Fed Govt Approves Local Production Of Bitumen   The Federal Government has given approval for investment by manufacturers in the local production of bitumen and other construction materials that are being imported for the construction of roads. It was gathered on Thursday that the Federal Executive Council...

Fed Govt Raises Costs For Five Secretariats By N3.97bn     The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday increased the contract sums for six different projects across the country by N5.48bn. The projects that saw their contract sums increased are federal secretariat projects in five states and the rehabilitation...

Senate Summons Ahmed, Fashola, Others     The Senate on Tuesday, summoned the management of the United Bank for Africa to appear before it over its alleged N41bn indebtedness to the creditors and liquidators of the defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Limited and the Mobile Telecommunications Limited. The Senate Committee...

FG Okays N109bn Contracts For Four Roads, Hostel     The Federal Government on Wednesday approved different contracts on roads and others totalling N109.187bn. The approvals for the contracts were parts of the decision reached at a virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by the...

Highway Development, Management Will Generate N160bn - FG     The Federal Government on Thursday engaged stakeholders from various sectors of the economy for the implementation of its Highway Development and Management Initiative. It said the HDMI sought to bring multi-dimensional resources of skills, manpower, finance, technology and...

FEC Approves Over N137bn For Construction Works     The Federal Executive Council (FEC), yesterday, approved various civil works worth above N137 billion across the six geopolitical zones of the country. Addressing State House Correspondents, Ministers of Works and Housing, and his Information and Culture counterpart, Mr Babatunde...