The Federal Road Safety Corps has issued traffic citations to 2,800 commercial motorists for their failure to instal the speed limiting device on their vehicles. The corps described the citations as an advisory enforcement, which did not attract penalties or fines, a statement on Sunday in Abuja, by Bisi Kazeem, the Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, said. The statement […]
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The Lagos State Government has once again reiterated its readiness to commence vehicle emission test on vehicles plying the metropolis soon. It says the decision is a strategy to reduce air pollution and part of a continuing effort to reduce rate of accidents linked to excessive smoke-emitting vehicles. It added that the exercise, which would commence this year, was necessary […]
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The National President of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Chief Musa Isiwele, has urged the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) not to be selective in the planned issuance of speed-limiters to vehicles. Isiwele, who gave the advice in Abuja while speaking with journalists on certain government policies in the transport sector, said all categories of vehicles must be […]
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The Lagos State Driver’s Institute on Thursday described most drivers in the state, especially “commercial drivers”, as terrorists. The Chief Executive Officer, LASDRI, Mr. Philip Ogunlade, explained that many drivers in the state were on the roads to threaten the lives of other road users. Ogunlade, who spoke during a sensitisation workshop for drivers at Iyana-Ipaja, added that drivers, especially […]
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Commercial drivers in Abia State have called on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to stop the alleged illegal N1,000.00 driving test levy collected by the Board of Internal Revenue. The aggrieved commercial drivers said the amount was usually taken from them while trying to renew their driver’s licence.
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Motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have lamented the slow pace of work and the demarcation of the expressway from the Warewa end of the long bridge, Ogun State, and the resultant gridlock. They lamented that Julius Berger Plc, the construction company working on the expressway, used dividers to block a major part of the bridge and worked sluggishly without caring […]
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A trigger-happy policeman has in Kano killed a motorist and a patent medicine dealer identified as Tochukwu Iro. It was gathered that Tochukwu, 42, who just got married, was shot on Wednesday by the policeman, said to be from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, because the deceased refused to stop when ordered to do so. A source said, “The incident happened […]
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Hundreds of commuters plying the Kaduna–Abuja Road were on Wednesday stranded as angry motorists blocked the road following the accidental killing of a traveller by men of the Department of State Security (DSS) along the expressway. It was learnt that the victim and her five children who boarded a commercial vehicle from Abuja to Kaduna was hit by a stray […]
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Dressed in a starched white shirt, a blue tie with black stripes and a black Italian suit to match, Abayomi Olusola was all set to leave the house for his meeting in the office that Tuesday morning. He adjusted his tie in front of the mirror in his bedroom, kissed his wife goodbye and gave his two children a high […]
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