How Bad Would The Traffic in Owerri Be During The Christmas Period, if it’s This Way Now?

EGBU, IMO STATE — Egbu is a town in Owerri North Local government of Imo state. It has a lot of other smaller villages and has one of the busiest junctions in Imo state. Christiana Junction as it is popularly called, is along Owerri-Umuahia road and since a lot of people live in Egbu and others places around this town, they would have to pass through that junction to get to their houses. But during...

Adamawa State Govt Donates Ambulance, Beddings to NYSC

To replace looted items by hoodlums recently at the Damare permanent Orientation Camp of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Girei local government area, the Adamawa state government has donated a bus ambulance, one thousand pieces of new mattresses, one thousand pillows and fifty eight ceiling fans to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state. Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri said government has resolve to replenish the vandalised Camp facilities following a request by the...

Unionist Donates Water Pumps To Boost Dry Season Farming

In a move to boost dry season farming in Yola South local government area of Adamawa State, Comrade Rodney Nathan  State Chairman Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has made a personal donation of about 30 water-pumps to four villages for irrigation to augment the shortfall in the rainy season. The benefitting villages are; Njoboliyo, Rugange, Njoboli, and koffare. The donation of the irrigation equipment was under his community Development pet project “Comrade Rodney Agricultural Empowerment...

Water Resources Bill: FG Begins Mobilization of Lawmakers to Support Bill

The Federal Government has begun mobilization of the members of House of Assembly to support the controversial Water Resources Bill. The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, on Wednesday, met with the House of Representatives committee on Water Resources, where the lawmakers openly aired their opposing views on the bill. At the meeting, in a video footage, which, according to Punch, was obtained on Friday, Adamu claimed the FG had engaged experts to sensitize Nigerians,...

Distribution of Free Meter Begins in Specific Area in Kano, Kaduna and Lagos

Distribution of free electricity meters to Nigerians will commence today (Friday) as well as the inauguration of the scheme in Kano, kaduna, Eko and Ikeja electricity companies’ franchise areas. This was disclosed by a source in the Presidency on the condition of anonymity. According to the source, the free distribution of meters was in fulfilment of the promise of President Muhammadu Buhari, to ensure mass metering in the country and put an end to the...

FG to Construct 10 New Airports — Minister

The Federal Government says 10 new airports will be constructed across the country to boost civil aviation. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, announced this on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Aviation for the 2021 budget defence by the ministry and its agencies. Sirika said that the civil aviation had witnessed growth saying that the number of airports in the country had increased. “There are airports coming up...

Water Resources Bill Will Boost Irrigation Farming System- Minister

Mr Suleiman Adamu, the Minister of Water Resources, says the passage of Water Resources Bill will boost irrigation farming system and enhance food security in the country. Adamu made this known when he appeared at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said that the bill would enhance both domestic and non-domestic use for irrigation, navigation, agricultural and fishery purposes as well as generation of hydro-electric energy. He said that the Federal...

FG Approves N7bn For Rehabilitation of Cham to Numan Road

The Federal Government has approved N7 billion for the urgent rehabilitation of the 46.3km Cham to Numan road. Mr. Salihu Abubakar, Federal Controller of Works in Adamawa, made this known while inspecting the road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the road, located in Gombe and Adamawa States, has been in deplorable condition for many years. “Work on the project was delayed due to insufficient fund; the approval of the fund by the...

The Chief Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, Has Inaugurated a 30-bed Hospital at Tigi Community of Riyom LGA of Plateau.

Inaugurating the project in Riyom on Monday, Buratai said the hospital was built and equipped by the Nigerian Army. According to him, the gesture is part of Civil-Military Cooperation, aimed at winning the minds and hearts of the rural populace. He said the hospital would address the medical needs of the local people as well as commuters plying the Jos-Abuja road, especially victims of road traffic accidents. He explained that the facility would handle maternity...

CBN Releases Framework for Financing of Mass Metering

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released its framework for the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP). The framework was released by the Development Financing department of the apex bank through its official website on Monday. It stated that introduction of the Service-Based Tariff (SBT) in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) effective Sept. 1, had put increased emphasis on the need to close the metering gap in the NESI. “Closing this gap will enhance...

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