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Indications have emerged that the Federal Government may be experiencing some hiccups in the build-up to the December deadline for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project. In as much the contractor, China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) has completed ...
Read More »Gunmen abduct Bayelsa Commissioner’s father Agbabou Week
Unidentified gunmen have abducted 84 year-old father of Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief George Agbabou Week and carted away his electronic gadgets, jewelries in Southern Ijaw Council Area of the state. His abduction is coming four days after Beauty ...
Read More »Cross River’s second power plant to be ready next year, Ayade insists
Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has disclosed that the building of a second power plant project embarked upon by his administration will be commissioned next year. He explained that the 26 megawatts gas-fired power plant project at Tinapa Leisure ...
Read More »Funding delays work at Enugu airport six weeks after closure, 13 buildings for demolition over trespass
Funding hitches may have caused a delay in the rehabilitation of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, which was shut down by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on August 24 this year. Minister for Aviation, Hardi Siriki who ...
Read More »Bauchi ex-gov sold seven exotic vehicles to self, aides pilfered 30 official cars, says panel
Yuguda, Abubakar indicted as govt invites EFCC, ICPC to probe N321b allocations The 21-man panel of inquiry set up by Bauchi State Governor Bala Muhammed to investigate the two previous administrations of former governors Isa Yuguda and Mohammad Abubakar has ...
Read More »Senate raises alarm over insecurity in waterways, tasks agencies on surveillance
The Senate has alerted the nation to escalating insecurity on the Bonny-Port-Harcourt waterways where activities of sea pirates had led to the abductions, killings and raping of Nigerian women and girls using water transportation. It charged security agencies to step ...
Read More »Lyon will win Bayelsa State governorship election, says APC Chair Adams Oshiomhole
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has declared that the party’s candidate, David Lyon, will emerge victorious in the November 16 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election. Speaking during the Bayelsa APC stakeholders and aggrieved governorship aspirants meeting ...
Read More »UNICEF declares more communities in Cross River State open defecation- free
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has declared more communities in Boki Council Area of Cross River State Open Defecation Free (ODF). Secretary to the State Government, Tina Agbor, who was represented by the Director of Administration, Governor’s Office, Bassey Esege, ...
Read More »Vibrant commodities exchange will boost revenues, forex, Osinbajo declares
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has underscored the need for a vibrant commodities ecosystem to aid diversification from oil to non-oil sectors and boost the nation’s revenues and foreign exchange (Forex) earnings. Speaking at a Roundtable on Nigerian Commodities Trading Ecosystem ...
Read More »NDDC, IFAD move to employ 38,250 via $129m agricultural scheme
AN estimated 38,250 jobs in the agriculture sector are to be created through the $129.17 million Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Programme in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND) initiated by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in partnership with the International Fund ...
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