The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that there is no respite yet for the Federal Government until Nigerians are happy with the state of our roads comparable to the best infrastructural facilities available anywhere in the world.
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The police have arrested 29 suspects for alleged involvement in carjacking and stealing nationwide. A statement on Friday in Abuja by the police spokesman, Donald Awunah, said 12 cars were recovered from the criminals. It stated that the suspects were arrested from different states by the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad.
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Forty-five drivers in the employ of the Federal Capital Territory Administration have threatened to embark on strike over alleged misappropriation of their salaries and allowances by the management of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council. The drivers, who were being owed four months salaries and travel allowances, accused the AMMC Coordinator, Hajia Sefinatu Tania, of being indifferent to their plight despite […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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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A 66-year-old man, Mr. John Ekue, has committed suicide in the Mende area of Maryland, Lagos State. Ekue was reported to have used a rope to hang himself by the rod of a ceiling fan in his apartment on Oki Lane around 8pm on Monday.
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As part of efforts to ease movement in the state capital, the multi-billion Naira Calabar Light rail project will soon be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari. The 12-car monorail system, when fully operational, will use an Intamin P8 electric powered passenger shuttle train to convey passengers from Tinapa Resort across Lake Tinapa to Calabar International Conference Centre.
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One person was on Wednesday feared dead when a tanker laden with fuel exploded at Upper Mission Junction on the Benin-Auchi Expressway, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The explosion, which was said to have occurred at about 7am, left no fewer than four persons injured. It was also gathered that the fire destroyed property worth millions of […]
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