Day: April 10, 2024

Minister Dave Umahi Tackles Atiku, Will Provide Cost Of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Friday

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The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said the total cost and breakdown of the ongoing Lagos-Calabar coastal highway project will be made available to the public on Friday. This development was contained in a statement signed by the minister’s Special Adviser on Media, Orji Uchenna, on Tuesday in Abuja. Umahi also explained that despite the soaring costs of materials in the construction industry due to commodity price inflation and supply chain disruptions, the ministry is committed to prudence, cost-effectiveness, promptness, and quality delivery of road projects will remain unmatched.…

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Atiku To Tinubu: Tell Nigerians Cost Of Lagos-Calabar Highway Project

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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, has dared President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the Lagos-Calabar highway project. Atiku said in a statement on Tuesday that the Tinubu administration could not continue to keep silent on how much public funds would be spent on the project at a time when Nigeria was still facing dire economic challenges. The Federal Government recently announced the start of construction on the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway. The Minister of Works, David Umahi,…

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President Tinubu Observes Eid el-Fitr Prayer In Lagos, Calls For Religious Tolerance

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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday joined Muslim faithful to observe Eid el-Fitr prayers at the Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi, Lagos. The president, accompanied by top government functionaries, arrived the Eid praying ground at 10.02 a.m. Tinubu, who spoke to the Muslim faithful through the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, urged Muslims to be tolerant and empathetic toward one another. “We should sustain the good behaviour, though Ramadan is over; We have no business fighting one another; We should have religious harmony. The empathy and love that we showed…

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End Od Ramadan: Atiku Abubakar Congratulates Muslims

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Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Muslims in the country for the successful completion of the mandatory fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. The former Vice President, in a press statement by his office on Tuesday, said that lessons of the Ramadan fasting should remain abiding, even when the holy month has passed. He also noted that while this year’s Ramadan fasting was observed in a season of tough economic conditions, the forbearance with which Nigerian Muslims adopted it is a principle that the noble Prophet…

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Air Peace Clarifies Leaving Passenger At Gatwick Airport

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The management of Air Peace has denied claims that it abandoned a passenger and closed its counter for its Gatwick to Lagos flight on Monday. Mr Stanley Olisa, Corporate Communications Lead of the airline, stated this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos. According to Olisa, the airline’s explanation became necessary after a video surfaced on social media alleging that it abandoned a Lagos-bound passenger at Gatwick Airport. “The video has claimed that the airline closed its counter before closing time because the aircraft was overbooked on the London…

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