The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the Akanu Ibiam International airport, Enugu will reopen for normal business on Aug. 30. Sirika gave the assurance at the airport in Enugu after inspecting the progress of ongoing rehabilitation of the runway and upgrade of other infrastructure, aiming toward international standards, on Tuesday. According to him, the project has reached between 90 and 95 per cent completion. The minister said the Federal Government planned to make...
The Federal Government has called for assistance from the World Bank, demanding that it assist Nigeria in reducing the number of out-of-school children from 10 to 5 million by the year 2023. Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education made this appeal known during a visit by a World Bank delegation to his office on Wednesday led by Shubham Chawdry, Country Director of the World Bank. Adamu noted that the call was in line with government’s commitment...
Following the announcement that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be partially closed for six months in order for maintenance activities to be carried out, the Federal and the Lagos state governments have released traffic management plan aimed at reducing gridlock. In a joint press briefing held in Lagos by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Engineer Olukayode Popoola; Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Olaseinde and the Special Adviser to Governor...
The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, has responded to last Friday Article written by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, “Wike Vindicates Buharists”. In his response, Nsirim said President Buhari approves the refund of ₦78.9bn to Rivers for the repair of federal roads because of Governor Nyesom Wike’s “courage to speak up when others are silent.” Wike who is a member of the People’s...
Gov Hope Uzodimma on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Julius Berger Nigeria Plc on the reconstruction of Owerri to Orlu and Owerri to Okigwe roads in the State. Gov. Uzodimma described the event, which took place at the Sam Mbakwe Exco Chambers, government house, Owerri, as a special day in the life of the State. Uzodinma who was represented by the state commissioner for works, Mr Ralph Nwosu said that the...
Residents of Isuaniocha and Mgbakwu on Tuesday began patch works on Obibia Bridge, linking Awka South Local Government Area through Okpuno to Awka North Local Government Area. The bridge also serves as a link from other communities such as Amanuke, Urum and parts of Achala all in Awka North to the state capital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that some of the reinforcement rods on the bridge have been unearthed with mild potholes....
Egypt said it had agreed with Ethiopia and Sudan to restart stalled talks in order to reach a deal on the rules of filling and operating Addis Ababa’s disputed dam on the Blue Nile. The announcement was made late on Friday following a mini-African Union summit, chaired by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, via videoconference to discuss the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi said in a statement the three countries...
The Gombe State Government is set to construct 661 solar-powered boreholes across the 11 local government areas of the state. Alhaji Abdurraqib Muhammad, General Manager, Gombe State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASA), disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Gombe. Muhammad said the government initiated the project after the agency conducted a need assessment and discovered that the pressing need of the communities was water. According to him, the state government had secured a loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB)and...
Residents of Enugu have decried the substandard pedestrian bridge which collapsed while still under construction at Gariki, Amaechi Awkunanaw, in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. The pedestrian bridge was commissioned by the current administration for the safe road crossing of residents of the ever-busy Gariki which is at the outskirt of the city and houses a popular food market, Gariki market. However, a couple of days ago, residents witnessed the fall of...
The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Monday went on an inspection tour to General Hospital Agbani in Nkanu West Local Government Area and Colliery Hospital in Enugu North Local Government Area which are under reconstruction. The ongoing massive reconstructions in both hospitals are in fulfillment of the governor’s promise to upgrade health facilities for quality and affordable healthcare delivery in both urban and rural areas in the state. Noting the exigencies of adequate healthcare...
