Could Fashola be correct in accusing NCC of shielding telcos on drop calls?
Since the dramatic episode that played out at the public hearing on the increasing rate of drop calls by the Joint Committee on Communications, Trade and Investment in Abuja, on Wednesday, mixed reactions have been generated as to whose explanation,…
Julius Berger hits 33% completion of 2nd Niger Bridge, assures 2022 delivery
Leading construction giant in Nigeria, Julius Berger Plc has given strong indication of delivering the second Niger Bridge on or before the given 2022 delivery deadline. The timely delivery of the scheme is recently boosted with the agreement sealed in…
Power blame game to deepen in 2020 as national grid crashes last week
Throughout 2019, the Nigerian national grid had not less than 20 collapses which translates to poor infrastructure and maintenance systems on power transmission. Recall that during the 2013 unbundling of the nation’s electricity sector, whereas generation and distribution was ceded…
Like Lagos, Imo begins sanitization of outdoor advertising, sets up IMSAA
The recent signing into law of the Imo Signage and Advertisement Agency (IMSAA) by the Imo State Governor, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, on Wednesday 4 December 2019, has ushered in yet another vista in the number of economic recovery drive…
Presidential meeting with power firms means Fashola failed the sector—Analysts
Commentators on development matters have started analysing the meaning of recent emergency meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and electricity distribution companies, saying it shows that former Governor of Lagos State, who recently left his cabinet as Minister of Power, Works…
One year after, FG’s plan on loading limits for articulated vehicles off the radar?
Due to the quantum of allocation spent on repairing and reconstructing federal highways across the country in 2018, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, vowed to reintroduce a policy that will limit the amount of load that is…
3rd Mainland Bridge still safe despite scary dangling joint—Fashola
Contrary to the fears generated by trending video of a dangling joint on the 11.9kms Third Mainland Bridge linking Lagos Island and mainland, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Sunday announced that the bridge is still within safe motoring…
Fresh metering confusion emerges as Discos hand off provision, say MAPs in charge
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED), the umbrella body of the Discos has given an indication that members of the body are no more responsible for the provision of prepaid meters to electricity consumers. Executive Director, ANED, Sunday Oduntan,…
5 months to end of tenure, Fashola still blames PDP for power sector failure
Nigerians listening to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, at the Nextier Power Dialogue on Wednesday night in Abuja, have been shocked to their marrows when he averred that “If you don’t have electricity, it is not…
Lagos gains most from FG as new transmission, rail link to Abuja get underway
…Silence overshadows Lagos-Calabar railway captured in 2018 budget Searching for any state that has gained most from both energy and transport infrastructure master plan of the current administration, it can be said to be Lagos State. This is coming from…
