The Presidency has allayed fears that the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative of President Bola Tinubu’s government could be dangerous. Earlier on Thursday, local media source, Free Malaysia Today, quoted the Malaysia’s transport minister, Anthony Loke, to have announced several measures aimed at phasing out the use of CNG for vehicles and CNG-powered vehicles, citing safety concerns. According to Loke, …

Property owners along the Lagos-Calabar Highway have rejected the Federal Government’s compensation offer, describing it as insufficient compared to the actual value of their properties. In an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, a retired banker, Emeka Mewu, said the compensation he was offered was a merger sum compared to the value of his property. He said, “My property was valued …

The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGi) announced on Wednesday that it has converted over 100,000 vehicles to CNG or bi-fuel configurations, resulting in more than 60 per cent savings in fuel costs. PCNGI Project Director/CEO, Michael Oluwagbemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The statement, titled “Status Update on the Presidential CNG Initiative”, noted that over $200 million …

The Federal Government says Hitech Africa Construction Company will complete the dilapidated section of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano highway using concrete technology. A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Works, Mohammed Ahmed, on Tuesday, said President Bola Tinubu approved the contract to be awarded to Hitech, following the revocation of the contract issued to Julius Berger on …

The Federal Ministry of Works has directed Julius Berger, the contractor handling Section One rehabilitation of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Dual Carriageway, to evacuate the project site. This followed a 14-day final termination notice issued to the company on Monday, dismissing any possibility of further negotiations. The ministry said the termination was based on non-compliance with the reviewed cost, scope, and terms, …

The Lagos State government has announced a 15-month traffic diversion at Mile 2 for the construction of the new transport interchange terminal. In a statement on Sunday, The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, said that the diversion would integrate rail, bus, water and non–motorised transportation. He said the 15-month traffic diversion for the construction would begin from 11 …

The Federal Government, through its National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has stated that in 2023, Nigerians paid N40.14bn in road taxes to state governments. This is according to an analysis of data from the Internally Generated Revenue report recently published by the NBS. The figure collected was a 63.36 per cent increase from the N24.57 billion collected in 2022. This …

The Federal Government has proposed N341 billion for emergency repairs of roads and bridges nationwide. The Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, disclosed this while updating members of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Works on the repair status of the Third Mainland and Carter bridges on Saturday. The minister and the legislators were on a tour of the Third …

The Federal Government has set up a legal team to address the numerous court cases impacting the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, Minister of Works David Umahi has said. He said the decision was crucial as the litigations risk delaying the timely completion of the legacy road project. According to him, President Bola Tinubu has also approved compensation for property owners …

A panel set up by the Ministry of Environment to review the draft of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report of the Federal Ministry of Works for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project has called for its review. This is just as the Ministry of Works directed Hitech Construction Company Limited — the firm responsible for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal …