In its efforts to ensure safety of lives on Nigerian roads, the Federal Government has embarked on lighting of bridges with Murtala Mohammed Bridge (MMB), in Lokoja, Kogi State. The lightening ceremony was performed by the officials from the Ministry led by the Deputy Director (Electrical and General Services), Engr. Saka Odufuwa, at the bridge […]
Continue ReadingThe Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika on Friday inaugurated two committees to provide general direction and steer the course of Public Private Partnership (PPP) project concessions in the Aviation Sector. The minister in a statement issued by James Odaudu, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Affairs, inaugurated the committees on behave of […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government has declared Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th September, 2016 as Public Holidays to mark Eid-el-Kabir Celebration.Making the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, the Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. (Rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau, enjoins all Muslim faithful and Nigerians in general to support, co-operate and join hands with President Muhammadu […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Ministry of Water Resources is set to commission the Central Ogbia (Otueke) Regional Water Supply Project in Bayelsa State on Thursday 8th September, 2016. The Ogbia Regional Water Supply Project started by the previous administration but was recently completed by the Buhari’s administration in line with the agenda of the present administration to […]
Continue ReadingThe entire workers’ unions in the Nigerian Aviation industry on Tuesday morningembarked on a peaceful rally to protest the planned concession of the four major airports in the country to private investors by the Federal Government. During the protest, members of the different aviation unions, carried with placards with inscriptions signifying their opposition to the […]
Continue ReadingThe Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has vowed to back off from its peace talks if the federal government dialogues with Edwin Clark.In a statement by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, MEND said it would only recognise the Peace and Development Initiative headed by Odein Ajumogobia inaugurated in June. Read Full Statement… The Movement for […]
Continue ReadingSpeaking at an interactive session with newsmen on Friday, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeousn, said the Federal Government was set to release N60 billion for capital projects to stimulate the economy. She said that contractors had been paid to return to work, adding that very soon Nigerians would begin to see the impact of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) have agreed to dialogue with the federal government to resolve the lingering crisis in the Niger Delta region. Ballantyne Agiri, spokesman for the dialogue group, said this in a signed statement on Wednesday. Agiri said that the NDA had constituted contact and a dialogue group to engage the federal government […]
Continue ReadingBoko Haram on Sunday released a new video, showing not less than 50 of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped on the night of April 14, 2014. The girls who were wearing headscarves were behind a militant who demanded the release of fighters in return for the release of the girls. The video reportedly […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) on the construction of Warri-Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Baro-Abuja railway line. The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, signed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government while Chen Xiao Xing, Vice President of CRCC, signed for the company in Abuja. Amaechi […]
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