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INFRASTRUCTURE development topped the Federal Government's agenda in Capital Expenditure of the N4.07 trillion budgetary proposal for 2010 laid separately before the Senate and the House of Representatives yesterday.
GAUTENG roads and transport MEC Bheki Nkosi yesterday moved to quash speculation that the government was considering making additional funding available to the Bombela Consortium to complete the airport link of the Gautrain in time for the Soccer World Cup.
The awareness of the proposed Land (Amendment) Bill 2007 by Ugandans has declined since last year by 11 percent, a new poll has revealed.
Records of most schools in Nigeria, either public or private, are kept manually, in paper form. With the passage of time, vital records and information are lost as the papers get defaced. This problem, coupled with the difficulty of wading through a mountain of paperwork often result in wrong performance analysis, inaccurate planning, and inefficient management of the schools.
ABOUT 266 projects worth over N10.257 billion executed by the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) in different oil communities in Itsekiri, Ijaw, Isoko and Ndokwa ethnic nationalities in Delta State are to be commissioned between December 1 and 14.
Telecommunications operators are divided over new proposals meant to promote fair competition and guard against abuse of market power.
Most consumers will use their phone as a key financial tool, but they will not abandon financial institutions,
The Honourable Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Remi Babalola, on Thursday advised the three tiers of government to look inwards to generate sustainable resources to meet the minimum requirements and needs of their economies, particularly the infrastructural development.
Adamawa State Government has approved the sum of over N7 billion for the execution of various projects in the state.
The Provincial Department of Local Government and Housing on Tuesday announced that they were embarking on a R2.5 million exercise to update their housing demand database.
It takes sacrifice and real hard work to get where one desires to be in this world . There should be no quick fixes and quick returns; in essence we say forward ever backward never in our quest as a nation, to implement our sharp and innovative ideals towards industrialisation.
MTN's Average Revenue per User (ARPU) which describes how much money each subscriber spends on average on the network has declined, according to its latest figures.
In the latest twist to this saga, Chris Gabriel, the chief executive officer of Zain Africa, has said it is not for sale.
Essar had earlier paid US$ 3 million in licence fees to receive Uganda's sixth mobile licence
The National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTDs) have lashed out at the Federal Government over the deplorable state of federal roads in the country, which, they noted, has greatly harmed their operation over the years.
THE information and communications technology ministry has laid over 2,118km of the fibre optic cable, a top official said last week. Dr. Jimmy Saamanya, the permanent secretary, told ICT stakeholders at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel that the ministry was embarking on phase two of the project that links upcountry towns.
Water experts are concerned about the high rate of urbanisation which has resulted in 162 million people living in slums in Africa.
Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola has said that the Federal Government projects will have more meaningful impact on the people if the state governments get involved in the identification and award of contracts for such projects.
Lagos State government has commenced a comprehensive computer literacy programme involving teachers and counselors in all primary and secondary schools as part of its effort aimed at improving learning and teaching techniques.
Claims by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that globacom Limited, the official sponsor of the national teams of Nigeria, has defaulted in the payment of the sponsorship fee for 2009, have been rejected by the telephony company.
TELKOM is becoming the latest parastatal to set the alarm bells ringing.
IT WILL not be easy for Telkom to enter the market as SA's fourth cellular operator. It will be hugely expensive for a start, as it needs to have a mobile network that will outclass those of its rivals to have any hope of luring customers. And the R6bn price tag is enormous.
A number of community television stations around South Africa are set to lose their frequency and may have to close.
NAKIVUBO war Memorial stadium is struggling to pay off a sh315m debt in a bid to restore electricity and water supply to the oldest sports facility in the country.
Gauteng MEC for Local Government and Housing Kgaogelo Lekgoro has reiterated that ward councillors do not have the authority to register people for houses or allocate houses to any single member of the community.
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