FEC approves N84bn for FCT, Oyo – Ogbomoso roads, Loko-Oweto Bridge

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N84 billion for the construction of a road linking Shehu Yar’adua Way with the Kubwa Expressway in the Federal Capital Territory, Oyo–Ogbomoso and the Loko – Oweto Bridge. The Council meeting also approved N9billion variation for the reconstruction of Loko-Oweto bridge as well as the completion of Oyo to Ogbomosho highway road project The Ministers of the FCT, Muhammad Bello and Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, confirmed the approvals of the projects at the end of the Council meeting, which was presided over…

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Buhari names railway stations after Tinubu, Osinbajo, Fashola, Saraki, others

The President Muhammadu Buhari has named railway stations along the Lagos-Ibadan and the Itakpe-Ajaokuta-Warri corridors after “deserving citizens.” According to the President, this deserving Nigerians contributed to the progress and development of their respective communities and the nation at large. In a statement by the Ministry of Transportation on Monday titled, ‘Buhari Names Railway Stations After Prominent Nigerians,’ the ministry’s Director of Press, Eric Ojiekwe, said, “for the Lagos-Ibadan with extension to the Lagos Port Complex at Apapa railway station, the beneficiaries are Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( Apapa station), Mobolaji…

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