The All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State has called on the Federal Government to urgently dualise Calabar-Itu highway, as the project had been captured in the 2016 budget. A statement addressed to the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and signed by the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Amadu Atai, on Sunday, said the road has become impassable […]
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Police operatives in Bayelsa State have intercepted two vehicles conveying 12 children into the state for alleged child labour and child trafficking. The two vehicles – a Mazda 626 with number plate BC 645 KSF and a Jetta with number plate DX 643 PH travelled from Akwa Ibom to Bayelsa. The children were nine females and three males, aged between […]
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Determined to reduce the level of road accidents in the country, The Federal Road Safety Commission said it would recertify about 2,000 drivers of Peace Mass Transit Limited currently undergoing training in Enugu. Southern City News gathered that the retraining and recertification programme was informed by recent road accidents reportedly involving the transport company.
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The Foursquare Gospel Church, Alaka, Lagos, was thrown into mourning on Friday when four of its members reportedly died in a car accident in the Ojota area of the state. The victims were Temidayo Oyebade, Anuoluwapo Bisade-Philips, Shalom Etiubon and one simply identified as Nike. While Etiubon is a graduate of Architecture from the Covenant University, Anuoluwapo graduated from the […]
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No fewer than 16 people were killed after a commercial bus had a head-on collision with a Sports Utility Vehicle at the Alewu village end of the Lokoja-Abaji Expressway in Kogi State. The PUNCH learnt that only one person survived the accident, which involved a Toyota Hiace heading towards Kano and a SUV going to Benin, the Edo State capital.
Continue reading »Dangote Industries Limited has announced the commencement of the construction of concrete roads in various states across the country, particularly in Lagos, Bauchi, Kogi, Kaduna and Ogun states. “We are very happy at the moment. We can categorically state that we are in more than five states across the country already constructing roads. The reception has been wonderful. State governments […]
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For residents of Mazamaza-Agboju-Satellite town axis of Amuwo-Odofin Local Council, navigating through the Old Ojo Road as they commute from home to their respective places of work daily is a grievous pain they cannot wait to have a relief. The long stretch of road from Mazamaza that terminates at Abule Oshun has many sizes of craters dotting it. It is […]
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The Central Naval Command, Yenagoa, on Saturday said it seized a vessel laden with 600,000 litres of suspected illegally refined automotive gas oil also known as diesel. A statement issued by Lt. Cdr Edward Yeibo on behalf of the command’s Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) said that two of the four suspected oil thieves were arrested while loading the barge with […]
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Adepitan Yusuf, the manager of popular Nigerian artiste, Oritsefemi, and 16 other commuters escaped death by a whisker on Sunday after a Dangote trailer rammed into some vehicles at the toll gate end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. It was gathered that the heavy-laden Dangote trailer, with number plate, XA-488 VDY, was heading towards the toll gate area in Ota, Ogun […]
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The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria has called for an investigation of Navy Commander Otuh Bassey, who shot an okada rider, Muhammed Idachaba in Idah, Kogi State. Idachaba was shot on Tuesday, 26 July, 2016 after Bassey allegedly frog-matched him and told him to kneel as punishment for claiming right of way with the naval officer who was riding […]
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The nightmare being witnessed by motorists and commuters on the Benin/Onitsha expressway as a result of the failed portion of the road shortly before the Asaba end of the Niger Bridge may continue as attempts by the Delta State government to fix the road has again been resisted by officials of the federal government. It would be recalled that the […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has said the cost of driving licence remains N6,350.00 and does not expect any driver to pay more than the amount to obtain any licence whose expiry period is three years. It said no price increase had been announced, adding that a five-year duration was only added to the three-year driving licence with a cost […]
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