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THE Senate has asked President Umaru Yar'Adua to award contracts and commence work on the proposed second Niger bridge, which it said N4billion was budgeted for in the 2009 budget.
The Minister of works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Mohammed Lawal, has threatened to revoke the contract of the Kaduna Eastern By-pass awarded to a Turkish firm, Eksiiogullari contractors.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration said it has concluded arrangements with the Directorate of Road Traffic Services to introduce a road tax policy in Abuja, to generate revenue to maintain all existing roads in the city.
The Independent Development Trust (IDT) has unveiled a Contract Development Programme aimed at providing opportunities to emerging contractors in the building and construction industries.
APM Terminals Apapa Limited has recorded another major feat in its drive to modernize and upgrade the Apapa Container Terminal, and in building indigenous capacity to operate the terminal, with the installation of a new modern, state-of-the-art Crane Simulator.
The Akwa Ibom State government, in its bid to tackle envisaged housing problem arising from the expanding economy, has approved N26.95bn for the construction of about 2000 housing units in the state.
Edo State Government has set aside over N13.5 billion in the treasury to mobilise contractors to site in the task of constructing roads across the state.
Determined to deliver its mandate to the motoring public, the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has threatened to sanction contractors handling various road maintenance projects whose jobs fail within six months of completion.
Chancellor, Katsina State University and Kano based businessman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata has so far committed eight hundred million naira (N800m) for the construction of lecture halls, laboratories and roads infrastructures in the university.
THE Institute of Surveyors of Uganda should discipline errant members who cause construction accidents, the Government has said.
Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State has commended President Umaru Yar'Adua over the award of contracts for various Federal roads across the country, particularly, the N2.3 billion contract for the construction of Daura Bridge and rehabilitation of Kano-Kazaure-Daura-Katsina road.
The Federal Government has threatened to revoke the contracts for the construction of Kaduna Eastern Byepass awarded to Messrs Eksiogullari, over the firm's inability to complete the job at the stipulated time after collecting N4 billion in the last one year.
As the rail rehabilitation project embarked upon by the Federal Government heightens, the Federal Government has awarded the rehabilitation contract on the 488km Lagos - Jebba rail track to the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Company.
The Federal Government as part of concerted efforts to tackle the perennial traffic problems along the Abuja - Keffi Expressway has flagged of the construction of a multibillion naira flyover on the expressway. The contract for the construction of the flyover to be located at the Mogadishu cantonment (Abacha Barracks) has been awarded to Setraco Nigeria Limited, and is to be constructed at the ...
Kano State Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Musa Salihu has revealed that the sum of N522,553,677.55 has been set aside by the Kano State government for the repairs and renovation work at GSS Karaye Unity School.
Minister for Works, Housing and Urban Development Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal yesterday gave the contractor handling the dualisation of the Kaduna eastern by-pass in Kaduna up till January 2010 to improve on the job or face termination of the contract.
As part of efforts to bridge the yawning gap between Nigerian graduates and their overseas counterparts, the Petroleum Technology Development Fund-PTDF, has upgraded facilities in Nigerian universities valued at Three Billion Naira (#3 Billion).
THE Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja signed a N7.6 billion contract with Julius Berger Nigeria Plc for the completion of the Ajaokuta-Warri rail line.
The cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Wednesday called for a speedy construction of over 3,000 classrooms to facilitate the Nine Years Basic Education (9YBE) Programme.
LESS than two years after the Zifa Village started functioning, everything seems to be falling apart as the facility has become an eyesore due to lack of maintenance.
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