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NO ROAD, NO VOTE, EDO COMMUNITY VOWS
Residents of Okpuje, a sub-clan in Ilueha, Owan West Local Government Area, Edo State, who are predominantly farmers, say they would not cast their votes for any political party in the September 10 governorship election in the state, as long as the five-kilometer road linking the communities in the sub-clan to Uzebba was not constructed. The people complained that past […]
Continue reading »APTCON MOVES TO BOOST TRANSPORT SECTOR
Private transport company owners under the aegis of Association of Private Transport Companies of Nigeria (APTCON) have called on stakeholders in the sector to tap into every potential the sector has to offer for its growth and development. Speaking recently, the convener of the association, Dr Henrietta Onwuegbuzie, expressed the readiness of members to energise the sector with trillions in […]
Continue reading »NAVY ARRESTS MARINE VESSEL, DESTROYS ILLEGAL REFINERIES IN DELTA, AKWA IBOM
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday said it had destroyed more illegal refineries in Delta and Akwa Ibom. The Director of Information, Naval Headquarters, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, in a statement said the navy has continued its crackdown on the activities of illegal crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals. The statement said, “On Aug. 10, a Patrol Team deployed by NNS Jubilee […]
Continue reading »ALL CONSTRUCTION FIRMS MUST USE STANDARD ROAD SIGNS – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps has directed all construction companies in the country to use the standard road signage code on the highways and construction sites. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the directive while presenting some road signage to Julius Berger Plc and Reynolds Construction Company in Abuja, a statement by the corps’ Head, Media Relations and Strategy, […]
Continue reading »LAGOS BEGINS CONSTRUCTION OF PEN CINEMA FLY-OVER BRIDGE AND DEPLOYMENT OF 13,000 CCTVS, 6000 STREET LIGHTS SOON
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced plans to activate multi-faceted projects designed to improve the living standards and revenue generation in the State among which is the commencement of construction of a Fly-over Bridge in the popular Pen Cinema junction and to deploy 13,000 Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras, and security sensors for surveillance and crime prevention across the […]
Continue reading »NIGERIA LOST 3 PERCENT OF GDP TO ROAD ACCIDENT IN 2015 – FRSC
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has said Nigeria lost three per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to road accident in 2015. The loss, according to him, amounts to $131,817,676,080, adding that the economic losses have been grievous and monumental.
Continue reading »LAGOS MOVES TO FURTHER RESOLVE THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE GRIDLOCK
The Lagos State Government says it has started the construction of an alternative road from the Olopomeji area to further decongest the gridlock in the Iyana Oworoshoki area leading to the Third Mainland Bridge. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Dayo Mobereola, who spoke in Alausa, Ikeja, on Monday, explained that the move was part of efforts to end gridlock on […]
Continue reading »SOLDIERS VANDALISE KAI VEHICLE OVER ARREST
An operational vehicle of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline has been allegedly vandalised by rampaging soldiers in the Ojuelegba area of the state. The soldiers, who reportedly queried KAI officials for arresting a trader and his wheelbarrow, allegedly smashed the windscreen and wing mirrors of the vehicle.
Continue reading »DRIVER, ARRESTED FOR TRAFFIC OFFENCE, CRUSHES LASTMA OFFICIAL
A taxi driver, Sunday Agbariko, has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, identified as Olayemi Isiaka. Agbariko crushed Isiaka’s leg on Monday at the Ojota yard of the agency while attempting to escape with his car that had been impounded.
Continue reading »ROBBERS ATTACK CBN BULLION VANS, KILL TWO POLICEMEN
Two mobile policemen were killed in the early hours of Tuesday at Hawan Kibo along Jos-Abuja road as armed robbers attacked a convoy of bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria. Our correspondent gathered that the bullion vans and their retinue of armed mobile policemen escorts had left Jos in the early hours of Tuesday enroute Abuja.
Continue reading »AJAO ESTATE, NAVIGATING POTHOLE INFESTED ROADS
Residents of Ajao Estate, and other road users in that flank of Isolo Local Council of Lagos State, are counting their losses, over the gradual deterioration of roads in the area. The daily worsening condition of the roads, which has seen potholes taking over them, has got the residents wondering whether state and local government authorities have forgotten about them. […]
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