Tag: East-west Road
Umahi gives contractor deadline for East-West road completion
While expressing satisfaction with the quality of work done on Section II-II by Messrs Setraco Nigeria Ltd, Umahi directed the…
70 vehicles gutted, many dead in Rivers petrol tanker fire
The content of the truck ignited heavy fire that engulfed many cars caught up in the perennial chaotic traffic synonymous…
Rivers: Excitement as rehabilitation of Eleme section of East-West road begins
Governor Fubara commended the President for his resolve to bring back the Port Harcourt Refinery into operation by December 2023…
State of East-West road an eyesore – Minister
Momoh who said this after a comprehensive inspection of the road on Tuesday said that he will report the state…
Fubara decries delay in fixing collapsed section of East-West road
Fubara made the observation when members of the Senate Adhoc Committee, led by its Chairman, Senator Abdul Ningi Ahmed, paid…
Flood: NDDC intervenes to give succour on East-West road
Traveling along the flood impacted areas of Ahoada Axis of the link road cutting across the States in Niger Delta…
Rivers: Protesting youths block block East-West road with coffin
The youths said they blocked the ever busy East-West road in a peaceful protest against one "Mr Brown", a non…
FG gets 45 days ultimatum to repair bad sections of East-West road
Protests over the poor state of East-West road in 2021 lasted for about two weeks
East-West road: Federal Govt orders Contractors back to site
The Federal Government has ordered the contractors handling the construction of the East-West road sections 1 to 4 to return…
NDDC Partners RCC to Restore Failed Sections of East-West Road
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is partnering with the Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, to restore some failed sections of…
Ijaw Youth Council calls for completion of East West road
The Ijaw Youth Council has called on the Federal Government to fast track the completion of the East West road…
Contractors need N100bn to complete East-West road – Amaechi
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said that N100billion would be needed by the contractors to complete the dualisation…
NDDC begins emergency repairs on East West Road
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has started emergency repairs on some of the failed portions of the East West…
Federal Govt requires N70bn to complete East-west road
Mr Nsima Ekere, the Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says the commission and the Ministry of Niger Delta…
Operation Crocodile Smile: Troops arrest East-West way robbers
Troops participating in Operation Crocodile Smile have arrested five suspects known to be terrorising East-West road, between Ughelli and and…
Police gun down kidnappers, rescue victims
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has again announced that the recent onslaught by the Command to smoke out…
Senate worried over non-completion of East-West Road
The Chairman, Senate Committee on SURE-P, Sen. Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), has expressed concern over the non-completion of the East-West Road…
Funding, militancy, delay completion of East-West Road
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Challenges ranging from unpaid mobilisation fee, youth militancy and difficult terrain have been cited as among reasons delaying…
Inadequate funding hampers completion of east-west road
Mohammed Bashar, outgoing Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, said inadequate funding was a major constraint to the completion…
FG extends east-west road by 23 kilometres
The Federal Government has added 23 kilometres to the 338-kilometre East-West dual-carriage way. The road, originally billed to terminate in…
Nigeria: Funds hamper East-West road completion
The Supervising Minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Darius Ishaku, has said that the East-West Road could not be…
N141b needed to complete East-West road, says Orubebe
The Minister of Nigeria’s Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godsday Orubebe, said N141 billion would be required to complete the East-West…
Time To Fix Nigeria’s East/West Road
Like the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in the Southwest Nigeria which connects Lagos and other parts of Nigeria, the East/ West road…
Nigerian travellers stranded as flood severs vital road
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Flood has taken over Nigeria’s vital East West Road at Umeh junction, making the road no longer…