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Lagos Government To Shut Marine Bridge, Dopemu Road For Three Months

Road maintenance
The Lagos State Government has announced plans to partially shut Marine Bridge from Monday, January 17 to Saturday, April 2, 2022, for emergency repair works on the infrastructure. The governmentRead More

FG Mobilises Three Construction Companies With N185bn To Dualise Calabar-Itu Federal High-way

Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang
The federal government has approved the sum of N185 billion for three major construction firms for the dualisation of the Calabar-Itu federal highway. The Senior Special Assistant to President MuhammaduRead More

Sukuk: FG Borrowed N350bn In Three Years For Road Projects, Says Jaiz Bank

Jaiz Bank
Backs CBN’s move against BDCs The Managing Director/Chief Executive, Jaiz Bank Plc, Mr. Hassan Usman, has disclosed that the Federal Government utilised Islamic financing instruments, particularly the Sukuk, to raiseRead More

House Outraged As Contractor Abandon Lagos-Badagry Expressway

Lagos-Badagry Expressway
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Works has expressed disappointment that no member of staff of CGC Nigeria Limited, the contractor handling Lagos-Badagry Expressway, was on site when its membersRead More

‘FG, NDDC Not Involved in Aba Urban Renewal Projects’

Road project
The controversy generated by Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, over the funding of the road reconstruction projects going on in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State hasRead More

FG: No Bias Against South In Distribution Of Sukuk-funded Projects

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works and Housing, Mr. Babangida Hussaini
The federal government yesterday defended the distribution of projects under the Sukuk roads funding programme, saying that there is no plan to favour the North at the expense of theRead More

Sanwo-Olu Excited Over Refinery, Fertiliser Plant, Lauds Dangote

Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu at Trade Free Zone
Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended the Dangote Group for building the biggest investment in the country in Lagos State, and for the positive development which the DangoteRead More

FERMA: Many Federal Roads Have Expired

Road construction
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) yesterday said many roads within the country had become impassable because they had outlived their in-built lifespan. Speaking during a virtual stakeholders’ seminar, ManagingRead More

FEC Approves N45bn For Roads, Power, Water Projects

Federal Executive Council
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved over N45 billion for various road, power and water projects. While N31.629 billion was approved as an additional cost to the initial N66.831Read More

Reps Question N15bn Fresh Allocation For East-West Road Project

The House of Representatives during plenary
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta on Tuesday opposed some allocations contained in the proposed 2021 budget of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. The membersRead More