March 5, 2018 The Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has said the Federal Government will soon begin the repairs of its roads in Ekiti State. Fashola spoke at the weekend during a fact-finding visit to some roads President Muhammadu Buhari approved recently for repairs in the state. He said it was the resolve of the Buhari administration that all federal roads must be made motorable to Nigerians. Represented by the Southwest Zonal Director in the ministry, Mr. Emmanuel Adeoye, the minister said priority would be given to the Federal road linking Ifaki Ekiti and Ikole Ekiti road network. Fashola said most of the roads currently witnessing major repairs had long been awarded but their repairs stalled due to non-receipt of further mobilisation by contractors. The minister said the government’s concern for those using the roads made it to consider the return of contractors to sites, after paying them the due mobilisation. H...

  March 5, 2018   •Candidates to print notification from tomorrow  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates for the 2018 UTME to start printing their examination notification slip from tomorrow. The board’s Head of Media and Information Department, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said in Lagos yesterday that  arrangements had been concluded for the successful conduct of the exam scheduled to hold from March 9  to March 17. “With have successfully conducted the Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Monday, February 26, and based on that, we can confidently say, we are good to go… “Candidates can now go ahead and print their examination notification slips from Tuesday. “These candidates must ensure that these slips are printed before Friday, March 9 in order to farmiliarise themselves with the examination schedules as no form of excuse for missing the exami...

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