The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday said the federal government and the People’s Republic of China would round off negotiations on the Lagos-Calabar rail project estimated at $11.117 billion in June. Osinbajo also disclosed that the federal government had already provided its portion for funding the rail project and promised that the negation would be concluded in the next […]
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The Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, has asked the Federal Government to jettison its plan to ban okada in the country saying 30 million people would be rendered jobless. The organisation alleged impersonation by a faction which had held a meeting with officials in the the Ministry of Transport. The National President of ACOMORAN, Alhaji Muhammad […]
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The Federal Government has approved the temporary closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with effect from the midnight of March 7. This is to enable the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria to carry out a major rehabilitation of the runway at the airport. The Managing Director of FAAN, Saleh Dunoma, said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos […]
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The Federal Government will soon embark on biometric data capturing of all commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in the country to check crimes perpetrated with the use of tricycles and motorcycles. The capturing would be done in collaboration with the Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria. The National President of ACOMORAN, Alhaji Shehu Babangida, […]
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Many dealers of fairly-used imported cars otherwise known as “tokunbo” in Kano have resorted to other businesses since the Federal Government banned the importation of vehicles through the land borders. Some of the dealers said on Thursday that they found it necessary to shift to other businesses in order to survive the current economic recession. The dealers said that the […]
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For three consecutive days, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, crisscrossed the six states in the South-south geo-political zone, assessing the state of the roads and monitoring progress reports both in the works and the housing sectors. Attention to details “If you noticed, for the first 20 minutes, I wasn’t […]
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The Federal Government on Tuesday inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna road which was given an emergency facelift with the sum of N1.1 billion. Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, who inaugurated road, commended the contractor for completing the project on scheduled. He said the project was awarded on Jan. 7 with completion period of 50 days.
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The Federal Government is currently working towards streamlining the number of agencies operating in the nation’s ports to only six from about eight. This is part of the decisions reached at an expanded meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council presided over by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday. According to a […]
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The Nigerian Government on Wednesday approved the construction of the Cameroon-Nigeria border link bridge as part of its efforts to strengthen the bilateral ties between the two countries. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who briefed State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, said the […]
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The Cross River State Government on Monday, threatened to adopt an aggressive approach if the Federal Government (FG) fails to grant her the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) final permit to commence the construction of its 260 kilometre super highway. According to the state’s commissioner of Land and Housing, Mr. John Inyang, during a press briefing in Calabar, the Ayade’s led […]
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The Federal Government has disclosed it will introduce speed cameras on Nigeria’s roads to help the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) curtail excessive speeding by motorists and improve safe use of the roads. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said this yesterday after he inspected ongoing repair works on the different sections of the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway […]
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday disclosed that the Federal Government has released its counterpart fund for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Modernisation Railway Project. The minister said this at the second Presidential Business Forum which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja.
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