Residents and road users within and around Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market, in Mushin Local Council of Lagos State, have continued to deplore in very strong terms, the incessant traffic gridlock occasioned by the deteriorating state of the road, and the abhorrent activities of traders and artisans in the market. Not only do the traders and artisans have gross lack […]
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RIVERS GOVERNEMENT EXPENDS N90BN ON ROADS IN 17 MONTHS
The Rivers Government has spent over N90 billion on the construction of critical roads in the last 17 months, Governor Nyesom Wike has said. Mr Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant to Wike on Electronic Media, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the Governor made the disclosure while declaring open the West Africa […]
Continue reading »GENERAL ELECTRIC TO TAKE OVER NIGERIA RAILWAY CORPORATION NEXT YEAR
The Federal Government said yesterday that American company, General Electric (GE) would take over the management of the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) under a concession plan between January and March 2017. Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, who made this known yesterday in Abuja while speaking at the first International Transportation Conference, said that the 18-month window period before the […]
Continue reading »NO PLAN TO HIKE FUEL PRICE – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, denied any plan to further hike the price of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol, stating that current realities on ground didn’t support any increase. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Mr. Muhammad Garba-Deen, said there was absolutely no plan by the Federal […]
Continue reading »ONE KILLED AS TRAIN RUNS INTO TRADERS, VEHICLES IN ENUGU
Tragedy struck in Enugu, yesterday, when a train driver rammed into buses and traders at the popular Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, killing a middle-aged man known as Ikechukwu. Several people were also left with various degrees of injuries as the train got to the area without the usual blaring of horns to alert other road users.
Continue reading »90% OF AUTO CRASHES CAUSED BY FAKE PARTS — FRSC
About 90 per cent of accidents witnessed on the roads in the country are caused by fake vehicle parts fixed mostly by mechanics, the Federal Road Safety Corps has said. The FRSC Sector Commander in Abuja, Mr. Sunday Oghenekaro, who was represented by the Superintendent Route Commander, Mr. Barnabas Asongo, said this in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH, after inaugurating […]
Continue reading »IMPORTED COMMERCIAL VEHICLES MUST HAVE SPEED LIMITER – FRSC
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday said all commercial vehicles coming into the country from January 1, 2017 must be fitted with speed limiter. Oyeyemi stated this in Kaduna when he visited the FRSC Sector Command for routine interaction with personnel to strengthen operational duties and general service delivery. Oyeyemi represented […]
Continue reading »SENATE PASSES MOTION TO BRING BACK TOLL GATES
The Senate has passed a motion for the reintroduction of toll gates on Federal roads in the country. In the motion, Suleiman Nazif, a Senator from Bauchi North, who sponsored it, expressed dismay over the state of roads in the country, saying they had become a “national shame and embarrassment”. He said the re-establishment of toll gates would solve “the […]
Continue reading »HISTORY IS MADE AS FIRST SHIPMENT USING SELF-DRIVING TRUCK TAKES PLACE
The road to autonomous trucking reached a major milestone with the announcement on Tuesday of the completion of the world’s first shipment using a self-driving truck by Otto and Budweiser. If you’re in Colorado Springs, you might buy a can of beer that was shipped by a self-driving (Autonomous) truck.
Continue reading »60-YEAR-OLD DRIVER RAPES MENTAL PATIENT
There was chaos at Iya Abiodun bus stop, Ifo, Ogun State, after a security guard, Abdullahi Muhammed, caught a 60-year-old trailer driver, Lawal Bankole, allegedly having sex with his wife, Tope, on their matrimonial bed. The two men could have killed each other but for the intervention of residents who separated them. The suspect was said to have fled the […]
Continue reading »NIGERIA COMMITTED TO TRANS-SAHARA HIGHWAY PROJECT – FASHOLA
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says that the Federal Government is committed to the dualisation of the entire section of the trans Sahara route in Nigeria. The minister gave the assurance while declaring open the 65th session of the Trans Saharan Road Liaison Session on Monday in Abuja. Fashola, who was represented at the occasion […]
Continue reading »NSCDC ARRESTS TANKER DRIVER FOR ADULTERATING FUEL
The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a driver, Adebiyi Yusuf, for allegedly engaging in illegal oil bunkering and adulteration of diesel. Thirty-two-year old Yusuf was apprehended along with one Paul Ifeakandu on Saturday on the premises of a complex on Jimoh Odutola Street, Surulere, Lagos, where they were reportedly selling the product. […]
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