FEDEX TO SETTLE DRIVER LAWSUITS IN 20 AMERICAN STATES FOR $240 MILLION: “FedEx Ground Package System Inc. has agreed to pay drivers in 20 states $240 million to settle lawsuits claiming the second-largest U.S. parcel delivery company misclassified them as independent contractors, it said on June 16. The settlement, if approved, would be divided among 12,000 drivers…”
ALL SET FOR THE COMMISSIONING OF $1.04 BILLION ABUJA-KADUNA RAILWAY (PICTURES): “…All is now set for the grand commissioning of the $1.04Billion Abuja-Kaduna high-speed rail a couple of weeks from now. But for the need to accommodate the President’s tight schedule and the on-going Islamic Fasting Season, the rail would have been…”
CHISCO BUS CARRYING IKORODU UNITED PLAYERS EN ROUTE MAKURDI CRASHES: “…Nigeria Professional Football League side, Ikorodu United, were on Friday involved in a ghastly auto crash. The accident happened at about 4pm along AMA Brewery Road 9th Mile, Enugu. Ikorodu United team from Lagos, in an auto-crash…”
APPROVAL TO SPEND ON ROADS RECEIVED– FASHOLA: “…The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday said his ministry had received the required authority to spend on road projects. According to him, the government will pay more attention to roads with the highest traffic…”
OGUN STATE COMMENCES DEMOLITION OF ILLEGAL STRUCTURES ON LAGOS-IBADAN ROAD: “…Ogun State government has started the demolition of shanties and illegal structures along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other parts of the state. The State Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning, Adebola Adeife, who disclosed this in…”
‘NIGERIA’S VEHICLE PRODUCTION CAPACITY TO HIT 200,000 BY DECEMBER’- NADDC: “…The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), yesterday, said the total installed vehicle assemblage capacity in the country will reach 200,000 before the end of the year. With new automakers, including Century Auto (Toyota)…”
6 DIE, 24 SURVIVE, IN LAGOS AUTO CRASHES: “…Six people were reportedly killed while twenty three others injured in two separate auto crashes in Lagos, Wednesday night and Thursday respectively. Five persons were confirmed dead when their vehicle rammed into a stationery truck, late…”
PROTESTERS SHUT DOWN CALABAR OVER SUPERHIGHWAY ROAD PROJECT: “…Thousands of market women and youth groups on Wednesday took to the streets of Calabar in Cross River State to express their support for the State’s 260km superhighway project. A group of environmentalists and non-governmental organisations…”
RAILWAY CONTRACTS: REPS THREATEN ARREST OF 14 FIRMS: “…The Ad-Hoc Committee of the House of Representatives investigating railway contracts awarded between 2010 and 2014 has threatened to serve arrest warrants on 14 firms. The committee said the firms handled some of the rail projects under…”
REGISTERED VEHICLES ON NIGERIAN ROADS TO HIT 10.6MILLION IN 2016- FRSC: “…Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Tuesday gave a startling revelation indicating that the Nigerian roads are congested leading to increased accidents claiming human many lives. The commission said about 10.6 million registered…”
SOKOTO TO CONSTRUCT 3 ROADS FOR N1.5BILLION: “…Sokoto State Government has approved the construction of three major roads in Sokoto metropolis at the cost of over N1.5 billion. Alhaji Mohammadu Mannir, the State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Community Development, stated this when…”
TRUCK COLLIDE WITH PEUGEOT J5 PICK-UP, KILLS SEVEN: “…No fewer than seven persons lost their lives while two others were injured in a motor accident, which occurred yesterday along Bauchi-Jos Road. Briefing newsmen, the Spokesperson of Bauchi Zonal Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps…”
RECKLESSNESS OF TIPPER DRIVERS WILL NO LONGER BE CONDONED IN ANAMBRA STATE – FRSC: “…The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said that it will no longer condone the recklessness of tipper drivers in Anambra State. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Sunday Ajayi, made this known while briefing newsmen at…”
OSHIOMHOLE PROMISES MORE ROADS EVEN AS OIL PRICE CRASHES: “…Barely three months to the end of his second term in office, Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, has assured that ongoing road projects will continue, even if price of crude oil crashes to zero…”
ASSEMBLY MOVES TO CURB VANDALISM OF LAGOS ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES: “…The Lagos State House of Assembly has resolved to call on the State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, to provide Closed Circuit Television cameras on roads across the state to monitor activities of motorists. The Assembly on Monday said the move…”
LOCALLY-ASSEMBLED VEHICLES TO GET SPEED LIMITERS: “…As part of efforts to reduce the rate of speed-related accidents in Nigeria, the National Automotive Development and Design Council has directed all vehicle manufacturing plants in the country to install the speed-limiting device in…”
26 WATER ROUTES COMING -LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT: “…The Lagos State Government has announced plans to dredge the waterways along 26 water routes within the state. This disclosure was made by the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola while delivering a paper…”
WORK RESUMES ON LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY NEXT WEEK –FASHOLA: “…The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), says contractors will resume work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway next week. Fashola, who spoke at the inaugural Buharimeter Town Hall meeting in Abuja…”
AGBAMI CO-VENTURES, LAGOS STATE PARTNER ON ROAD SAFETY: “…The Agbami Co-ventures, the Lagos State Capital Territory Development Agency (LSCTDA) and the Federal Road Safety Commission have embarked on partnership aimed at strengthening safety measures on Lagos…”
STAKEHOLDERS, FRSC PARTNER TO REDUCE CARNAGE ON BENIN-ASABA HIGHWAY: “…In a bid to reduce the high rate of motor accidents along the Benin-Asaba Expressway and the Delta State capital territory corridor, the Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency (DSCTDA), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) an…”
APM TERMINALS UNVEILS TRUCK SAFETY PROCEDURES: “…APM Terminals has unveiled new Truck Safety Programme featuring what the company described as “carefully researched and tested standard operating procedures for outside truck drivers delivering or picking up…”
CONCRETE ROAD: CEMENT MANUFACTURERS TASK FGN ON POLICY FRAMEWORK: “…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…”
MASS TRANSPORTATION: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PARTNER WITH LAGOS ON INLAND WATERWAYS: “…The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has restated the readiness of the Ministry to partner with the Lagos State Government on better ways of utilising the inland water ways to improve the transportation…”