The Ministry of Power got the highest amount of N209.24bn out of the total N753.6bn capital votes so far released by the Ministry of Finance to Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies for the implementation of the 2016 budget. The details were made available in...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babtunde Fashola, has urged operators in the built environment to improve their skills in order to reduce the frequency of building collapse being recorded across the country. Fashola, who spoke at the 29th annual conference of the...

In its bid to remove obstacles to the supply of affordable housing units across the country, the Federal Government has commenced the pilot phase of the National Housing Programme with the sum of N35bn. According to the Minister of Power, Works and Houing, Babatunde Fashola,...

Two union leaders in the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing were arrested and detained by the police following a protest by workers that grounded activities at the Mabushi head office of the ministry in Abuja. The protesters alleged that the Minister of Power,...

...Budget constraint hampering road construction, says Fashola ...FG approves N3.5bn for prisons to buy 350 vehicles The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said that Nigeria will soon close the deal on a $3 billion to $4 billion loan from China that...

The daily losses being recorded by operators in the power sector have reduced as electricity generation picks up gradually across the country. An analysis of the power industry statistics obtained by our correspondent in Abuja showed that the average daily loss of about N2bn recorded...