By Philip Yatai The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has renamed the Abuja International Conference Centre after President Bola Tinubu. Wike made this known during the unveiling of the rehabilitated centre by Tinubu in Abuja on Tuesday, as part of activities to celebrate theContinue Reading
By Yahaya Isah The Niger Government says it has awarded the construction of a 12 km road project from Mokwa to Rabba worth N7 billion. The state governor, Muhammad Bago, made this known during an on-the-spot assessment and sympathy visit to the people of Mokwa over the recent flood disasterContinue Reading
By Yahaya Isah The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has donated one billion Naira to the victims of the recent flood disaster in Mokwa Local Government Area of the state. The governor announced the donation during an on-the-spot assessment of houses destroyed by the flood, where he subsequently addressed theContinue Reading
By Nefishetu Yakubu Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has fulfilled his promise to provide a 2.5MVA injection sub-station to Udomi Community in Esan Central. Okpebholo, who inspected the completed project on Monday in Udomi alongside top government officials, expressed satisfaction that the station was ready to power the community andContinue Reading
By Aderonke Ojediran Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos on Sunday thanked President Bola Tinubu for support toward the state’s transport reform. Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation while inspecting newly-imported rolling stock for the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) Blue Line project, at the National Theatre Train Terminal. Describing the arrival ofContinue Reading
By Salisu Sani-Idris Vice-President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated 375 tractors refurbished by the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), under the National Asset Restoration Programme. The programme, launched in Maiduguri, Borno on Sunday, is an initiative of NASENI aimed at boosting mechanised agriculture and enhancing food security inContinue Reading
By Muhammad Nur Tijani Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Barau Jibrin, on Sunday visited Farm Centre, Kano’s largest phone market, to sympathise with the traders affected by Friday’s inferno. During the visit, Barau announced the donation of gadgets worth N200 million to the victims of the inferno, as partContinue Reading
By Angela AtaboThe Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) in collaboration with Near Foundation, an NGO, has distributed meat to 150 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir. The beneficiaries were selected from Waru and Yimuthu IDP camps in the nation’s capital. Hajiya Fatima Ibrahim, Head, Relief and Rehabilitation,Continue Reading
By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) will operate additional special train services across its major standard gauge corridors – Lagos-Ibadan and Abuja-Kaduna – on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. The Managing Director of NRC, Dr Kayode Opeifa, said that the extension was in response to exceptional surge in passengers’Continue Reading
By Martins Abochol A cross-section of commuters in Taraba have commended transport owners for ensuring stable fares during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Hajia Zubaida Zakari, one of the commuters at the Jalingo Central Motor Park, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday, said that the cost ofContinue Reading
