Some road fittings installed on the newly inaugurated Second Niger bridge have been stolen by vandals, The PUNCH can exclusively report. A source in the works ministry confirmed the theft on Wednesday, saying that the expansion joint walkway on axis 330 of the bridge had been stolen. The source said, “Unfortunately, It’s true. The stolen fitting is an element from the expansion joints of the bridge. Drivers on that road […]
Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago has directed the dissolution of all statutory Commissions, Boards, Parastatals and the termination of all Political Appointees appointed before May twenty ninth this year. A statement issued to Newsmen in Minna by Secretary to the State Government Abubakar Usman said that Governor Umar Bago ordered the dissolution and termination of appointments with immediate effect. Alhaji Usman further explained that Commissions, […]
The Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission, HYPPADEC and the Niger State government have embarked on rehabilitation of the New Bussa Water scheme that will benefit over sixteen thousand households in the area. The water scheme which has been moribund for over twenty years is at sixty percent completion level and expected to supply five hundred thousand litres of water per hour. During an inspection tour of the project at […]
