RIVERS STATE GOVT. DEMOLISHED TWIN STRUCTURES OWNED BY BAYELSA STATE GOVT. IN NIGERIA

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Gambeta News

Rivers State Government has commenced demolition of property owned by the Bayelsa State Government in the Old GRA, Port Harcourt with the demolition squad barring journalists from taking pictures and coming near the scene. The twin structures of 12 flats occupying Plots 34 & 35 (No 5 Akassa Street) and Plot 37 (No 9 Akassa Street ) in the Golf Course Extension Layout, Port Harcourt, serve as the official residence for workers of the Bayelsa…

SKILLS ACQUISITION CENTER COMMISSIONED IN BUGUMA, RIVERS STATE

Posted on November 18, 2022 by Gambeta News

Nigeria’s OML 130 partners – NNPC Limited, TotalEnergies, PRIME (formerly Petrobras), Sapetro, and CNOOC have commissioned and handed over a women’s development and skills acquisition center in Buguma, Rivers State. The Women development and skills acquisition center is designed to provide an enabling environment for women and young people to learn skills and create employment in Buguma. The center is fully equipped with four training halls for fashion designing and tailoring, catering and hotel management,…

FIRST ROAD LINK BETWEEN BONNY ISLAND TO THE REST OF RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA

Posted on August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 by Gambeta News

Nigeria’s minister of works and housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, visits the on-going Bodo – Bonny Road with Bridges across the Opobo Channel Project. The new Afa Creek Bridge is one of the three major Bridges, nine mini Bridges, one Pipeline Crossing Bridge and access roads being delivered on the project. As the first road link between Bonny Island to the rest of Rivers State, the Bodo-Bonny road is a milestone infrastructure development project for the…

RIVERS STATE BUDGET OF REASSURANCE – ANALYSING THE ₦530 BILLION EXPENDITURE

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Gambeta News

ANALYSING THE ₦530 BILLION BUDGET OF REASSURANCE - RIVERS STATE BUDGET

Rivers residents commend Chief. (Barr) Nyesom Wike (Mr. Project) for the huge capital expenditure in the Rivers State budget targeted to boost investors’ confidence in the state. Mr. Project signed the 2020 Rivers State budget of ₦530,813,357,619 into law after being passed by the State House of Assembly last year. The Rivers State budget of reassurance is aimed at sustaining the development of the state, with an appropriated recurrent expenditure of ₦156.6 billion and capital…

RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT AND JULIUS BERGER SIGN DEAL FOR THREE FLYOVER

Posted on October 19, 2019October 19, 2019 by Gambeta News

Rivers State Government has awarded Julius Berger Nigeria Plc the contract for construction of three flyover bridges in Port Harcourt. Following the successful geotechnical site investigation and design phase, the Rivers State Government has awarded the contract for the building of Three Flyover Bridge to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc. The signing of the contract was held yesterday at the state house, with the Attorney-General of Rivers State, Dr Zaccheus Adango and Managing Director of Julius…

FG APPROVE BELEMAOIL EXPORT TERMINAL IN RIVERS STATE

Posted on May 30, 2019May 31, 2019 by Gambeta News

Federal Government has Approved the Establishment of Crude oil Export Terminal in Rivers State Federal Government of Nigeria has approve the establishment of a Crude Oil Export Terminal. The establishment will be in Kula community of Rivers State, from an indigenous oil company, Belemaoil Producing Limited. The approval is contain in a letter; which was signed by Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) Director, Mordecai Ladan. The aim of the approval is to enable Belemaoil establish…

RIVERS GOVERNOR INSPECT PORT-HARCOURT DUAL CARRIAGE RING ROAD IN NIGERIA

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Gambeta News

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has expressed satisfaction with work on the Port Harcourt Dual Carriage Ring Road and assures of delivering the project within the scheduled 36 months. Governor Fubara on Wednesday embarked on an inspection tour of some sections of the 50.15 kilometers road taking through Elikpokpodu to Rukpokwu before moving to the Rumuosi section and ending at the UTC junction section of the road. Speaking to the press after the inspection…

LARGEST LUXURY HOUSING ESTATE IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA DEVELOPED BY A GAMBIAN

Posted on January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 by Gambeta News

The RIVTAF Golf Estate is the largest luxury housing estate in the South-South region of Nigeria built on about 40 hectares of land. It is a luxury estate with excellent landscaping, water reticulation, sewage and electricity systems. TAF Nigeria Homes Limited in partnership with the Government of Rivers State, through a special purpose vehicle incorporated as RIVTAF Nigeria Limited, developed a middle to a high-income housing estate in Port Harcourt known as RIVTAF Golf Estate….

