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GLASGOW — To achieve an appreciable level of the National Infrastructure Stock, Nigeria requires about $1.5 trillion over a 10-year period. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this on Tuesday in Glasgow at a COP 26 high-level side event on improving global infrastructure hosted by President Joe Biden of the United States, EU Commission President, Von Der Leyen, and the UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) in...

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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, says Nigeria is still battling with insecurity because Nigeria has not reformed its military architecture. Mustapha stated this when he received the 24-member advisory committee on the reform of the armed forces and defence in Abuja.  “Reforms are critical and difficult to implement, but the step taken by the ministry of defence is the right step in the right direction to address security challenges....

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ABUJA —The Federal Executive Council has approved that Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) should take over the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) Minister of Works and Housing disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said nine of the projects are in North Central,...

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LAGOS — The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has begun the movement of cargoes in containers from Lagos to Dala Inland Dry Port in Kano state and Kaduna Inland Dry Port. Ismail Yusuf, managing director of Inland Containers Nigeria Limited (ICNL), confirmed this in Lagos. According to him, about 40 containers have been moved so far and an additional 40 empty containers have been returned through the same mode to Lagos from the Kano and Kaduna...

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MAIDUGURI — Commandant Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Borno state, Mr. Musa Farouq has called for the support of the media in tackling incessant vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure. Farouq during a visit to the leadership of Nigeria Union Journalists at NUJ Secretariat in Maiduguri decried the level of vandalism of critical infrastructure which plunged most parts of the state into darkness for nearly ten months. “NSCDC with the core mandate...

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YOLA — For the past six years, the Kudzum Bridge in Michika local government that links Borno and Adamawa States destroyed by insurgents was rebuilt by the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and commissioned. The rebuilding of the bridge is part of the mandate of the Commission to rebuild destroyed public infrastructures. At the ceremony, Crowther Seth noted that the rebuilding of the bridge will boost the transportation of goods and services in the area....

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ABUJA — The federal government has approved a sum of N38.4 billion for the completion of abandoned road projects in Benue, Bayelsa, Anambra, Imo, and Nasarawa state. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing confirmed the development to state house correspondents on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting. According to the minister, the projects are old and were inherited from past administrations. He noted that the cost of the projects was revised to reflect...

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KANO — The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, has said the pressure on the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), to make money is misdirected, adding that the agency was a regulatory body rather than a revenue-generating agency. Ameachi asked that the pressure be directed to the Nigeria Ports Authority as it is their responsibility to generate funds. He said the mandate of NIMASA was to act as a regulator of maritime safety and...

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MAIDUGURI — The Future Assured College Maiduguri,  Borno state established by Aisha Buhari Foundation (ABF), for orphans who lost their parents to insurgency will receive support of N500 million from the Victims Support Fund (VSF) for equipping and running the institution. General T.Y Danjuma (retd), Chairman of VSF, made this known in Maiduguri, during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the VSF and ABF. Danjuma who was represented by the Executive Director of...

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ASABA — Commissioner for Works, Rural and Riverine Roads, Mr. Solomon Golley, on Monday urged engineers constructing roads in Delta to refrain from delivering substandard jobs and embrace professionalism.  Golley, gave this advice when the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Asaba chapter, paid him a courtesy visit in his office, in Asaba. The commissioner decried the shoddy job done at the Inter-Bau bridge, in Asaba, and attributed it to carelessness on the part of the...

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