The Bayelsa Government, on Friday, restated its commitment to link the three senatorial zones in the state by road, to accelerate economic growth. Mr Lawrence Ehwrudjakpo, the state Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure Development, said this in Kaiama while inspecting some ongoing projects in the area. Ehwrudjakpo expressed satisfaction with the ongoing Sagbama/Ekeremor road project in Bayelsa West-Senatorial zone, which […]
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20 SHIPPING FIRMS LEAVE NIGERIA OVER LOW BUSINESS
Groaning under intense hardship imposed by poor government policies and global economic crunch, over 20 shipping firms have exited the nation’s shores. This is coming as Dockworkers Union of Nigeria (DUN) lamented that over 3,000 workers have already been laid off by various shipping companies, terminal operators and logistic companies, owing to lack of financing and poor import policies of […]
Continue reading »N7.5BILLION CREDIT SCHEME FOR LOCALLY ASSEMBLED VEHICLES COMING
To improve access to new vehicles and promote the patronage of locally assembled vehicles, the Federal Government, through the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has announced plans to unveil a credit purchase scheme for Nigerians to purchase such vehicles. According to the Director, Policy and Planning, Luqman Mamudu, the council is contributing about N7.5 billion interest free rates […]
Continue reading »FRSC WARNS VULCANIZERS AGAINST USE OF SUBSTANDARD GUMS
The Federal Road Safety Corps says it is taking steps to enforce a ban on the use of food-based and substandard sealing pastes used by technicians to fix tyres in the country. This, it said, was part of measure to prevent the loss of lives as a result of tyre blowouts. In a statement by its Head, Media Relations and […]
Continue reading »ONE KILLED AS CAR CRASHES INTO TRUCK
Tragedy struck on Thursday at the Onipanu end of the Ikorodu Expressway in Lagos State after a Toyota Camry crashed into a truck Our correspondent learnt that although the car driver escaped, the ‘motor boy’ of the truck was crushed to death. It took rescue agencies hours before the trapped remains of the victim could be removed from the wreckage.
Continue reading »FOUR WORLD BANK CONSULTANTS DIES IN EKITI BOAT ACCIDENT
Four World Bank consultants have drowned in Egbe River in Egbe community of Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The four were said to be workers on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had commenced work on Tuesday night. They were said to have come from the Development Dams and Irrigation Schemes, Kaduna State and had […]
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