Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday said enforcement of the state traffic law would commence to ease the state of traffic gridlock and criminal activities. Ambode spoke at a news conference on the security and traffic situation in the state, shortly after a Security Council meeting at Lagos House, Alausa. He gave a 90-day grace period to all tank […]
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CLAMPDOWN ON ERRANT MOTORISTS AND OKADA RIDERS IMMINENT— LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday read the riot act to commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called Okada riders, commercial buses and street hawkers, saying the state government would no longer tolerate their nefarious activities on the streets and highways which have caused untold hardship for the people of the state in recent times. Addressing Government House Correspondents shortly […]
Continue reading »“WE WILL DELIVER LAGOS LIGHT RAIL IN DECEMBER 2016”— GOV. AKINWUNMI AMBODE
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said on Thursday that the state’s light rail project would be completed by December 2016 and would commence operation immediately. This is coming about six years after the Blue Line rail project was awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Company. It is a 27-kilometre line stretching from Okokomaiko to Marina.
Continue reading »WORKPLACE TRANSPORT SAFETY- PART TWO
Safe Vehicle Vehicles used in the workplace should be suitable for the purpose for which they are used. You should carefully consider the working environment in which a specific vehicle will be used and the suitability of that vehicle for the people using it. Consulting with those who will use it is a key part of developing a vehicle specification. […]
Continue reading »WORKPLACE TRANSPORT SAFETY- PART ONE
Introduction Every year, there are over 5000 accidents involving transport in the workplace. About 50 of these result in people being killed. The main causes of injury are people falling off vehicles, or being struck or crushed by them. Sometimes, the monetary value of the damage resulting from these accidents could be ear-shattering! Within the last three months, we have […]
Continue reading »SOUTH-SOUTH YOUTHS PROTEST OVER DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF ROADS
Worried by the deplorable situation of the Calabar-Bakassi road in Cross River State, the South-South Solidarity Forum has staged a protest by blocking the federal highway to draw government’s attention. It is the fifth time in the last two months that various groups would be staging protest over the bad state of the road.
Continue reading »ISSUANCE OF NEW LICENCES FOR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY PLANTS PLACED ON HOLD BY FG
The Federal Government on Friday said it had suspended the issuance of new licences to automobile companies applying to establish vehicle assembly plants in Nigeria. This is coming after it had reportedly registered about 35 firms to start the production and assembling of new vehicles and motorcycles in different parts of the country.
Continue reading »CROSS BORDER HAULAGE BETWEEN TWO WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES: THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS
Cross border haulage is worlds apart from Local or interstate haulage. The documentation requirement alone makes all the difference. It is the sound knowledge of the intricacies involved in putting the right papers together and positioning the right agents at the border points that defines the success level of haulage firms engaged in the transportation of cargoes across national borders.
Continue reading »ONE KILLED AS TRANSPORT UNION OFFICIALS CLASH IN KWARA
A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Offa chapter in Kwara, was confirmed dead on Sunday in a fracas involving the union and its counterpart, RTEAN.
Continue reading »MORE FEMALE DRIVERS TO BE ENGAGED BY LAGBUS – MD
LAGBUS Asset Management Company, operators of Lagos metropolitan red buses, on Sunday said it was ready to engage more females as drivers in its fleet. The Managing Director of LAGBUS, Mr. Babatunde Disu, gave this indication in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Continue reading »FG MAY REVIEW PORT CONCESSION AGREEMENTS – SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Mr. Hassan Bello, has hinted about plans to review the concession agreements between the Federal Government and port terminal operators. He said this during a courtesy visit by the council’s management team to the Tin Can Island Container Terminal in Lagos.
Continue reading »UNCLAIMED DRIVERS’ LICENCES STANDS AT 46,404 – LASG
The Lagos State Government Wednesday disclosed that about 46,404 drivers’ licences was left unclaimed in the state, thereby calling on applicants who had been captured to come for the collection of their licences. The State Government also warned against the use of touts in the processing of driver’s licence, noting that it had introduced the cashless operational policy to fast-track […]
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