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By Soni Daniel, Abuja Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the lingering gridlock at the Apapa port area requires more than good road network for it to ease. The Minister, who spoke exclusively to Vanguard, pointed out that while the major roads around the area had been done with few waiting to be completed with concrete, the pervasive traffic in the area has continued unabated, an indication that it was not just the problem of roads. Fashola said: “If you go to the road now, you would see that the main carriageway, which is three-lane each of 37 kilometres from Port...

By Soni Daniel, Abuja The Department of State has raised the alarm that criminal elements are planning to bomb public places during the yuletide seasons. The alarm is contained in a statement made available to Vanguard on Tuesday by the Public Relations Officer of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya. Although Afunanya did not name the specific place earmarked for the attacks, the spokesman said the masterminds plan to use a combination of explosives, suicide bombings and other dangerous weapons. The statement said the planned attacks were meant to create a general sense of fear and undermine the gove...

By Soni Daniel, Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said on Monday that it does not have special elements projected as “EFCC Ambassadors” and asked the public not to accord anyone who claims such appellation any recognition whatsoever. The disclaimer was contained in a statement released by the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren and made available to Vanguard on Monday in Abuja. Wilson said: “The activities of some individuals who have been visiting prominent personalities across the nation, parading themselves as ‘EFCC Ambassadors’ have come...

*Housing; Way out for Nigerians, what FG is doing *We’ve issued over N50 billion mortgage loans since I became minister *More than 25,000 housing units at different levels of completion Nigeria’s Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is one minister whose hands are full with strategic projects with far-reaching consequences for Nigeria and Nigerians. Although he has the desire to construct more roads and housing projects, the challenges posed by inadequate funding and lockdown occasioned by the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic, held back the progress of work and caused some adj...

Lai Mohammed By Soni Daniel The Federal Government has said that it will not rest in strengthening the security system in the country until all Nigerians are safe. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance at a media briefing in Abuja in the wake of the release of Kankara school boys last night. ‘Let me be clear: What happened in Kankara – and in Chibok and Dapchi before it – is totally unacceptable. Our children should not have to go to school in trepidation. The Federal Government is doing everything possible to secure all our schools, and indeed all Nigeria...