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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has endorsed the completion of the ongoing Enugu-Onitsha expressway by MTN Nigeria PLC, telecommunication company, at the cost of N202.8billion via the Tax Credit Scheme of the Federal Government. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this when he along with Minister of Police …

… Says only 14.3% of 35,000 federal roads eligible …Vehicles to pay between N150 and N500 toll per trip …Exempts diplomatic, military, para-military vehicles, tricycles, motorcycles   The Federal Government Wednesday announced that it was set to reintroduce toll collections on some selected dual carriage highways across the country. The …

The Kaduna Emergency Communication Centre (ECC) built by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), alongside five Information Technology projects by other agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy have been commissioned by the Minister Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. The NCC’s ECC project, which makes it possible for people …

The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said he has not travelled out of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, since March 22. The minister was reacting to a letter written by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Executive Jets Services Limited, Sam Iwuajoku, over circumstances surrounding a Lagos-Abuja-flight …

…As Airline Tags them “Bunch of Useless People” Executive Jet Services Limited has apologized for flying singer Naira Marley and BBNaija star Kim Oprah from Lagos to Abuja. This was after the Federal Government suspended its licence for breaching COVID-19 regulations for flying the celebrities amid a ban on inter-state …

The Minister For Aviation, Hadi Sirika says the Executive Jet flight that conveyed Naira Marley to Abuja for a concert was approved for a different purpose. Speaking during the daily briefing on the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Monday, Sirika said the flight company has been suspended indefinitely. He …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) promised Nigerians would witness change but never said the agenda would be attained within any time frame, according to Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola. Fashola made the clarification yesterday at the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 campaign in Ikeja, Lagos State. …

Most Nigerian banks will collapse if power generation and distribution companies fail, electricity distributors have warned. They also stated that despite the problems in Nigeria’s power sector, Babatunde Fashola, minister of Power, Works and Housing, had not met with investors in the distribution arm of the industry since 2015. Speaking …

The federal government will re-sell the Yola Electricity Distribution Company (Disco), which was returned to it in 2015 by a core investor as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, and two additional gas-fired power generation plants, journalists has learnt. This development is coming as the electricity distribution companies in …