Six people were reportedly killed while twenty three others injured in two separate auto crashes in Lagos, Wednesday night and Thursday respectively. Five persons were confirmed dead when their vehicle rammed into a stationery truck, late Wednesday, night, at Third Mainland Bridge, inward Oworonshoki area of the state, while one person died yesterday in the accident involving a Volkswagen commercial […]
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Thousands of market women and youth groups on Wednesday took to the streets of Calabar in Cross River State to express their support for the State’s 260km superhighway project. A group of environmentalists and non-governmental organisations had protested against the construction of the highway, which made the Federal Government direct that work on the project be stopped until the completion […]
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The Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives investigating railway contracts awarded between 2010 and 2014 has threatened to serve arrest warrants on 14 firms. The committee said the firms handled some of the rail projects under investigation, but had shunned many invitations to appear before lawmakers to answer questions. Four of the firms were said to have handled projects […]
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Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Tuesday gave a startling revelation indicating that the Nigerian roads are congested leading to increased accidents claiming human many lives. The commission said about 10.6 million registered vehicles are estimated to ply Nigerian roads nationwide in 2016; a number it said exerts enormous pressure on available roads in the country.
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Sokoto State Government has approved the construction of three major roads in Sokoto metropolis at the cost of over N1.5 billion. Alhaji Mohammadu Mannir, the State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, stated this when he addressed journalists at the end of the State Executive Council meeting in Sokoto.
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