The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation on Thursday said two private Nigerian companies had been selected to build two refineries in Port Harcourt and Warri under the co-location initiative of the Federal Government.
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GRIDLOCK ON IKORODU-MILE 12 ROAD GENERATES PAIN, ANGER
— Commuters urge Lagos State govt to repair damaged portion Lagos is synonymous with gridlocks. From the Island to the Mainland, Ikeja through Ikorodu to Oshodi and Sango, no part is spared. People languish in traffic for hours on end. This is one of the perennial challenges visitors and residents of the metropolis are left to contend with year in, […]
Continue reading »NADDC INTRODUCES ROAD WORTHINESS PROOF FOR CLEARING TOKUNBO CARS
Importers of used vehicles will soon face the task of ensuring that such automobiles are accompanied by valid certificates of road-worthiness from the countries of origin, to indicate that they do not pose health and motoring hazards, before they can be allowed into the country.
Continue reading »LAGOS-BADAGRY EXPRESSWAY PROJECT ON COURSE – CCECC
The China Civil Engineering and Construction Company (CCECC), Contractors handling the expansion of the Lagos/Badagry Expressway project, on Thursday assured Lagos residents that the project would be delivered on schedule.
Continue reading »AIR TRANSPORT UNION GIVES SAHCOL SEVEN DAYS ULTIMATUM OVER CONDITION OF SERVICE
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has given Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL) a seven-day ultimatum to review the Conditions of Service of its workers and that failure to do so would lead to grounding of the company’s operation.
Continue reading »‘WE’RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR PRICE HIKE OF VEHICLES’
Contrary to reports that the National Automotive Industry Development Plan (NAIDP) policy was punitive and responsible for the increase in smuggled vehicles, the National Automotive Design and Development Council, (NADDC) has said that the agency was shocked that the policy has been blamed for increased prices of imported used vehicles, otherwise known as ‘tokunbo’ when the provision to levy them […]
Continue reading »APAPA GRIDLOCK: COUNCIL, NPA, OTHERS ENDORSE PROSECUTION OF TRAFFIC VIOLATORS
The Apapa Local Government Area, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and other stakeholders Tuesday agreed that owners of articulated vehicles that violated Lagos Road Traffic Law, 2012, should be prosecuted.
Continue reading »SENATE DELIGHTED WITH LAGOS-IBADAN RAILWAY MODERNISATION PROJECT
Members of the Senate Committee on Land Transport and Foreign and Local Debt have expressed delight with the progress of the Lagos-Ibadan railway modernisation project.
Continue reading »FG TO DIVERSIFY ECONOMY WITH $41BN RAILWAY INVESTMENT
The Federal Government has started a $41bn railway expansion to reduce dependence on oil and diversify the economy, the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said.
Continue reading »FRSC ARREST SUSPECTED TRAFFICKERS WITH 44 MINORS IN KADUNA
The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Wednesday, said it arrested a vehicle for overloading along Kaduna-Zaria road, which was later discovered to be occupied by suspected child traffickers with 44 minors.
Continue reading »HOODLUMS ATTACK LAGOS TASK FORCE PERSONNEL OVER OKADA SEIZURE
Commercial activities at Iyana-Ipaja in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State were, yesterday, halted for several minutes when hoodlums attacked Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Enforcement Agency (Task Force) personnel for enforcing 2012 Lagos Road Traffic Law, vandalising their vehicles.
Continue reading »FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE’ COASTER BUS USED FOR TRANSPORTING MARIJUANA IMPOUNDED BY CUSTOMS
A coaster bus belonging to the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) has been impounded by the Ogun State Command of Nigeria Customs Service.
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