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Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for fulfilling his promise to reconstruct and dualise the 125-kilometre Gombe-Biu highway, describing the project as a major boost for economic growth and regional development in North-East Nigeria. The N1.245 trillion road project was officially flagged off…
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the successful closure of a $1.26 billion financing package for Phase 1, Section 2 of the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway, describing it as a significant milestone that reinforces his administration’s commitment to infrastructure-led economic growth. In a statement issued on Friday by his Special Adviser on…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, confirmed that it would pay compensation to all property owners along the path the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway would be passing through across nine states. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, who said President Bola Tinubu had approved the payment of compensation to all affected…
Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway protesting the abduction of unspecified number of people in the area. They residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attacks by bandits in…
Ahead of the festive period, MTN Nigeria is partnering the Federal Road Safety Corps to temporarily open the Amawbia, Anambra State sections of the partially completed Enugu-Onitsha Dual Carriage Way. PUNCH Online reports that MTN is the financier of the dual carriageway that connects Anambra and other South-East states. The…
Some gunmen dressed in military uniform allegedly kidnapped seven persons along the Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday just as one person was shot dead while escaping the attack. A source who does not want his name in print told PUNCH Online that the vehicle conveying the victims…
Road accidents have increased in recent years in Mexico, usually due to high speeds, poor vehicle conditions or driver fatigue.
