President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration would adopt alternative fiscal measures of funding the construction of roads aside the country’s budget, while also hinting to implement essential reforms to protect Nigerian manufacturers from unfair competition from abroad. These pronouncements were the outcome of separate meetings the president had with the permanent secretaries of the […]
The Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has revoked the operational licences of 10 courier companies for different offences ranging from unethical practices to non-renewal of licences. Senior Assistant Postmaster General of the Federation and Head of Courier Regulatory Department, Dr. Simon Emeje, announced the revocation of the licences shortly after the […]
The Courier Regulatory Department (CRD) of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) onThursday, June 25, revoked the operational licences of ABC Transport Courier Service and nine others for various offences ranging from unethical practices to non-renewal of licences. The revocation came shortly after the CRD clamped down on four other courier companies in Lagos and Ilorin […]
The days of snarling traffic jams might just be over as the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has commenced repair of bad sections on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. It was gathered that repairs were ongoing on both bounds of the carriageway and the road was being graded between Pako and Adealu bus stops, while the earth and […]
Chairman of the Lagos State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, has said that the union had added nearly 100 new buses to Bus Rapid Transport on Lagos roads, to ease transport difficulties Agbede, who spoke to newsmen on Tuesday in Lagos, said that the NURTW buses were injected […]
The High Court of Akwa Ibom State, sitting in Uyo Judicial Division, has called for an immediate end to the tolls that Akwa Ibom State Government and the Ministry of Transport collect from commercial vehicles. The tolls include regular motor park fees and other charges usually collected from commercial motor vehicle operators in the state. The court […]
The Transport Society of Nigeria (TSN) has urged the incoming administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to take affirmative actions on road transportation The society explained that this should be done through an all-inclusive National Transportation Policy (NTP), which will make provision for the creation of transportation boards at the national and state levels. Speaking recently at […]
The consistent traffic gridlock on Lagos roads has been discovered to be a major setback for businesses in the country’s commercial hub. According to economic experts the business community in Lagos loses not less than N11 billion monthly as a result of daily traffic gridlock in the city. According to an economist, Wole Sowunmi, research […]
BENIN—MINISTER of Works, Mr Mike Onolememen, has said that moves were on by his ministry to forestall accidents on newly constructed federal roads in the country, even as he appealed to drivers and other road users to adhere to standard traffic regulations to avoid accidents on the roads. He noted that following the construction of […]
Narrowness of the Mararaba-Nyanya road, which leads to and fro Abuja, makes it a death trap, Okechukwu Nnodim reports About a fortnight ago, a heavy duty truck crushed no fewer than seven cars that were trapped in traffic on the Ado end of the ever busy Mararaba- Nyanya road. The road is characterised by severe […]
