The Federal Government will soon embark on biometric data capturing of all commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in the country to check crimes perpetrated with the use of tricycles and motorcycles. The capturing would be done in collaboration with the Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria. The National President of ACOMORAN, Alhaji Shehu Babangida, […]
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Many dealers of fairly-used imported cars otherwise known as “tokunbo” in Kano have resorted to other businesses since the Federal Government banned the importation of vehicles through the land borders. Some of the dealers said on Thursday that they found it necessary to shift to other businesses in order to survive the current economic recession. The dealers said that the […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the construction of additional 200 roads across the 20 Local Government Areas, and 37 Local Council Development Areas. This brings the number of roads to be constructed by Lagos State Government this year to 381. The Chief Executive Officer, Lagos State Public Works Corporation, LSPWC, Mr Ayotunde Sodeinde, an engineer, who disclosed […]
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For three consecutive days, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing and former Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, crisscrossed the six states in the South-south geo-political zone, assessing the state of the roads and monitoring progress reports both in the works and the housing sectors. Attention to details “If you noticed, for the first 20 minutes, I wasn’t […]
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Executive Director, SIFAX Haulage & Logistics Limited, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, Major Henry Ajetunmobi (rtd), has lauded the new partnership between the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the enforcement of Minimum Standard of Safety and Road Worthiness (MSSRW) for all trucks entering Nigerian ports. According to Ajetunmobi, the standardisation policy has great […]
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The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Thursday, said corruption was omnipresent in the country with all segments being affected. He specifically indicted the Niger Delta Development Commission and the Nigeria Customs Service which he said are still enmeshed in corruption even under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Sagay said these in […]
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a fresh raid on a property belonging to the former Comptroller-General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko-Inde has recovered 42 cargo tricycles, 32-seater Nissan bus and other items. The seizures were made from a large warehouse located on Nnamdi Azikiwe Road Bye Pass, Kaduna purportedly belonging to a former Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs […]
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Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has launched the rehabilitation of rural roads with about 57.8 kilometres worth N1.7 billion at Ribah village, Zuru Local Government Area of the state. Governor Bagudu, who flagged-off the projects, on Wednesday, said his administration would commence new projects to ensure he fulfilled all his campaign promises. The rehabilitation of roads was from […]
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The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has remitted N408 million to the federal government between January to September 2016. This was even as the Council recorded 35 per cent performance in the implementation of the 2016 budget between the same periods. Speaking recently, the Executive Secretary of NSC, Barrister Hassan Bello, stated that the Council has recorded 23 per cent performance […]
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said products standards control is the responsibility of Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), not the NCS. The Acting Public Relations Officer, NCS, Mr Joseph Attah, made the clarification while reacting to the recent seizure of substandard tyres by SON in Lagos. He told journalists in Abuja that the function of customs was to […]
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As the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, kick-starts implementation of the Minimum Safety Standard for Trucks in Nigeria today, FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has disclosed that over 1,000 people have so far lost their lives between December 2016 and January 2017 as a result of auto crashes caused by tanker drivers. He also said that about 308 auto […]
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No fewer than 25 people were on Monday feared dead on the ever-busy Owerri – Onitsha expressway in Imo State when two heavy duty trucks collided with two hummer buses. The tragedies happened at Catering school Junction and Okpokija Junction, respectively in Irete community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state between 4 and 4: 20 pm […]
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