Nigeria: ‘Govt Should Fund Housing to Boost Economy, Jobs’

[Daily Trust] President of the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) Alhaji Murtala Aliyu, in this interview, says the federal government needs to inject funds into housing in the effort to lift the economy and create employment. He also wants government to set up a body to manage assets recovered or confiscated by the anti-graft agencies.
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Nigeria: Kawo Bridge Will Be Standard – MD

[Daily Trust] Engineer MOHAMMED LAWAL MAGAJI is the Managing Director of Kaduna State Roads Agency (KADRA), which supervises and manages all roads in the state. In this interview, MAGAJI explained why the government dismantled Kawo bridge, the gateway to the North West and North East geopolitical zones, for a more befitting one. Also, he highlighted some salient features of the new bridge.
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Nigeria: Lagos Heads for Shutdown as Third Mainland Bridge Closure Looms

[This Day] that the partial closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for six months will no doubt not only increase the number of man-hour lost daily in Lagos traffic, but certainly send many road users, who are already groaning over the hurdles of commuting, into depression
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Tanzania: Chamwino State House Beckons After 51 Years in Wait

[Daily News] The construction of the new State House offices at Chamwino in Dodoma is expected to be completed by the end of this year-concluding nearly 51 years since the founding father of the nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere inaugurated it.
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Nigeria: World Bank, French Agency Score Niger High in Rural Road Construction

[This Day] The World Bank and the French Development Agency have scored Niger State high in rural road construction.
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East Africa: Water Cooperation Between States ‘Key’ to Blue Nile Dam Project

[Africa Renewal] The Blue Nile is "critical for the livelihoods and development" of Egyptians, Ethiopians and Sudanese, the top UN official for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs told the Security Council on Monday, urging those States to reach a construction agreement on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).
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Tunisia: Steg, International Qair Ink Co-Operation Agreement to Achieve Floating Photovoltaic Plant in Berges Du Lac

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG) inked on Thursday a co-operation agreement with the "International QAIR" company, to achieve a floating photovoltaic plant in Berges du Lac in Tunis.
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South Africa: MEC Tertuis Simmers Welcomes Court Ruling Against Group Who Sought to Disrupt Forest Village Development

[Govt of SA] Court interdict group who sought to disrupt Forest Village Development
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Rwanda: Construction of More Classrooms Triggers Shortage of Cement

[New Times] The ongoing scarcity of locally manufactured cement is mainly driven by CIMERWA's current quest to satisfy a supply tender from the Ministry of Education, The New Times has learnt.
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