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NIGERIA GOVT. APPROVED N225BILLION FOR DIFFERENT INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECT

Posted on October 13, 2022 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…

AHCN SAYS NIGERIAN HAS ONE OF THE LOWEST HOME OWNERSHIP RATE

Posted on October 11, 2022 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…

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

Posted on October 6, 2022 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…

BUILDING COLLAPSED IN JOS STATE AS MANY ESCAPE INJURIES

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Gambeta News

Several persons cheated death following the collapse of a two-story building in Bukuru, Jos South local government area of Plateau State on Sunday night. Our correspondent gathered that the collapsed structure was used as a residential building, supermarket, and spare part shops. The building is located opposite Bukuru Stadium. A resident of the area, Yohana Samson, said that they heard a sound from the building at about 9 pm. They, however, thanked God that it…

FOUR STOREY BUILDING COLLAPSED IN UYO, NIGERIA

Posted on September 19, 2022 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…

HOW TO STOP BUILDING COLLAPSED IN LAGOS

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Gambeta News

Buildings in Lagos state, Nigeria’s economic hub, have in recent years been collapsing in greater numbers than ever. Between 2000 and 2021 the city experienced 167 reported cases, with significant human and economic losses. The latest data from Lagos State Emergency Management Agency showed that between January and July 2022, Lagos recorded 24 cases of total building collapse, six of partial collapse, and one of impending collapse. Eighty-four Lagosians have been killed in building collapse incidents in the last two years. Ghana’s…

LASEMA SAYS LAGOS STATE RECORDED 30 COLLAPSED BUILDING IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS

Posted on September 8, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, yesterday, revealed that at least 30 collapsed buildings were recorded in various incidents which occurred between January and July 2022 in Lagos State. To curb incidence of building collapse in the state, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, announced resignation of his Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako barely 24 hours after a seven-storey building under construction collapsed on Oba Idowu Abiodun Oniru Road, Oniru…

SEVEN STORY BUILDING COLLAPSED IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Posted on September 5, 2022 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…

NIGERIA-MOROCCO GAS PIPELINE TO BOOST NORTH WEST AFRICAN ZONE

Posted on September 3, 2022 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…

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

Posted on September 3, 2022 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…

THREE STOREY BUILDING COLLPASED IN BEIRUT MARKET, NIGERIA

Posted on August 31, 2022 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…

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

Posted on August 26, 2022 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…

NIGERIA HOUSE OF REPS CALLS FOR URGENT NEED TO CONSTRUCT RAIL LINE

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Gambeta News

The House of Representatives Committee on Commerce has called for the urgent need to construct a rail line through the Lekki Free Trade Zone to avoid the traffic gridlock associated with the Apapa Port. The deputy chairman of the committee, Hon. Richard Gbande, during an inspection of the Lagos Free Zone, Lekki Free Zone, and the Dangote Free Trade Zone Enterprises, described the Lekki FTZ as the country’s new economic powerhouse harboring 25 billion US…

RESIDENTS COMPLAIN OVER BAD ORCHID ROAD IN NEW LAGOS

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Gambeta News

Residents and road users have continued to decry the deplorable condition of Orchid Road, Lekki, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state and the menace caused by commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as ‘okada riders in the area. On the bad road condition, the residents under the aegis of Lekki Conservation Estates Community Development Association (LECECODA), the community’s association, described the 6.5km road as the worst in ‘New Lagos’. In a statement co-signed by…

NIGERIA GOVT. TO INCREASE HOUSING WITH N712BN FUNDS

Posted on August 2, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Federal Government on Monday said it was working to increase mortgages provided to contributors under the National Housing Fund to the tune of N712bn for the financing of about 100,000 housing units across the country. It disclosed this at the inaugural Board and Management Retreat of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria in Abuja, adding that efforts were on to deliver one million affordable homes to Nigerians under the National Housing Programme. The Chairman,…

NIGERIA GOVT. APPROVED N16.82BILLION FOR 78KM KANO-KATSINA ROAD PROJECT

Posted on July 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

The federal government has approved N16.82 billion for the dualization of the 78-kilometer Kano-Katsina Road project and procured 32 operational vehicles for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to journalists yesterday after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting at Abuja. He explained: “I’m presenting on behalf of the Minister of Works and Housing, a memo that sought approval for the revised estimated total cost of the…

NIGERIA NATIONAL GRID RESTORED AFTER COLLAPSED

Posted on July 26, 2022July 27, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said the restoration of the national grid was almost completed following its collapse. Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. Mbah said that the national grid experienced system disturbance at about 11:27 a.m., but that its restoration was almost completed as of 11:00 p.m. ”The incident was a result of a sudden drop in system frequency from…

AON CRIED AFTER CLOSURE OF RUNWAY AT MURTALA MUHAMMED INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Posted on July 21, 2022 by Gambeta News

The controversy over the closure of the domestic runway of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) has deepened as the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) cried out over the closure, saying it has added to its cost of operation about a week after the closure. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) had shut down Runway 18 L for the installation of the Airfield Lighting System which would make the runway operate for 24 hours….

NIGERIA PRESIDENT APPROVED REFUND FOR FEDERAL ROAD PROJECTS DEVELOPED BY IMO STATE

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Gambeta News

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a refund of the money spent by the Imo State Government under Governor Hope Uzodimma to fix some major federal roads within the state. The badly dilapidated roads which Uzodimma embarked on their construction recently because of their economic importance to the state were majorly those of Owerri-Orlu and Owerri-Okigwe (both nearing completion) and would soon be inaugurated by the President, as well as that of Owerri-Mbaise-Umuahia road which Buhari…

NEMBE-BRASS ROAD CONSTRUCTION BEGANS IN NIGERIA

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Bayelsa Government in Nigeria has begun the construction of the first phase of the Nembe-Brass road linking the two coastal local government areas. According to reports, the project was inaugurated by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at Nembe. The project, which is one of the three senatorial roads in the state, had been on the drawing board of successive administrations in the country from the colonial era in the 1940s….

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