Tag: road
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Okorocha builds giant statue of Zuma, names newly commissioned road in Imo after him
Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday unveiled a giant statue of South Africa president Jacob Zuma in Owerri Imo state. Zuma who is on a two-day visit to Owerri, Imo State, South East Nigeria was also conferred a traditional chieftaincy title by the state governor – a road was named after him. Okorocha also conferred…
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Nigeria records 15 deaths daily in road accidents between January and June – NBS
No fewer than 2, 673 people died in road accidents in Nigeria between January and June, according to National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. This implies an average of 15 people died each day in the first six months of 2017 in road accidents across the country. The NBS Road Transport Data for first and second…
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Los Angeles to rename road after Obama
Rodeo Road in Los Angeles, will soon be named as Barack Obama Boulevard. The president of the Los Angeles City Council said he has introduced a motion to rename the street in the city after the former US President. Councilman Herb J. Wesson Jr. announced the initiative on his twitter account, saying that he wanted…
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Road Funding: Dogara proposes Infrastructure Bond as solution to end debts
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has proposed an Infrastructure Bond for funding road projects in the country. Speaking when he received the report of the Technical Committee for the Review of the Roads’ Funds Bills in his office, Dogara noted that it is very important to ensure that these debts…