The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that efforts are being made to place bars on some Lagos bridges to prevent indiscriminate parking of tankers and articulated vehicles. Hyginus Omeje, the FRSC Lagos State Sector Commander, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday. Mr […]
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Dr Anthonia Ekpa, Director of Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Federal Ministry of Transport, said that the ministry would inaugurate 10 Truck Transit Parks (TTP) across the country in 2019 to reduce truck accidents. Ekpa disclosed this at a news conference at the sidelines of the Annual General Meeting of the Sub-Sahara Africa Transport […]
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The Federal Government is set to enforce regulations against abuses on federal roads says the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN). Fashola said this in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) flagship interview programme, NAN Forum. He said that Federal Government was working towards the re-introduction […]
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Not less than thirty cart pushers have been arrested by the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit for alleged dumping of refuse on road medians in some parts of the state. The suspects, who reportedly disposed of the rubbish at night, were apprehended during raids by the task force operatives Olayinka Egbeyemi, […]
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Tuesday said it released 300 trucks of petrol to Lagos and 170 to Abuja, to stem long queues at filling stations. NNPC Spokesman, Ndu Ughamadu, announced the release in a statement in Abuja. This followed the call-off of the strike by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff […]
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Seven persons reportedly died while eight others sustained varying degrees of injury in a multiple auto crash involving three vehicles and 26 travellers, including drivers. The incident occurred around 5.30am on Saturday at Olorunpodo, J3, along Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway of Ogun State. Traffic report indicated that the driver of a DAF truck with the number […]
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The Lagos State Government on Friday directed owners and operators of articulated vehicles/trucks and petroleum tankers to stay away from Lagos “for now.” At a press conference jointly addressed by officials of the state as well as members of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners, AMATO, in Lagos, the government said the incessant traffic bottleneck […]
Continue ReadingIn a new twist to earlier development, the Lagos State Government says oil tankers, farm perishable produce trucks, cement mixer trucks and some others are not restricted from movement within the Lagos metropolis. This was contained in a statement, aimed at clarifiing the Section of the Road Traffic Law 2012 which restricts trailers and long […]
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