Senator Ben Bruce, a National Assembly member has urged the Federal Government to come up with a mass transportation policy that would cushion the effect of new price of petrol. Bruce made the call while interacting with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that concern being expressed and the agitation generated by the new price of fuel was due […]
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The Lagos State Government on Monday, donated 50 new high-capacity Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicles to Primero Transport Services Limited to mitigate effects of new pump price of petrol on its residents. The firm’s Managing Director, Mr. Fola Tinubu, disclosed this at a news conference. Mr. Tinubu said the state government under the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had donated […]
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In its renewed determination to create a safer motoring environment across the country, the Federal Road Safety Corps today formally unveiled 283 vehicles comprising operational vehicles, ambulances and a heavy duty tow truck at the Peace Park, International Conference Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The formal commissioning which had in attendance the Honourable Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday expressed dissatisfaction at the deplorable state of some sections of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, saying the road was too strategic to the economy of the State and therefore cannot be ignored. Governor Ambode, who made an unscheduled inspection tour of the road while returning from the grand opening of a 70, 000 capacity Motorbikes […]
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Nigeria’s economic development goals may remain a mirage if planned efforts are not stepped up to drastically tackle infrastructure gap in the transport sector, Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi has said. Given its multiplier effects, Oyeyemi said that transportation deserves special treatment in order to enhance the attainment of national development in the country.
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Mysterious fire early yesterday gutted ‘The Young Shall Grow’ Bus Terminal/Warehouse, located at New Cemetery Road, Onitsha, Anambra State, destroying about ten luxury buses worth over N600 million. The fire was said to have started at about 3.am. No life was lost but many sustained minor injuries while trying to rescue some buses and other property of the company at […]
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The Lagos State Government has released the sum of N10.8billion to date to ensure completion of the ongoing construction of 114 roads across the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in the State by the end of June, 2016 In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Mr. Muslim Olohuntele Folami on […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) will from Tuesday May 10, confiscate and prosecute vehicle owners with substandard and expired types plying the highways across the nation. This was according to the Corp Marshall of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, who disclosed this at a Stakeholders’ Forum on Tyres tagged “Promoting Safe Tyre Use in Nigeria’’ in Abuja.
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The Lagos State Government on Monday disclosed its plan to construct a monorail that would link Marina, Ikoyi and Lekki, a project that would gulp $1 billion (about N300 billion). The Commissioner of for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Akinyemi Ashade, made the disclosure at a ministerial news conference to mark the first anniversary of the state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi […]
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A total of 63 trucks loaded with fuel meant for Kano, Bauchi and Yobe states, but diverted have been intercepted by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kano and sold at government approved price. In a briefing, the Operations Controller supervising Kano and Jigawa, Isah Tafida, told the media men that his department has intensified effort in making the […]
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Given the scale of the challenges facing Nigeria over infrastructure and Babatunde Fashola’s unique position in which he has been saddled with fixing it on the three most critical fronts, it is understandable if the Minister of Power, Works and Housing sometimes seems overwhelmed. When he said at a town hall meeting in Lagos the other day that the Federal […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) campaign for the use of speed limiting device in vehicles operating in the country got a hike as the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi commissioned 300 factory fitted Hummer Buses with the devices into the fleet of the Peace Mass Transport (PMT) Limited. Oyeyemi reaffirmed the commitment of the FRSC to pursuit […]
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