The National President, Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Dr Kashim Bataiya, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to ban the importation of 60,000 litres capacity trucks into the country.
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The Federal Government has disclosed it will introduce speed cameras on Nigeria’s roads to help the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) curtail excessive speeding by motorists and improve safe use of the roads. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said this yesterday after he inspected ongoing repair works on the different sections of the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway […]
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The Federal Government has paid about N700bn out of the N2.1tn liabilities for the construction of 206 road projects across the country, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Although the minister was not specific if it was the present government that paid the sum, he, however, explained that out of the N300bn already released by […]
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At least 29 cattle were drowned on Tuesday following a heavy downpour that washed away several roads in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State. Farmlands and bridges linking the people of the area to the headquarters of the local government were not spared by the rainfall that lasted for several hours.
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Being exposed to a constant barrage of traffic noise raises the risk of a heart attack, a new study has found. Those who live close to main roads or railway lines are most at risk, researchers discovered. The constant stream of sounds from cars, trains or planes puts the body under stress, increasing the risk of a myocardial infarction (MI) […]
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Commuters plying the ever-busy Benin-Auchi-Okenne Highway are groaning as a result of the pains they experience travelling through the road due to its dilapidated state, especially the four kilometres stretch after the Benin bypass, Obagie, Iruekpen, Ekpoma, Ewu, Jattu and Okpella axis. In fact, it is not possible for any vehicle to drive for two minutes without encountering bad spots, […]
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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 vehicles are estimated to ply Nigerian roads nationwide in 2016; a number it said exerts enormous pressure on available roads in the country.
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