Nigeria: Two Trapped, Five Rescued As Fcda Searches Collapsed Building in Abuja

[Premium Times] "Sadly, around 11 p.m. yesterday, we got a call that a building had collapsed and we rushed here to commence evacuation. It is very painful, the building was approved as a shopping mall, after the approval, the owner started altering it. The owner added some blocks to it, that is why the load became very heavy," an FCDA official said.
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Liberia: District 16 Residents, Lawmaker Spar Over Cost of Police Station Project

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A police station project in the St. Paul Bridge Community has backfired following the pronouncement of two conflicting amounts spent on the project by District 16 Representative Dixon Seeboe and Pres. George Weah.
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Liberia: HPX Jittery Over Status of Railway Negotiations Amid Sanctions On Mcgill and Twehway

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Amid the sanctions imposed on three of the Weah-government top officials, HPX which is seeking a multi-user agreement with the Government of Liberia on the railway infrastructure is nervy over the status of the negotiations as the two top officials involved with the negotiations have been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department.
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Ghana: 6,498 Kilometres of Roads Awarded On Contract in Ashanti Region Minister

[Ghanaian Times] A total of 336 road contracts, spanning 6,498.5 kilometres have been awarded by the government in the Ashanti Region since 2017, the Regional Minister, Mr Simon Osei-Mensah, has disclosed.
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Ghana: Rehabilitation of Kanbal Bridge in Nandom Set to Begin – Roads Minister

[Ghanaian Times] Wa -- The Minister for Roads, Mr Kwesi Amoako-Atta has announced that plans are far advanced for work to commence on the Kanbal Bridge in the Nandom Municipality of the Upper West Region.
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Gambia: Sare Gubu Residents Renew Call On Govt to Construct Their 8KM Feeder Road

[The Point] URR -- The residents of Sare Gubu Basiru village in the Sandu District, Upper River Region north have called on government to construct their 8KM feeder road.
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Ghana: Govt Signs Agreement With Two Companies to Renovate the Western Corridor Railway Line

[GhanaToday] The Government of Ghana has signed an agreement with Messrs Thelo DB Consortium of South Africa and Transtech Consult Limited of Ghana to upgrade the Western Corridor railway line to facilitate the efficient movement of passengers and freight.
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Gambia: SRPEP Signs 6 Contracts for the Construction of Major Infrastructure of Project Intended Facilities

[The Point] The Small Ruminant Production Enhancement Project (SRPEP) through the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) recently signed six contracts for the construction of the project's major infrastructure facilities.
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Gambia: KMC Lays D45 Million Modern Library Foundation

[The Point] The lord Mayor of Kanifing Municipal Council Talib Ahmed Bensouda last Thursday laid the foundation stone for a modern library worth D45 million to minimise negative environmental impact and inspire youth, school going children and entrepreneurs to have access to knowledge.
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