Search Results for: nigeria

STAKEHOLDERS RAISED CONCERN OVER INSECURITY IN NIGERIA TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

Posted on by Gambeta News

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s transportation industry have raised concerns over the growing security challenges in the sector while calling for urgent intervention to save it from collapse. Speaking at the on-going 4th edition of the National Transport Summit of the Chartered Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria, CIOTA, chairman of the event Chief Julius Adelusi Adeluyi, said that said the transportation modes in  Nigeria has been altered following the invasion of the transport space by criminals across…

Read More

FOURTH MAINLAND BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION SHORTLIST THREE BIDDERS IN NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

The Lagos State Government, through the Office of Public-Private Partnerships, PPP, weekend, said it has shortlisted three bidders for the construction of the US$2.5 billion Fourth Mainland Bridge project in Lagos. The Special Adviser to the Governor on PPP, Mr. Ope George, while briefing newsmen in Ikeja, stated that the three bidders shortlisted for the Request For Proposal, RFP Stage II are: Mota-Engil (Nigeria and Africa) CCCC and CRBC consort; CGGC-CGC Joint Venture and CCECC and…

Read More

TCN BLAMES DISCOs, GENCOs FOR POOR ELECTRICITY IN NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

The electricity Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, has said that the lack of capacity in the electricity Generation Companies, GENCOs, and Distribution Companies, DISCOs, is the main reason for the incessant collapses in the national grid. The country’s power grid has collapsed about seven times this year,  with the last collapse on September 26. At the backdrop of this the chairman, of the Technical and Monitoring Committee of the TCN governing board, Mr. Nsima Ekere,…

Read More

SWITZERLAND GOVT. DONATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT FLOOD VICTMS IN NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

The government of Switzerland has donated the sum of 750,000 Swiss francs which approximately is 756 000 US dollars to support victims affected by the devastating floods in Nigeria. A statement issued by the Swiss Embassy in Nigeria, and signed by the Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Nicolas Lang, said the donation was in response to a recent emergency appeal by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC. Through this contribution, the…

Read More

NIGERIA POWER GENERATION ROSE BY 3% BUT CITIZENS STILL SUFFERING

Posted on by Gambeta News

Nigeria’s power generation, yesterday, rose by three percent to 4,735.1 megawatts, MW, from 4,594.6MW recorded last week. The Nigeria Electricity System Operator, a semi-autonomous body under the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, responsible for operating the transmission system disclosed this in its report obtained by Vanguard. The report showed an improvement from an average of 4,000MW, which the nation recorded for a greater part of 2022, but over 200MW less than the federal government’s 5,000MW…

Read More

MOROCCO KING CELEBRATE NIGERIA-MOROCCO GAS PIPELINE PROJECT

Posted on by Gambeta News

The gas pipeline aims to ensure energy independence on the continent amid a context marked by serious challenges due to regional crises. King Mohammed VI celebrated the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project, emphasizing its goal in a bid to support accelerating socioeconomic development on the continent. The King expressed satisfaction with the gas project during his speech, commemorating the 47th anniversary of the Green March on Sunday. While the Green march helped the country to regain…

Read More

NIGERIA GOVT. SAYS OVER 199 FLOODED LGAs HAS GOTTEN MEDICAL SUPPORT

Posted on by Gambeta News

Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, said medical support had been provided to 199 Local Government Areas affected by flooding across the country. Farouq briefed State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. She said that as of Friday, records indicated that no fewer than 3.2 million persons were affected by flooding in Nigeria….

Read More

INSTALLATION OF TARTAN TRACK COMMENCE IN NATIONAL STADIUM OF NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

The Federal Government’s bid to restore the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos to its old glory has received a major boost with the commencement of the installation of the tartan tracks last week. A top official of Kyle Next, one of the contractors handling the rehabilitation of the edifice confirmed the laying of the tracks has commenced and could be completed in four weeks with the newly installed facility in place. Track Technical Specialist, Joseph Ayinla…

Read More

SOUTHERN NIGERIA FLOODS: HOW WIDESPREAD FLOOD IS AFFECTING PEOPLE

Posted on by Gambeta News

The recent release of excess water from a dam in neighbouring Cameroon coupled with extreme rainfall is causing major problems in Nigeria. During the past couple of weeks, it has been reported by the Nigerian Government that over 1.4 million Nigerians have been displaced, and 500 lives claimed. According to the reports, the floods have also injured 1,546 people, inundated 70,566 hectares of farmland, and “totally damaged” 45,249 homes, said Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the permanent secretary in Nigeria’s…

Read More

NIGERIA GOVT. APPROVED N225BILLION FOR DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECT

Posted on by Gambeta News

The federal government has approved N225.247 billion for projects in the Ministries of Works and Housing,  Aviation, Police Affairs, and Health. The ministers of works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola; Aviation, Hadi Sirika, Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi and minister of state for health, Ekumankama Joseph as well as the senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the federal executive council meeting presided over…

