Forty-five drivers in the employ of the Federal Capital Territory Administration have threatened to embark on strike over alleged misappropriation of their salaries and allowances by the management of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council. The drivers, who were being owed four months salaries and travel allowances, accused the AMMC Coordinator, Hajia Sefinatu Tania, of being indifferent to their plight despite […]
Continue reading »The LAGBUS Asset Management Limited says drivers, who protested against deduction in their salaries on Tuesday, are not its workers. It added that the protesters worked with Primero Transport Services Limited, which operates Lagos Bus Rapid Transport, contrary to their portrayal as LAGBUS workers. The Punch had reported that many commuters were stranded on Tuesday after the drivers trooped to […]
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Commuters in Lagos State on Tuesday groaned as drivers of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transport downed tools over alleged delay in the payment of their salary. The scheme, being operated by Primero Transport Services Ltd., provides bus services along dedicated lanes or corridor in the Lagos metropolis. The company, which began operation in November 2015, has 434 buses in its […]
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The members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union (PTD) are presently protesting the suspension of loading petroleum products at the Kaduna refinery by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG).
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Hundreds of commuters plying the Kaduna–Abuja Road were on Wednesday stranded as angry motorists blocked the road following the accidental killing of a traveller by men of the Department of State Security (DSS) along the expressway. It was learnt that the victim and her five children who boarded a commercial vehicle from Abuja to Kaduna was hit by a stray […]
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No fewer than 1,000 bus drivers staged a protest march through the streets of Ilorin on Monday over the arrest of one their members by the Kwara State Road and Traffic Management Agency. The driver was said to have been arrested by the officials of KWARTMA for allegedly flouting traffic regulations. He was said to have contacted his colleagues who […]
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