The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Usani Uguru Usani, says the contractors handling Section iii 0-15 km from Port-Harcourt to Onne junction in Rivers have been mobilised back to site. Usani, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Uyo. He said the project was awarded to the Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) […]
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CUSTOMS GENERATE N385.7BN REVENUE IN 6 MONTHS
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N385.7 billion revenue from January to June this year. This was against the N438.2 billion generated in the same period in 2015. The NSC Public Relations Officer, Mr Wale Adeniyi, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview on Monday in Abuja.
Continue reading »KWARA ACCIDENT LEAVES ONE DEAD, THREE INJURED
An unidentified man was confirmed dead on Saturday, while three sustained varying degrees of injuries, following an accident on a bridge along the road between Flower-Garden and Kwara Mall in Kwara State. Our correspondent gathered that the accident, which occurred on Friday night, involved a Renault Scenic car with registration number SHA 630 TW (Kwara State) and a commercial motorcycle […]
Continue reading »WOMEN TO BE CO-OPTED INTO ‘FRSC GOSPEL OF SAFETY’
The Federal Road Safety Commission says it will use ongoing annual women’s “August Meeting” in communities in Enugu state to intensify its road safety enlightenment. The Sector Command of the commission in the state, Mr David Mendie, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Saturday.
Continue reading »FIVE DEAD, 13 INJURED IN THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE ACCIDENT
No fewer than five people, including two children, have been confirmed dead and 13 others injured after three vehicles crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State. The accident happened at about 6pm on Sunday around the UNILAG Waterfront end of the bridge. It involved a LAGBUS, a Rover Jeep and a Hilux pickup.
Continue reading »FG, CRCC SIGN MOU ON WARRI-ABUJA RAILWAY PROJECT
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with China Railway Construction Corporation, CRCC, for the construction of Warri-Ajaokuta-Itakpe-Abuja rail line. While Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, signed for Nigeria, the Vice President of CRCC, Mr Chen Xiao Xing, signed for his company on Friday night.
Continue reading »MISTAKES TO AVOID IN ANALYZING YOUR FLEET DATA
When it comes to your vehicle fleet, your company has a strategy, goals and objectives. So when it comes to analyzing how it’s doing, determine what is most important to your particular business strategy and current year objectives – and allow that to drive the metrics you will track to evaluate your fleet’s performance.
Continue reading »WAYS TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE USING FLEET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS
INTRODUCTION Customer service usually involves multiple touch points. For example, contact with customers could include providing an update on when a delivery or service is expected to arrive. With multiple touch points for just one transaction, you have multiple opportunities to safeguard customer satisfaction. When you operate a fleet, vehicles and drivers are extensions of your business. A vehicle breakdown, […]
Continue reading »FLEET MANAGEMENT TODAY: THE PLACE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE
A renowned author in the field of Business Management, Peter Drucker, once said that quality in a service or product is not what you put into it but what customers get out of it. Experience has also thought many that the cheapest and the best advertisement you can get anywhere in the world is a ‘Pleased or Satisfied Customer’. […]
Continue reading »NEWLY COMMISSIONED ABUJA-KADUNA RAIL SERVICES RAKES IN N5.1MILLION IN 2 WEEKS
Mr Fidet Ikhiria, the Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced that the Abuja-Kaduna train service recorded a gross income of N5.1 million within the first two weeks of operation. This disclosure was known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while travelling on the train from Abuja to Kaduna on Saturday. The Managing Director of […]
Continue reading »DRY PORTS: AMAECHI PLEDGES TO REMOVE BOTTLENECKS FOR CONCESSIONAIRES
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, at the weekend promised federal government’s assistance to the private sector investors through the removal of bottlenecks for rapid development of dry ports in the country. He made the disclosure in his office in Abuja, during a meeting with the concessionaires of the dry ports in the six geopolitical zones who came to […]
Continue reading »OGUN CUSTOMS IMPOUND 18 VEHICLES WITH SMUGGLED RICE
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area Command, has impounded 18 vehicles loaded with bags of rice at the Idiroko border, which were being smuggled into the country from the Republic of Benin. The Controller of the command, Comptroller Multafu Waindu, said the vehicles and contraband were impounded around 3am at Alari and Ifoyintedo bush paths, in the Ipokia Local Government […]
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