The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has revealed that the federal government is currently constructing a total of 524 road and bridge projects across the country. He disclosed this yesterday while updating the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on the ongoing road and bridge construction/rehabilitation projects nationwide. While stressing that that every […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has not given any date for the reopening of Nigeria's land borders. He said that the closure would remain until the situation improved. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Nigeria partially closed its land borders in August, mainly to check the mass smuggling of products like rice and petrol. In October the […]
The holiday season is just around the corner and we can’t wait to explore the world around and beyond us. For this special issue, we have compiled three-holiday destinations with peculiar interests. Greece For The Beaches Greece is famous for a lot of things – the birthplace of Democracy, the land of ancient gods that […]
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Sunday said that in the course of executing the Warri-Itakpe Rail line, stations were built in the villages of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains. Mr Amaechi disclosed this at the 'Next Level Presentation' at Presidential Villa Banquet Hall to signal the commencement of the campaign of the All […]
Commuters and motorists were yesterday held in a gridlock for several hours along the Abuja-Lokoja highway as truck drivers blocked the Jamata axis of the road to protest alleged assault of one their members by security agents. Daily Trust learnt that the protest ensued after a military operative allegedly shot the tyres of a truck […]
LASG seeks support of residents as 3rd Mainland Bridge undergoes test from August 23 To 26 Lagos state government will shut down Third Mainland Bridge for four days from August 23 to enable engineers do investigative maintenance testing. Works and infrastructure commissioner Ade Akinsanya has appealed for public support and understanding of motorists and residents […]
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman, has said that the 2km Apapa Wharf Road being reconstructed would be completed and opened to motorists by the end of next month. Usman made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Bala Usman said that the reconstruction […]
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Sunday flagged off the expansion of the Orile Tanker Terminal truck, as part of solutions to the Apapa gridlock. Ambode assured that work would be accelerated on the 1000-capacity terminal at Orile-Iganmu area of the state. Ambode, while on an inspection tour of the Apapa-Iganmu axis said the […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved a contract worth N72.9 billion to the Dangote Group for the reconstruction of the road from Apapa to the tollgate end on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, made this known to State House Correspondents in Abuja after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting […]
The Lagos State Government at the weekend shut down five bonded terminals located within residential areas in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area (LGA), and explained that the decision became imperative to end intractable gridlock undermining socio-economic activities in Apapa area of the state. While it revealed plan to seal all bonded terminals located within residential […]
