Irked by two major accidents involving his buses which claimed 22 lives in Abia and Bayelsa states, Management of Peace Mass Transit (PMT) yesterday threatened to henceforth sack and prosecute any driver that consumes alcohol while driving on the roads. The company reeled other disciplinary as well as precautionary measures against drivers to checkmate the increasing spate of road traffic […]
Continue reading »The Oyo State Police Command on Saturday said it would arraign all the arrested transporters and other suspects who were involved in the Friday clash between two rival transport unions in Ibadan, the state capital. The peace in the city was tainted with violence on Friday, as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport […]
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The Acting Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, (NRC), Engr. Fidet Okhiria, speaks on the railway infrastructure development plans of the Federal Government in this interview with Punch Correspondent. What are the economic benefits of the proposed Lagos-Calabar rail tracks? Without a good transport and logistics system, the commerce of a country cannot progress. Lagos-Calabar is targeting all […]
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Seven in every 10 victims of road crashes are youths aged between 15 and 29, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said. Mr Oludare Fadogba, its Commanding Officer in charge of Jos Zone, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Sunday that Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) had remained the leading cause of deaths among youths.
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