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Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has claimed that the National Assembly altered some provisions in the 2017 budget. The former Governor of Lagos state, who is not happy with the development, suggested that the judiciary may have to explain how far lawmakers can go in...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the 10,000 megawatts target given by the Buhari administration, needed to supply the country with adequate electricity by the end of 2019 is achievable. Mr Fashola stated this while speaking as a guest on Channels...

Former governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola missed the 2017 Eyo festival as part of plans for the Lagos at 50 and in honour of late Oba Yekini Elegushi. The last Eyo festival was done during the administration of the Minister of works, power and housing, Mr. Fashola See photos:

The Federal Government has directed that certain customers can now buy electricity directly from Generation Companies (GenCos). The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola declared the Customers Eligibility in a statement issued by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission...

Babatunde Fashola, Nigeria's Minister of Power, Works and Housing is claiming that he has created 193, 469 jobs, with 40,429 direct and 153,040 indirect jobs, within the two years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Fashola made the claim during a town hall meeting in Abuja. He...

President Muhammadu Buhari has allegedly ordered Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari to resign. According to DAILY POST, a source in the Presidential Villa said that Buhari was worried...

Nigeria’s power generation edges towards 5,000 Megawatts (MW) mark, due to rise in water level at the various dams and cessation of hostilities by militants in the Niger Delta. Daily power generation report released by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Monday, showed that power...

Senate President, Bukola Saraki is meeting with the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola at the National Assembly complex. The meeting is coming as the national electricity grid witnessed another collapse on Tuesday that resulted in the drop in power generation from over...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing has won the Minister of the Year Award organised by City People Magazine. The award ceremony was held at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja on Sunday. Mr. Fashola, while accepting the award likened government team to that of a football team and said it is a...

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Wednesday described Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State as a silent achiever despite having inherited a huge debt from former Governor, Babatunde Fashola. Tinubu made the remark during the commissioning of...

The federal executive council (FEC) presided over President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the construction of roads in 12 states at the cost of N82.5bn. Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, disclosed this to state house correspondents at the end of the council’s meeting on...

A civil society group, Campaign for Democracy (CD) South-East zone, has slammed the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) a 30-day ultimatum to either fix the lingering epileptic power supply in Nigeria or resign his appointment as a minister of the federal republic...

Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday at a press conference described the road linking Oshodi to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport as a “national embarrassment”, accusing the ministry of works, power and housing of frustrating efforts of his administration to reconstruct the...

Federal government has approved 701 billion Naira payment assurance for power generating companies in Nigeria. The fund, kept by the Central Bank of Nigeria, is to enhance evacuation of power by the Transmission Company of Nigeria to the various power distribution companies in the country...

The federal government on Tuesday inaugurated the Abuja-Kaduna road which was given an emergency facelift with the sum of N1.1 billion. Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, who inaugurated road, commended the contractor for completing the project on scheduled. He...

Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri has revealed that the federal government is working on a plan that will ensure that every Nigerian owns a house in 3 years. Plans are in top gear to ensure that it built 16-17 million units of houses every year across the...

The Senate Committee on Housing and Urban Development has alleged the presence of a strange vote to the tune of 2 Billion naira in one of the estimates for the Ministry of Housing. According to PUNCH reports, indications emerged that the budget padding mess which occurred in the 2016 budget is...

Nigeria's Minister of Power, Housing and Works Babatunde Fashola has hit out at Premium Times, saying the medium reported lies about the amount awarded for some road contracts. He mentioned "Premium Lies" at the 1:20 mark. Premium Times had been embroiled in a back and forth with the FG...

The Works Minister has released a list of priority projects it will work on in 2017.

Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola has confirmed the appointment of Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed as the new interim Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). Mr. Mohammed is on secondment from the Africa Development Bank (AFDB), the Minister of Power...