Read More

NiMET SAYS NIGERIA NORTH AND EASTERN STATE SHOULD BRACE FOR FLOODING

Posted on by Gambeta News

Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has said states in the North Central and South East in Nigeria should brace up for more flooding. The director-general of NiMet, Prof Mansur Bako Matazu, stated this on the side line of the ongoing Hydro-meteorological status and outlook system (HydroSOS) in Abuja yesterday. While commenting on the current flood impact across the country, Matazu said though flooding as a result of rainfall might have reached its peak, flooding as a…

Read More

AHCN SAYS NIGERIAN HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST HOME OWNERSHIP RATE

Posted on by Gambeta News

The Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) has decried Nigeria’s low homeownership rate, saying the country ranks lowest at 25 percent, especially when compared to Brazil (74 percent), Kenya (75 percent), South Africa (70 percent) and Indonesia (84 percent). Speaking on the occasion of this year’s World Habitat Day with the theme: “Mind the Gap: Leave No One and Place Behind, President of AHCN, Dr. Victor Onukwugha, said it was sad that at 62…

Read More

NIGERIA FIRST LADY CALLS FOR GOVT. TO TAKE OVER CONSTRUCTION OF PTSD MEDICAL CENTRE

Posted on by Gambeta News

The First Lady Dr. (Mrs) Aisha Buhari declared on , that the Armed Force’s Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Centre, originally scheduled to be built by the Defence and Police Officer’s Wives Association for the treatment of military and Police personnel, would now be built by the federal government. Consequently, Mrs Buhari told a gathering of Senior Military Officers, Captains of Industry, the Private Sector and other guests, for the groundbreaking ceremony of the PTSD…

Read More

FOUR STOREY BUILDING COLLAPSED IN UYO, NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

Four people have been rescued from the rubble of a collapsed four-storey building in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The building, which was supposed to be a six-storey building, collapsed on Saturday while contractors were on the fourth floor. “Four persons (have been) rescued and taken to the hospital,” according to a statement shared around 9p.m. on Saturday by the Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom State, Ini Ememobong. Rescue operation was still going on, according to…

Read More

NIGERIA TO ABOLISH KEROSINE USEAGE BY 2023 DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Posted on by Gambeta News

Nigeria’s energy transition journey gained a milestone on Tuesday, with President Muhammadu Buhari announced the federal government’s readiness to junk kerosene consumption by 2030 when gas penetration would have been total. Meanwhile, also on the cards are plans to ditch dirty fuels, to address the problems associated with climate change. President made the pronouncement in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 15th Annual Banking and Finance Conference organized by the Chartered Institute of Bankers…

Read More

SEVEN STORY BUILDING COLLAPSED IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

Six persons have been trapped after a seven-story building collapsed in Lagos on Sunday. The incident occurred at Oba Idowu Oniru street beside Avi Maria hospital, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said in an update. “Upon arrival at the scene of the incident, an uncompleted seven-story building undergoing construction was found to have collapsed,” he said. “Six people are reported to be trapped under the rubbles of the collapsed…

Read More

NIGERIA-MOROCCO GAS PIPELINE TO BOOST NORTH WEST AFRICAN ZONE

Posted on by Gambeta News

Amina Benkhadra, general director of the National Hydrocarbons and Mines Office (ONHYM), outlined the importance of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline and its potential contribution to the emergence of an integrated North West African zone. Speaking during a panel as part of the second conference of member countries of the sedimentary Basin, dubbed the “MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power” conference  on Thursday in Dakar, Benkhadra emphasized that the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline is a “structuring project with…

Read More

NIGERIA GOVT. TO BUILD 2.5MW SOLAR POWER PLANT IN NDA

Posted on by Gambeta News

Amidst heightened security challenges in the country, the  Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu has said that the federal government is set to build a 2.5 megawatts hybrid solar power plant in the Nigerian Defence Academy, (NDA), Kaduna to enhance security at the academy. Aliyu, who was represented by the Minister of State, Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba, stated this at the 40th National Solar Energy Forum (NACEF 2022), in Kaduna. The two days event which held…

Read More

THREE STOREY BUILDING COLLPASED IN BEIRUT MARKET, NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

Many people are feared trapped on Tuesday after a three-story building collapsed at the Beirut GSM market in the Kano metropolis. The incident reportedly occurred around 3 pm on Tuesday. According to reports, it is understood that many traders are still trapped in the rubble, and rescue efforts are already underway. Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the Kano State’s Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, said that at least seven people have been rescued and are responding to…

Read More

CONSTRUCTION OF AFRICA’s LARGEST FOOD LOGISTICS KICK-OFF IN NIGERIA

Posted on by Gambeta News

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, kicked off the construction of Africa’s largest food logistics park, in Ketu-Ereyun, Epe area of the state aimed at boosting food security in the state in particular and Nigeria in general. According to Sanwo-Olu during the groundbreaking ceremony, the project, Lagos State Food Security Systems, and Central Logistics Hub would be built on 1.2 million square meters of land, and would have the following components: aggregation/storage facilities, administrative offices trading/brokering…

Read More
1 2 3 4 5 6 … 48