Nigeria: Senate to Probe High Cement Prices

[Premium Times] The Senate said the current price of cement is unbearable to Nigerians considering the high cost of living that Nigerians are already grappling with.
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Nigeria: Redan Demands FG’s Immediate Intervention As Cement Prices Soar

[Leadership] President of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria ( REDAN), Dr Aliyu Oroji Wamakko weekend said the recent increase in prices of cement further threatens infrastructural development and worsening the housing deficit in the country.
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Uganda: Mrs Museveni Assures Namboole Stadium Contractors of Remaining Funds

[Nile Post] The Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs Janet Kataha Museveni, has promised to fast-track the release of Shs17 billion needed to complete renovation works on Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.
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Uganda: Transport Minister Katumba Urged to Fast-Track Kampala-Jinja Expressway

[Nile Post] The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has renewed a call to the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, to fast-track the commencement of works on the 77 km Kampala-Jinja Expressway.
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Nigeria: Millions Budgeted for Office Construction in Boko Haram-Controlled Forest

[Premium Times] From their enclave, the terrorists have staged violent attacks against civilians and security personnel including local vigilantes trying to subdue their reign.
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Zimbabwe: Harare-Chirundu Highway Upgrade Triggers Job Rush

[New Zimbabwe] HUNDREDS of youths are daily flocking to the Department of Labour offices in Chinhoyi where they are registering their names for possible employment at the recently unveiled Harare-Chirundu highway project.
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Nigeria: FIRS Faults Buhari’s N2.59trn Tax Credit Scheme On Road Construction

[Daily Trust] The Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacheus Adedeji, on Wednesday, faulted the N2.59 trillion Tax Credit Scheme introduced by former President Muhammadu Buhari's administration for road construction.
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Nigeria: Benue Residents Lament Increase in Cement Price

[Vanguard] End users of cement in Benue have decried the sudden increase in the price of the product from N5,500 to N8,000.
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Nigeria: Federal Govt Sets Up Security Committee On Highway Projects

[Leadership] Federal government has established an ad-hoc ministerial committee on security of highways construction projects across the country.
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Liberia: Mano River Union Backs New Railway Construction of New Multi-User Railway By Hpx, Guma Group and Liberian Government

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Mano River Union (MRU), representing the collective interests and development aspirations of our member states, is delighted to express its full support for the recent announcement made by High Power Exploration Inc (HPX) regarding a pioneering agreement--a Letter of Intent with the Government of Liberia and the Guma Africa Group Ltd.
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