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80 YEARS OLD 35KM PAMANGA-DAKKA NEGELECTED ROAD FINALLY BEGUNS

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Gambeta News

Commencement of the 35km Pamanga- Dakka road after 80 years of neglect has finally begun. The road project which was awarded at the cost of N10.3 billion and has neared 60% completion was officially flagged off on Sunday. The project is expected to benefit the Pamanga, Dakka, and adjoining Communities in the Bali local government area of Taraba State in Nigeria. Governor Darius Ishaku who flagged off the project also took a swipe at the…

LAGOS GOVT. BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF CULTURAL VILLAGE

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Lagos State Government has started the development of a cultural village in Iran, Alimosho Local Government Area of the state. Talking at the historic function of the cultural village on Saturday, Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, the commissioner for Tourism, Arts, and Culture, said the venture would enact the rich, different culture and legacy assets in Alimosho. Ms. Akinbile-Yusuf noticed that this would advance the reasonable improvement of the travel industry as a feasible area of the…

CONSTRUCTION OF BADAGRY SEAPORT TO RESUME AFTER REACHING ADVANCED STAGE

Posted on May 6, 2022 by Gambeta News

Lagos State Government on Thursday said plans have reached an advanced stage to begin the construction of Badagry Seaport in the state. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure in Lagos at the All Markets Conference 2022 (AMC’22), organised by the Ndigboamaka Progressive (Markets) Association, whose theme was “Development and Sustainability of the Nation’s Economy”. Sanwo-Olu said that the new seaport would be sited in the Badagry area of the state to reduce congestion at the…

NIGERIA EXPERTS SAY MOST BUILDING IN LAGOS ARE OLD

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Gambeta News

The President of, the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers, Peter IgbiniJesu, has said most old buildings in Lagos State have outlived their usage. He made this submission while speaking on local media on the backdrop of the recurring incidence of building collapse, especially in Lagos. IgbiniJesu, who is also a fellow of the Nigerian Society of Engineers, said buildings have expiration dates, adding that a building should stand for at least 99 years depending on…

TWO BUILDING DEMOLISH IN NIGERIA FOR NOT MEETING STANDARD

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has demolished two distressed buildings for not meeting its standard. Its General Manager, Gbolahan Oki, said the two, three-floor structures were at 151, Itire Road and 14, Akinwunmi Street, in Mushin. Oki said: “The affected buildings were identified as being highly distressed as far back as last year, but despite efforts by the agency to prevail on the recalcitrant owners of the affected buildings to toe the line…

NRC SAY ABUJA-KADUNA RAIL TRACKS TO BE REPAIRED AFTER BANDIT ATTACK

Posted on April 18, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the plans for the repair work of the sections of the Abuja-Kaduna rail track that were destroyed by bandits on March 28. According to Deputy Director of NRC, Public Relations, Yakub Mahmood, “Work is ongoing on the Abuja-Kaduna rail tracks. The railway engineers are repairing the destroyed sections,” He also said that”I can’t say when the work will be completed.” On March 28, terrorists blew up sections of the…

UPGRADING OF IBADAN AIRPORT ON COURSE IN NIGERIA

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Gambeta News

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that the efforts of his administration to upgrade the Ibadan Airport to the international standard have remained on course. He added that his government considers the airport key and central to its vision to expand the state’s economy, stating that the government would continue to partner with critical individuals to bring about the success of the venture. According to a statement, the governor, who was represented by his…

TENDER OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIA

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Gambeta News

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NSIA SAY CONSTRUCTION OF SECOND NIGER BRIDGE AT 91% COMPLETED

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has disclosed that the ongoing construction of the Second Niger Bridge is 91% complete. However, the total infrastructure of the Second Niger Bridge, which includes road, bridge and interchange, and others is presently at 84% completion. The Managing Director, NSIA, Mr. Uche Orji, who disclosed the information said that out of the total project cost of about N206 billion, only N157 billion had been spent on the infrastructure, which…

NIGERIA GOVT. TO RAMP POWER INFRASTRUCTURE WITH US$4BN FUNDING

Posted on March 29, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Nigerian Federal Government has expressed optimism that the various funding arrangements amounting to about US$4 billion have been put in place to boost power transmission capacity and other power infrastructure in the country would lead to an improved power supply to Nigerians. Nigeria’s electricity supply in the past two weeks went through a turbulent time, following the inability of power generation companies (GENCOs) to put a load on the national grid. The imbalance, amongst…

