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FG To Complete Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota Road in 12 Months

December 30, 2019 11:37 am

Motorists will have to endure additional 12 months of nerve-breaking traffic on the Apapa-Oshodi-Oworonsoki-Ojota highway for the rehabilitation of the road to be completed, according to the federal government.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that driving on the highway has been a huge nightmare for motorists since the reconstruction commenced on November 17, 2018.

Similarly, there has been traffic lockdown in the Iganmu area of Lagos over the years. Joint efforts by the Lagos State Government and other agencies to tackle the problem have not yielded lasting solution.

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Reps Approve ₦9.4bn To Complete Customs Head Office Complex

December 20, 2019 9:26 am

The House of Representatives on Friday approved the budget of the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) with the approval of N9.4billion to the commission to complete the Customs Head Office Complex.

The House Committee on Supply approved a total budget of N283.1billion of the Customs for the year 2020.

The approval is coming in the wake of the controversial N37billion approved for the renovation of the National Assembly in the 2020 budget.

According to the budget of the service, the N9.4billion will be from the target surplus of revenue made by customs.

The report reads, “That the Share of Target Surplus

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Privatisation: BPE Complete Transactions On 234 Enterprises

November 13, 2019 11:20 am

The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on Wednesday disclosed that it has so completed transactions on 234 enterprises since the inception of the Federal Government’s privatisation programme in 1999.

It further disclosed that plans were afoot to divest from the 10 newly-built gas-fired National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs) when completed.

The Director-General of BPE Mr Alex Okoh made the disclosures recently at the Nigerian Investment Showcase at Guildhall, London, with the theme: “Public Sector Deals Recently”.

A BPE statement said Okoh listed the milestones recorded by the privatisation programme to include: expanding private sector participation in the Nigerian economy; attracting

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Hadi: We Are Waiting For Funds To Complete Enugu Airport

October 25, 2019 3:49 am

Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika, informed the Senate yesterday that the much completion of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, depends on the time the Federal Government releases money for it.

He, however, expressed optimism that the project would be completed by April 2020, “if the money is released now.”

Speaking at the defence of the 2020 Budget of the ministry before the Senate Committee on Aviation, Hadi noted that money to complete the project had been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, but “we are waiting for the release and I am sure it will be released very soon.”…

NIWA: Moghalu Pledges To Complete Every Ongoing Project

October 11, 2019 1:58 am

The new Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Dr. George Moghalu, has promised to continue all ongoing viable and justifiable projects of the agency as long they conform to due process and the Act establishing NIWA.

Moghalu made this known at NIWA headquarters in Lokoja while delivering his speech shortly after he assumed office as the substantive head of the agency.
He pointed out that the overall policy objectives of NIWA were to transform the inland waterways to make them not just economically, viable but also to provide a safe, reliable and alternate transport system to ease …

Rebuilding at North Korea’s rocket site ‘almost complete’

March 29, 2019 9:40 am

North Korea has almost completed rebuilding a long-range rocket site it had promised to close, Seoul lawmakers told reporters Friday after a closed-door meeting with South Korean intelligence officials.

The claim comes a month after a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in February ended without an agreement, deepening a gap between the two on how to achieve “complete denuclearisation”.

Shortly after the end of the Hanoi summit, a series of satellite images emerged suggesting increased activity at the North’s Sohae rocket site, triggering an international alarm that the nuclear-armed state might …

APC’ll complete takeover of Delta on Saturday, Jubril vows

March 4, 2019 1:58 pm

Jubril Al-Sudani being paraded as President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria has said Saturday’s election will complete the cycle of the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) take-over of the affairs of Delta state.

This, he said, is going by the achievements of the party in the state during the presidential and National Assembly elections.