By Angela Atabo Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President Godswill Akpabio have charged the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to take decisive action against recurring infrastructure failures and the menace of quackery in the engineering profession. They made the call at the investiture of Ali Rabiu as the 35thContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai Workers of Federal Capital Territory Administration under the Joint Union Action Congress (JUAC) have appealed for urgent action on unresolved welfare issues affecting their morale and productivity. The President of the union, Mrs Rifkatu Iortyer, made the appeal at a news briefing in Abuja on Friday. IortyerContinue Reading
By Philip Yatai The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will enforce ground rent violations, Certificate of Ownership (C of O), and land use conversion fees across the FCT. Mr Chijioke Nwankwoeze, FCTA Director of Land Administration, disclosed this after the FCT’s Executive Council meeting, chaired by the Minister, Nyesom Wike,Continue Reading
By Nicholas Dechi The Benue State Government has rolled out a digital system for the award of land titles and title transfers, in a bid to end bureaucracy and hardship in land administration. Mr Terna Kawen, Director of Capacity Building and Stakeholders Engagement at the Benue Geographic Information Service (BENGIS),Continue Reading
By Edeki Igafe Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has unveiled construction of the ₦39.3 billion Otovwodo Flyover project in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Speaking on Monday at the groundbreaking ceremony, the governor said that the project would bring to an end, the protracted traffic congestion at theContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, on Monday inspected Section-3 of the Sokoto–Badagry Superhighway, reaffirming the Federal Government’s commitment to national connectivity. Umahi described the road as a strategic corridor to boost trade, transport and economic integration between northern and southern Nigeria. “This highway will unlockContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe The Federal Government has no plan to toll the rehabilitated Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, says Sen. Dave Umahi, the Minister of Works. Umahi spoke on Sunday while answering journalists’ questions after inaugurating the N40billion Closed Circuit Television Camera Centre on the Third Mainland Bridge. “We willContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe A half of the Iddo Bridge in Lagos State will be demolished next week in preparation for rebuilding. The Regional Manager of Julius Berger Nigeria, Mr Thomas Christl, announced this on Sunday during an inspection tour of the bridge by the Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi. “Three spans ofContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe The Federal Government on Sunday inaugurated the N40billion Close Circuit Television Camera (CCTV) Centre of the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CCTV centre was built by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). Inaugurating the centre, the Minister ofContinue Reading
By Lydia Chigozie-Ngwakwe The Federal Government has directed the contractor handling construction of the Seventh Axial Road – from Dangote Refinery in Lagos State to Sagamu in Ogun, to complete filling with sand before the end of April. The Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, gave the directive in Lagos whileContinue Reading