WHY MORE BUILDING COLLAPSE AWAITS NIGERIA

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Surveyor General of the Federation, Surveyor Abdulganiyu Adeyemi Adebomehin has said that Nigeria may witness more buildings and or bridges Collapsed soon so long as people will insist on building with substandard buildings material. The Surveyor General disclosed a Keynote address during the Surveyors General of the Federation Meeting with the State Surveyors Generals held at Green Desert Palm Hotel, Kano over the weekend. He maintained that people nowadays used to build in breach…

NIGERIA PRESIDENT COMMISSION US$2.5B DANGOTE FERTILIZER PLANT

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the just completed US$2.5billion Dangote fertilizer plant that is expected to house a capacity of 3 million metric tonnes per annum in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos. The ceremony had the presence of dignitaries including Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Industries Limited, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Godwin Emefiele, and Minister of Trade and Investment Niyi Adebayo. According to reports, the facility proposed to be the biggest in Africa,…

NCRIB TELLS NIGERIA GOVT. TO MAKE INSURANCE COMPLUSORY FOR ALL BUILDINGS

Posted on March 21, 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) through its President has called on all levels of government to make insurance compulsory for all buildings in the country. Rotimi Edu, NCRIB President who made the call during a press briefing in preparation for the 60th anniversary of the brokers’ council said this has become necessary because of incessant building collapses in the country. According to Edu, the law on compulsory insurance for buildings made insurance compulsory for…

CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AT CHILEWA INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Posted on March 20, 2022January 10, 2023 by Gambeta News

Chilewa Investments Limited acts as intermediaries to recruit, build capacities, train and manage competent contract staff, lease equipment and provide transportation services, and also mediate for Oil & Gas companies. Chilewa Investments Limited, a manpower and Oil & Gas logistics support services provider, is currently recruiting for a CIVIL & STRUCTURAL ENGINEER to an Exploration and Production (E&P) Company in Port Harcourt. The E&P company is a company operating in the upstream sector of the Nigerian…

NIGERIA LEKKI-IKOYI LINK BRIDGE TOLL PLAZA TO RESUME ACTIVITIES IN APRIL

Posted on March 15, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge Toll Plaza will begin operation by April 1 after the announcement was made by Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC). In a newspaper advert published in The Nation Newspaper, LCC managing director, Yomi Omomuwasan, said motorists would be offered a two-week toll-free passage. The announcement comes 18 months after the toll Plaza was shut down due to the police brutality during the October 2020 #EndSARS protest in the state. The protest took…

NIGERIA GOVT. HAPPY WITH PROGRESS ON LAGOS-BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY CONSTRUCTION

Posted on March 7, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Nigeria government has expressed it satisfaction with regards the ongoing construction of the lagos-badagry expressway project. Speaking over the weekend, Director of Federal Highways in South West, Adedamola Kuti said that the project, which is being supervised by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, is going as expected. During a site inspection, Kuti said ”About 17 kilometres have been completed at various stretches on the Badagry bound lane, while measures are on to further…

UK GOVT INJECT £10M INTO NIGERIA’s ENERGY SECTOR

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Gambeta News

The United Kingdom has injected £10 million into Nigeria’s low carbon energy project. The concessional aid is aimed at reducing the risks, for pension and insurance funds’ to invest in energy access projects, and support Nigeria’s COP26 commitments. UK also signed an agreement with the Nigerian government that would enable a compensation of £210,610 to the country following a successful investigation by the British Serious Fraud Office on the use of corrupt agents in the…

GOVT. TO FINALLY ASSIST NIGERIAN ENGINEERS IN INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigeria Government is now set to assist it’s engineers when it comes to the infrastructural development according to Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Ogbonnaya Onu. The announcement was made by the ministry press and public relations unit, Afonja Ajibola, who noted that Onu made the promise when the ACEN members paid a courtesy visit in his office on Tuesday, in Abuja. According to the press release, the minister said one of the reasons executive…

LAGOS GOVT. TO PROSECUTE DEVELOPER & FOURSCORE HEIGHTS FOR IKOYI COLLAPSED BUILDING

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Gambeta News

Lagos state government in western region of Nigeria is about to prosecute developers and Fourscore Height for the collapsed ikoyi building. The six-man panel set up by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the collapse of a 21-storey building on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, has accepted the recommendations of the panel. According to reports, the state government has accepted 26 out of the 28 point recommendations of the panel even as the government would be demolishing the other…

GOVT. APPROVE 1BN FOR REHABILITATION OF HEALTH CENTRE IN IMO STATE, NIGERIA

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Gambeta News

The State Government in Imo state which is located in the eastern region of Nigeria has approved the sum of 1billion naira for the rehabilitation of healthcare centres in the 305 electoral wards across the state. The decision by the state governor, Hope Uzodimma is expected to take effect. Meanwhile, there are also plans announced for the construction of a 135 kilometers of rural roads or five kilometers in each of the 27 local government…

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