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Calabar’s Navy Hospital: Abandoned for 30 years
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- Written by Eyo Charles, Calabar
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It was only when the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Olusola Obada, once a deputy governor of Osun State, visited Calabar, the Cross River State capital to inspect naval facilities and establishments that Weekend Magazine found out that in 1982 the ministry had embarked on the arduous task of building hospitals for the three arms of service at three locations in the country simultaneously. She said the ministry deliberately spread the locations of these three hospitals for reasons of proximity and strategy. According to her, that of the Nigerian Air Force was constructed in Lagos; Nigerian Army, Kaduna, while that of the Nigerian Navy would be located in Calabar.
Category: Around and about Written by Eyo Charles, Calabar
It was only when the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Olusola Obada, once a deputy governor of Osun State, visited Calabar, the Cross River State capital to inspect naval facilities and establishments that Weekend Magazine found out that in 1982 the ministry had embarked on the arduous task of building hospitals for the three arms of service at three locations in the country simultaneously. She said the ministry deliberately spread the locations of these three hospitals for reasons of proximity and strategy. According to her, that of the Nigerian Air Force was constructed in Lagos; Nigerian Army, Kaduna, while that of the Nigerian Navy would be located in Calabar.
Weeks after midnight fire, Kano hospital still in ruins
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- Written by alima Musa & Lubabatu I. Garba, Kano
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Maryam Abacha General Hospital, Gezawa, in Kano State was razed down by a midnight fire which destroyed property worth millions. So far there are only speculations as to the cause of the inferno.
Read more: Weeks after midnight fire, Kano hospital still in ruins
Category: Around and about Written by alima Musa & Lubabatu I. Garba, Kano
Maryam Abacha General Hospital, Gezawa, in Kano State was razed down by a midnight fire which destroyed property worth millions. So far there are only speculations as to the cause of the inferno.
With Lake Nyos nearby, 15 communities threatened by dam again
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- Written by Terkula Igidi, Jalingo
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The Kashimbilla multipurpose dam has been under construction for the past five years and is scheduled to be completed in 2014 to check the disastrous flooding of the weak volcanic Lake Nyos in neighbouring Cameroon, but now, the dam itself is posing serious threats to the survival of several indigenous communities in Taraba.
Read more: With Lake Nyos nearby, 15 communities threatened by dam again
Category: Around and about Written by Terkula Igidi, Jalingo
The Kashimbilla multipurpose dam has been under construction for the past five years and is scheduled to be completed in 2014 to check the disastrous flooding of the weak volcanic Lake Nyos in neighbouring Cameroon, but now, the dam itself is posing serious threats to the survival of several indigenous communities in Taraba.
‘Blood will flow at Rice Mill Abakaliki, if ...’
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- Written by Tony Adibe, Abakaliki
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The Rice Mill Company Nigeria Limited, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State is always a beehive of activity. Currently, the mill boasts of over 5,000 workers, 2,500 rice milling machines and a production capacity of more than 11,000 tons. But government relocation plans, according to businessmen, will tear the high-profile location apart.
Category: Around and about Written by Tony Adibe, Abakaliki
The Rice Mill Company Nigeria Limited, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State is always a beehive of activity. Currently, the mill boasts of over 5,000 workers, 2,500 rice milling machines and a production capacity of more than 11,000 tons. But government relocation plans, according to businessmen, will tear the high-profile location apart.
N2bn Sabke Dam: Completed but abandoned
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Unlike most abandoned projects by the Federal Government, the Sabke Dam in Katsina State has been completed, but abandoned. Weekend Magazine reports.
Category: Around and about Written by Yusha’u A Ibrahim, Katsina
Unlike most abandoned projects by the Federal Government, the Sabke Dam in Katsina State has been completed, but abandoned. Weekend Magazine reports.