THE ABANDONED RIVERS MONORAIL: A WASTED PROJECT

Posted on March 11, 2020April 24, 2020 by Gambeta News

A project which would have been the first of its kind in Africa upon its completion has turned out to be another case of abandoned project in our beloved country Nigeria. Rivers state and its residents all envisioned a return to its former glory as the Garden city, when the Rivers state monorail project was announced in 2011; although there were a few who had concerns about implementation, efficiency, prioritisation, transparency and appropriateness of the…

CROSS RIVER STATE ELECTRIC CAR PLANT TO BE ESTABLISHED SOON

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Gambeta News

Cross River state partners with Sirieco Company to build Cross river state electric car plant There will soon be a Cross River state electric car plant. According to the Chief Executive Officer of Sirieco Company, Mr. Groidis Peter; the government of Cross River state plans to establish an electric car assembling plant in partnership with Sirieco Company. Countries all over the world in an attempt to lessen the excess dependency on fossil-fuel and also to…

NIGERIAN PRESIDENT APPROVED N1.9TRILLION FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF 44 FEDERAL ROADS

Posted on January 19, 2023 by Gambeta News

Four months after to end of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, to invest N1.9 trillion in the reconstruction of 44 federal roads under the tax credit policy. Media Assistant, Media and Publicity (Office of the Vice President), Laolu Akande, who disclosed at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, yesterday, in Abuja, said the approval fell under the Federal Government Road Infrastructure Development and…

SOUTHERN NIGERIA FLOODS: HOW WIDESPREAD FLOOD IS AFFECTING PEOPLE

Posted on October 18, 2022 by Gambeta News

The recent release of excess water from a dam in neighbouring Cameroon coupled with extreme rainfall is causing major problems in Nigeria. During the past couple of weeks, it has been reported by the Nigerian Government that over 1.4 million Nigerians have been displaced, and 500 lives claimed. According to the reports, the floods have also injured 1,546 people, inundated 70,566 hectares of farmland, and “totally damaged” 45,249 homes, said Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, the permanent secretary in Nigeria’s…

NEMBE-BRASS ROAD CONSTRUCTION BEGANS IN NIGERIA

Posted on June 28, 2022 by Gambeta News

The Bayelsa Government in Nigeria has begun the construction of the first phase of the Nembe-Brass road linking the two coastal local government areas. According to reports, the project was inaugurated by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, at Nembe. The project, which is one of the three senatorial roads in the state, had been on the drawing board of successive administrations in the country from the colonial era in the 1940s….

197YEARS OLD CONSULATE BUILDING RECONSTRUCTED IN NIGERIA

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Gambeta News

Rivers State Government in the south part of Nigeria has reconstructed the 197years old consulate building located in Bonny local government in the state. The reconstruction was done by a collaboration between Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and Julius Berger Nigeria, a construction company. Speaking during the commissioning, Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo, said the consulate had deepened the vision of making Bonny an investment and tourism destination. According to Dr. Banigo, “The…

GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE EASTERN NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY PROJECT, BONNY DEEP SEA PORT, AND A RAILWAY INDUSTRIAL PARK IN NIGERIA

Posted on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 by Gambeta News

President Muhammadu Buhari flags off the commencement of the implementation of another important national infrastructure consisting of three projects: Port Harcourt—Maiduguri narrow gauge railway reconstruction project with new branch lines, Bonny Deep Sea Port, and a Railway Industrial Park. These project will resuscitate the once vibrant railway transportation in the Eastern railway corridor of the country, Port Harcourt—Maiduguri, and serve as a transportation and supply chain network for domestic needs and export, as well as…

YOUTHS PROTEST OVER THE PRIVATISATION PROCESS OF AFAM POWER PLANT

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Gambeta News

Youths in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers state, hosts to the Afam Power Station, on Tuesday protested against alleged neglect of an agreement the Federal Government reached in 2017 with host communities to the power station. The youths under the aegis of Oyigbo Local Government People’s Assembly said the concerns of their communities were sidelined during the sale of the Afam 966 Mega Watts capacity Power plant to Transcorp Plc. The Federal Government had…

THE GARDEN CITY OF NIGERIA GET NEW FLYOVER BRIDGE

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Gambeta News

Rivers State which is located in the southern part of Nigeria is having a serious infrastructure changes. The state popular referred to as “The Garden City” is on track to have more than two flyovers in the space of a couple of months times. The latest beauty is the already commissioned Rebisi flyover which is part of three flyover currently undergoing by the state Government with Julius Berger task with the responsibility of delivery such…

45000 METRIC TONNES CASSAVA PROCESSING PLANT COMMISSIONED IN NIGERIA

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Gambeta News

In a bid to diversify investment from Oil, Nigeria’s Oil rich state has recently commissioned a Cassava Processing Plant at Afam, Rivers State. The Governor, Nyesom Wike alongside other government dignitaries were at the opening ceremony. According to Ruben Giesen, managing director of the Rivers State Cassava Processing Company, the project is joint venture partnership between the state government (70 percent equity) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria. The project was conceptualised in…

ABA-PORT HARCOURT EXPRESSWAY TO BE COMPLETED BY MARCH- FADIRE

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Gambeta News

Federal Government of Nigeria assures residents of completion of Aba-Port harcourt expressway by march 2020 Nigeria Government has assured residents living across the expressway of the completion of the road. The road project which has been on and off for so long is now set for completion. Speaking during an interview with The Guardian, Controller of Works in the State, Johnson Fadire said the federal government will complete a -four-lane, two-lanes each from both side…

AN APPROACH TO BUILDING RESILIENT CIVIL ENGINEERING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE IN DIFFICULT TERRAIN

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Gambeta News

A Paper Delivered at the 2019 Engineering Week Ceremony of The Nigerian Society of Engineers, Port Harcourt Branch on Tuesday 26th November 2019 Our world and nation today face an increasingly complex set of risks that are interwoven into all facets of our businesses, infrastructures, and communities. The threat of climate change, flash floods, sea surge––tsunami floods, financial instability, pandemics, cybercrime, social unrest, terrorism, hostage taking, and other disruptive events that flow from our participation…

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