The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has recommended that the speed limit device proposed by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) must not be limited to commercial vehicles alone but extended to all categories of vehicles, including the private ones. The National President, RTEAN, Alhaji Musa Shehu Isiwele, described limiting the speed limit […]
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has reopened Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto. A statement from FAAN spokesperson, Yakubu Datti yesterday notified all airline operators, air passengers and other airport users that the airport has since resumed normal scheduled flights. "The upgrade of the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, is with effect […]
Lagos — Foreign airlines operating in Nigeria are grumbling over their inability to repatriate proceeds from the sales of tickets in the last few months due to Foreign Exchange (FX) scarcity. It was learnt that the carriers, numbering 25, have over $100m as tickets sales proceeds stuck in the country because they could not access […]
Until last Wednesday, I never knew the mandate and responsibility of the Federal Road Safety Corps extended to investigation as to the cause of road accidents and making the reports public. Even if I ever imagined that, I could never have expected such speed of investigation and report in just three days after an accident. […]
No fewer than 16 persons were shot dead on Sunday after six gunmen stormed Ivory Coast beach resort of Grand Bassam and opened fired on tourists. Reuters reports that the dead include 14 civilians and two soldiers while the assailants were also killed. The resort is visited by both locals and foreigners. The Ivory Coast […]
A United Kingdom returnee and his younger brother were the victims of an accident on the Otedola Bridge, Toll gate area of Lagos State. While the UK returnee, whose identity had not been ascertained, was seriously injured; his brother, Oluwole Giwa, 35, who had come to welcome him home, died. The accident occurred after a […]
Kaduna, Abuja — Overspeeding, numerous potholes and the worsening state of the Abuja-Kaduna highway which links many states in the North to the FCT have gradually turned the road into a death trap, Daily Trust findings have revealed. Checks by our reporters showed that many sections of the highway - from Zuba to Kaduna - […]
A research conducted by local travel booking website Travelstart has revealed that passengers are dissatisfied with their experiences at Nigeria's airports. The research, which was conducted by way of a survey designed to gauge public sentiment around Nigeria's airports, posed questions to more than 500 frequent business and leisure travellers. The survey suggested that 92 […]
The Petroleum Tankers' Drivers (PTD), Road Transport Employers of Nigeria (RTEAN), Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)have thrown their weight behind the implementation of the speed limiter installation for vehicles in Nigeria. The group said the device, when installed, would lower the high rate of […]
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday released an interim report on the auto crash that killed the Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi and his wife and son. Mr. Oyeyemi attributed the accident to a busted tyre which resulted in the loss of control and somersaulting […]
