In the drive towards attracting investments in the construction sector, aid local content and improve capacity utilization in the cement-manufacturing sector, the major cement producers have tasked the Federal Government on the need to formulate policies to encourage concrete pavements design. According to the manufacturers, concrete remains the most cost-effective road material on the basis of both initial and life-cycle […]
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The Lagos State Government on Friday announced the commencement of the construction of Ajah Reinforced Concrete Flyover, just as it said that vehicular movement in and Around Ajah roundabout would henceforth be disallowed from Tuesday, June 7, 2016. The State’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Ganiyu Johnson, in a statement he signed said the Bridge which would be constructed […]
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Over 20 persons escaped death in Aba, Abia State, yesterday, when the brake of a fuel tanker failed and it crashed into two cars before ramming into a trailer as all the vehicles moved in the same direction. Vanguard gathered that the fuel tanker with registration number, Anambra: NEN 571 XA and the other vehicles including the trailer, a Mack […]
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Over N16billion of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds released by the Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2012 for the Public Mass Transit Revolving Fund (PMTF) was squandered, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting icirnigeria.org has found. The fund, administered as a revolving loan by The Infrastructure Bank (TIB) was given out in form of Mass Transit Vehicles to 31 […]
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According to a report monitored via FRSC news update, what would have been another major disaster to hit a troubled Nation was averted in the early hours of today when a fully loaded 59 passenger-capacity luxury bus belonging to Chisco Transport veered off the road and landed in a ditch. Fortunately no life was lost. Fatigue on the part of […]
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Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has assured that the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari will ensure the sustenance of the Abuja-Kaduna rail project upon completion. “Is it sustainable? The answer is yes because it is on its own. If you say whether it will be subsidized, it will be. We are working out the details of how much […]
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One hundred and fifty-nine traffic offenders in Lagos State have been convicted by the state mobile courts in the last seven days. Our correspondent learnt that 115 of the convicts were private car owners, while 30 were commercial drivers. Also, 10 tricycle owners and four motorcycle owners were among those convicted.
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On Tuesday, the Zonal Commanding Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Zone RS8SQ, Assistant Corps Marshal John Meheux inaugurated the Special Intervention Patrol along the Okene-Zariagi-Lokoja-Koton Karfe-Gegu corridor to arrest the increasing rate of fatal road accidents. This corridor serves as gateway to about 26 states of the Federation and shares boundaries with the Federal Capital Territory.
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The Lagos State Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin the construction of a 38-kilometre 4th Mainland Bridge, expected to bring a 14-year old dream to reality. The bridge, which is geared towards economic growth in the State, is expected to gulp N844billion in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative and would be delivered in three […]
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The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Commission has endorsed the move by the Federal Road Safety Corps to introduce speed limiting devices on vehicles in the country as part of measures to curb road crashes. In a report of the committee made available in Abuja on Monday, it stated that the FRSC acted within the powers conferred […]
Continue reading »The Federal Government said on Monday that it would cost as much as $166bn in the next five years to provide infrastructure in energy and transport sectors of the economy. It stated that the money could rise to $3.05tn in 30 years. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, gave the figures at the National Assembly in Abuja.
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The General Manager of NPA Western Ports, Chief Michael Ajayi in a recent interview with Ships & Ports Daily said that no fewer than 9,258 trucks have passed the minimum standards test of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and have been certified to participate in moving goods in and out of the seaports in Lagos.
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