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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday in Abuja demolished an illegal private residential building and a filling station under construction inside the National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja.…

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Thursday reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to the speedy completion and reopening of the Third Mainland Bridge to traffic on Feb. 15.Fashola during an…

Rivers State Executive Council has approved the construction of a new House of Assembly quarters in Port Harcourt at the cost of N10.1 billion.The new legislative quarters, expected to provide global standard accommodation for…

The Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Council in Lagos State has started the construction of a general hospital, its Media Officer, Babajide Dada, stated on Wednesday.He said that the council chairman, Bolaji Ariyoh, who laid the…

The Nigerian International Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), says built environment stakeholders should enforce the construction of right foundations in structures, to end building collapse and failure of…

The Lagos State Government has announced closure of Ilupeju bypass for the Lagos-Ibadan Railway Modernisation Project between 8:00p.m. on Wednesday and 6:00a.m. on Thursday.The State Ministry of Transportation announced this in a…

A two-storey building under construction in Abuja collapsed on Saturday trapping 10 persons with one seriously injured. SEE ALSO: Flood Destroys 4,370 Houses, Displace 51,000 People in 212 Communities in C/River The News Agency of…

The Delta House of Assembly, on Tuesday, approved the sum of N1.7 billion for the construction of a diagnostic medical complex at Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area of the state.The request for the approval of the money…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Saturday flagged off the construction of the long-awaited Regional Road in Lekki region, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State.The regional road is a critical infrastructure proposed in the…

The Oyo State Executive Council, on Tuesday, approved the construction of four ultra-modern bus terminals in Iwo road, Challenge, Ojoo and New Ife road in Ibadan metropolis.Mr Taiwo Adisa, Chief Press Secretary to Governor, in a…

The Enugu State Government on Monday said that no life was lost in the collapse of an uncompleted three-storey building in Awkunanaw axis of Enugu metropolis.The state’s Chief Fire Officer, Mr Okwudili Ohaa, who was among first…

Nasarawa State government has urged contractors handling the construction of the Mega Bus Terminal in Karu to ensure a quality job and complete the project within a specified time.The Commissioner for Works, Housing and…

BUA Group, one of Africa’s largest infrastructure companies has announced its acquisition of majority shareholding in P.W. Nigeria Limited – one of Nigeria’s largest construction, engineering and mining companies. According to BUA, this was…

Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola says the construction of roads in Nigerian tertiary institutions has become a major policy of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari.Fashola said this on Thursday at…

The Federal Government has begun palliative works on the Agbara-Seme Border section of Lagos-Badagry Expressway to reduce the hardship being experienced by motorists, passengers and residents of the area. A NAN Correspondent, who monitored…

The Chinese government on Thursday defended 318-million-dollar airport project it financed in the West African nation of Sierra Leone after authorities there cancelled it, citing high cost.The construction of Mamamah International…

The Lagos State Government has said that the 3rd Mainland Bridge will be temporarily shut down for from midnight of August 23 to midnight of August 26, 2018 for Investigative Maintenance Test to be carried out.The State’s Commissioner…

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Friday laid the foundation stone for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB’s) 500-seat Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre in Benin.The governor said at the event that centre would add to the…

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) says it will unveil alternative methods of construction that will be cheaper and durable.NSE’s National Chairman, Mr Adem Ekpo-Bassey announced this on Wednesday in Abuja, when he addressed…

The Lagos State Government on Monday flagged off the reconstruction of a 10-lane Oshodi-International Airport Road, with a pledge to complete the project within the next 15 months.The state Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure…

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Thursday in Ibadan inaugurated the 5.5km Mobil-Oluyole- Apata Road and bridge.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the reconstruction of the road was awarded to M/S Adold Engineering…

A former Minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, on Thursday commended the Federal Government on the 3,050 megawatts Mambilla Hydro-Power project, saying it would significantly increase the nation’s power generation.In a telephone…

Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment, on Tuesday said that the N-Power non-graduate scheme starting in September would build the competency skills of Nigerian youths.…