The Lagos state government says the developer of the three-storey building that collapsed in Onike area of Yaba, Lagos state, will be prosecuted. Five bodies have been recovered while two others were rescued following the collapse of the building on Saturday afternoon. An earlier statement by the ministry of physical planning and
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National Oil Spill Detection Response Agency (NOSDRA) would on Sunday and Monday undertake an overflight surveillance of the Upkokiti oil fields to ascertain the status of the extinguished fire incident on the oil field. The Minister of Environment, Sharon Ikeazor, who said this in a statement from the ministry also stated
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The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has asked the contractor handling the Kano-Kaduna rail project to utilise local labour and source a significant quantity of construction materials locally. The Minister stated this on Friday while inspecting construction work on the new rail corridor being handled by the China Civil Construction Engineering
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The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Sunday expressed hope that the country, within the next five to 10 years, would be linked by rail. The Managing Director Fidet Okhiria who spoke in an interview said this would be achieved in line with the determination and will of the present administration. ”I think
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The Federal Government is undertaking 21 road projects in addition to housing projects that have reached the third phase of completion in Kano State, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Fashola disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje,
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The Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Thursday, flagged off the construction of eight major roads and two bridges worth N11.5bn in Maiduguri, the state capital. A Chinese construction company, Eighteenth Engineering Company, and a Borno-based construction company, Obtuse Tech Engineering Company Limited, are to deliver the roads in
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MIT ocean and mechanical engineers are using advances in scientific computing to address the ocean’s many challenges, and seize its opportunities. There are few environments as unforgiving as the ocean. Its unpredictable weather patterns and limitations in terms of communications have left large swaths of the ocean unexplored and shrouded in
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contracts worth N64,686,536,230 for the construction of roads and bridges in various parts of the country, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, as well as the Minister of the Federal Capital
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Members of the Nigerian Association of draughtsmen have been barred from undertaking any job that deals submitting, preparing, signing and counter-signing any type of building plan in the country, the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Judicial Division has said. The draughsmen lost the legal battle against Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON)
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The Federal Government is going to ensure that the construction of the Ebonyi State airport is completed, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika said. He disclosed this in his office in Abuja while playing host to the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, according to a statement issued by the spokesperson
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