[Vanguard] The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Zubairu Gambo on Thursday flag-off the construction of 237 housing units in Topo, Badagry, Lagos.
[Nyasa Times] Minister of Transport and Public Works, Jacob Hara, has said road construction works by government will resume when the rains the country is experiencing subside.
[Capital FM] Kisumu -- The lake region counties are set to fully benefit from Blue Economy with the completion of the MV Uhuru II which will be launched by President William Ruto in May this year.
[Ghanaian Times] Techiman -- The Techiman Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Benjamin Yaw Gyarko, on Tuesday cut the sod for construction of a two-storey six-unit classroom block for the Aduana Model Basic Schools (AMBS) at Wiawso in the Bono East Region.
[Ghanaian Times] Chinderi -- The Krachi-Nchumuru District Assembly (KNDA) has embarked on reconstruction of major roads in the district to open up the area, for easy transportation of food crops to market centres.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kikuube, Uganda -- President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, whilst attending the Kingfisher drilling inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, has also witnessed the handover of the license to Construct the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The handover was done by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, (MEMD) Ruth Nankabirwa, at the Kingfisher Oil Fields, at Buhuka, Kyangwali, Kikuube District.
[Nile Post] President Museveni has witnessed the handover of the licence for the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development.
[FrontPageAfrica] Tiah Town -- Fifty-two-year-old Elizabeth Zialue traveled 55 kilometers from Tiah Town in Nimba to Boegeezay Town in River Cess County to seek treatment for her two-year-old grandson. Medical services in the Boegeezay community are free but Zialue has to pay LD3,500 for a motorcycle taxi to get there, and the same amount to get back.
[Daily News] LINDI Regional Commissioner Ms Zainabu Telack has directed the Rural and Urban Road Agency (TARURA) in the area to take disciplinary actions against the contractor constructing Hotelitatu -Pande Road in the region.
[Concord] The Government of Sierra Leone has on Tuesday 17th January 2023, signed the Pepel Port and Pepel - Tonkolili Railway development, expansion and management lease agreement with ARISE Integrated Industrial Platforms Ltd.