...

The Nation reports that the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Col Hameed Ali (retd), yesterday, said the nation’s boarders were porous because of their interconnectivity with adjoining nations. He added that there was no line demarcating Nigeria from its neighbours. According to him, those living within the nation’s border speak the same language as Nigerians. This situation, said ...

As part of inputs to the on-going review of the outdated 1992 Environmental Impact Assessment Act (EIA), environmentalists have canvassed for the inclusion of EIA reports as pre-condition for project loans. According to The Guardian, they are seeking the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) involvement in its enforcement and implementation by the financial institutions. The experts also want EIA to be ...

Owing to the fact that bamboo is a sustainable replacement for higher carbon emissions materials and serves as an excellent carbon sink, Nigeria and 41 other countries have made moves to conserve at least 30 million hectares of the fast growing and highly renewable resource. The Guardian reports that the move comes as part of the South-South and trilateral collaboration on ...

In spite of the economic situation in Nigeria, Pazino Engineering Company, marketers of real estate products has revealed plans to launch a new estate called Celebrity Ville. The Guardian reports that the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Patrick Agbaza, who disclosed this at an event organized by the firm to reward its agents under the Pazino Multi-Level Marketing ...

Vanguard reports that Delta State Government, yesterday, warned communities against hostility to contractors, urging contractors to demobilize from any community that proved uncooperative to the development initiative of the present administration. According to Vanguard, the Commissioner for Works, Mr James Augoye, who handed down the warning while inspecting some ongoing road projects across the state, also cautioned contractors against executing their ...

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has revealed that his government is not spending any mone on the proposed N38 billion cargo airport in the state, saying the project is solely a private sector initiative. Vanguard reports that Ortom, who gave the clarification following criticisms that he was embarking on a huge project that had no direct impact on the majority of the ...

The Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria, COREN, has revealed that a crack at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport is a threat to people and it should be investigated further. Vanguard reports that COREN attributed the number of collapsed buildings and failed roads in Nigeria to poor engineering works and supervision. According to Vanguard, this was made known ...

According to The Guardian, experts at the ongoing Water Africa and West Africa Building and Construction Exhibition and Seminars have urged government to consider the adoption of small hydropower technology to improve power generation in the country. They maintained that since the focus of generating bulk power to be fed into the national grid had not improved electricity supply, government ...