135,000km Road Network in Nigeria Not Tarred- ICRC

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Mr Chidi Izuwah, said on Wednesday that about 135,000 kilometres of road network in the country remained un-tarred. Izuwah said this in Abuja at the 2017 Otis Anyaeji and Nigerian Society of Engineers Annual lecture. He spoke on the theme “Transportation Infrastructure as a Catalyst for Economic Diversification…

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Bicycles May Replace cars in Nigerian Cities

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved bicycle riding as a means of transportation in its capital, Abuja as well as working on a pilot project that would encourage all other cities in the country to construct bicycle lanes. The nation’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, revealed this to newsmen recently at the end of…

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Lagos Flags off Reconstruction of 10-Lane Oshodi-Int’l Airport Road

…Project To Be Completed In 15 Months With Flyovers, Ramp Bridge, Lay-Bys, Others [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Lagos State Government on Monday flagged off the reconstruction of the Oshodi-International Airport Road, with a pledge to complete the project within the next fifteen months. The State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode had last month at the quarterly Town Hall Meeting…

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Nigeria, South Africa out of Recession, but…

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]frica’s two biggest economies likely emerged from recession in the second quarter but strong growth won’t show up until business confidence is restored, a Reuters poll suggested on Friday. Nigeria and South Africa have both benefited from a recovery in commodity prices since early 2016, though not as much as their main trading partners –…

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