The World Bank in the latest trade logistic performance index ranking released has categorized Nigeria among the lowest ranking countries with 2.63 score. Nigeria was ranked the 90th position among the 160 countries watched while Germany is the top performer for the third time and Syria ranked lowest. World Bank noted that progress in logistics performance has […]
Julius Berger Nigeria Plc., who is currently handling the ongoing rehabilitation of the Barliet to Ilasa section of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway says it will be completed next week. The firm had been mobilized to site in May, by Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State following the public’s constant worry over their hardship on the dilapidated […]
RESIDENTS of Miniorlu in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State have appealed to Governor Nyesom Wike to repair the road linking their community. The road, which had been in bad shape for the past three years, was graded late last year by Winners’ Chapel Church in Mgbuoba. Most shops and businesses located along the […]
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has said the federal government will need as much as N1.7 trillion to complete about 206 road projects it awarded in the past. Fashola however noted that the three ministries under him have only N433 billion earmarked for them in the 2016 budget. He explained […]
The Nigerian Air Force, yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company, IVM, Nnewi, Anambra state for research and production of spare parts for its fighter jets. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, told newsmen in Nnewi, Anambra that the collaboration between the company and the Air Force […]
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. […]
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 - […]
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 […]
The rivalry between the two car hire service groups at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja escalated recently leading to physical confrontation at the airport over car hire operational rights. Members of the two groups - Airport Car Hire Association of Nigeria (ACHAN) and Viko Nigeria Ltd, operators of an online airport car hire services […]
Lagos — Commuters plying the Mile 12 road are presently groaning due to the gridlock witnessed on the road in the last two weeks. The gridlock is reportedly caused by the construction works, including barricades, going on in the area. A commuter who regularly plies the road, Mrs Kemi Lawal, said that she almost received […]
