The federal government of Nigeria are fulfilling their promise of starting and completing the second Niger bridge. The project  was commissioned some months ago while the construction works started.So far, the work is currently at 44.6% completion. The 1.2km sand filling of the road at the asaba end has reached the height of 2.2m out of the expected 5m. At the Onitsha end, the workers has done enough of sand filling of embarkments thereby completing 44.6% of the...

Just a week after the Nigeria Customs Service unlocked the Illela land border connecting Nigeria and Niger Republic, the government of Niger Republic followed suit by opening its border in Konni for operations last Friday.According to Nuhu Samaila, a source from Konni, Niger Republic, who briefed reporters, the border officially reopened at noon on Friday. Samaila praised the decision of the country's leadership, the military junta, for heeding the people's calls an...

The federal government has approved the use of blockchain in Nigeria.This was announced on Twitter by Special Assistant to President on Digital & New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi on Wednesday.According to him, this means that the use of blockchain is formally approved in Nigeria.He wrote:BREAKING: The Federal Executive Council today approved @FMoCDENigeria’s National Policy on Blockchain. What this means is that @NigeriaGov has now formally approved blockchain use in Nigeri...