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.
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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.
Continue reading »RECONSTRUCTION OF INT’L AIRPORT ROAD AND OTHER PROJECTS GETS A BOOST AS LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT SEALS N85BN BOND
The reconstruction of the degraded Murtala Muhammed International Airport road is to commence in a matter of weeks, as Lagos State on Monday, sealed an N85.14 billion bond issuance at the Nigerian capital market, putting it on a sound financial footing to deepen investment in infrastructure development.
Continue reading »EAST-WEST ROAD COLLAPSE THREATENS $50BN INVESTMENT
The collapse of a section of the East-West Road in Eleme in Rivers State has paralysed investments estimated at more than $50 billion in the Eleme-Onne axis of the industrial hub of the state.
Continue reading »OKADA RIDER POSING AS POLICEMAN STEALS PHONES, GIVES PROSTITUTE
A fake policeman, identified as David Fashina, has been arrested by Ogun State Police Command.
Continue reading »TRAIN DERAILS AT LONDON WATERLOO STATION
Passengers have been warned to avoid London Waterloo after a train derailed early this morning while pulling away from a platform.
Continue reading »HIGH ROAD ACCIDENT DEATHS UPSETTING
FAR too many Nigerians are dying needlessly on the roads. The latest numbers from the National Bureau of Statistics depict an epidemic. In its half-year report, the NBS says that at least 2,673 people died in automobile accidents between January and June 2017.
Continue reading »FG, COMPLETE LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY – PUNCH EDITORIAL
With the confirmation by Power, Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, that contractors reconstructing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were set to suspend work, the irresponsibility of our federal legislators is once more laid bare.
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