NURTW Crisis: Lagos Assembly Speaks on Suspension of Union Activities
The Lagos State House of Assembly has said there should not be any contention over the steps being taken by the State Government following the crisis currently rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). Hon. Temitope Adewale, Chairman…
HURIWA Holds Lagos State Govt. Liable For Ritual Killing Of Miss. Oluwabamise, Insists On N1bn Damages
Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has said it received with shock and trepidation the killing of a 22-year-old lady, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing after boarding a Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle. It said the civil rights…
Debut SA Diaspora To Gov. Uzodinma Encourages Imolites To Get Behind International Women’s Day
The first Special Adviser (SA) on diaspora to Gov. Uzodinma, Hon. Cllr. Celia Osakwe-Hibbert, has encouraged imolites to queue behind International Women’s Day. While wishing Imo State citizens a “Happy International Women’s Month!” ahead of the International Women’s Day on…
Enugu Killings: Real Reasons State Govt Banned Keke, Tipper, Okada, Others
Following the recent killings of innocent citizens by gunmen in some communities in Nkanu East and West local government areas, facts have emerged on why Enugu State Government banned the use of Keke, Tricycles, motorcycles, tippers in some communities in…
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident Claims 17 Lives
17 persons lost their lives in a head-on collision involving a Mazda bus and a petroleum tanker at about 5.00 am on Friday, before Isara bridge, on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. In a statement by the Public Education Sector Officer of…
Oyo Govt. Rescues Victims, After Trailers Ram into Akinyele Resettlement Area
The Oyo State Government, yesterday rescued some victims of an accident which occurred at exactly 4:37am involving two trailers that rammed into the Resettlement center, Akinyele Ibadan. According to the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Kafilat Olayiwola,…
Can Oga Bello Save Abuja Transportation System?
By Emmanuel Onwubiko In 1998 when I arrived Abuja, I did so without the privilege of owning my own car but transporting myself from Karimo to The Guardian newspaper’s office in Zone 1 Wuse as it then was, was a…
RRS Arrests Kunle Poly, Sego Over Idumota NURTW Clashes
Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS), led by its Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi has arrested the two principal suspects in the constant clashes in Idumota of Lagos Island and its environs which has intermittently crippled commercial activities in the area. The…
Police Deploy Operatives As Four Die in Factional NURTW Clash In Lagos
…As Kunle Poly Denies Involvement the crisis in Idumota Fingers Mc Oluomo Lagos State Police Command has said that a combined team of police and other security agents has been deployed to Idumota and its environs on Lagos Island to…
OYRTMA Establishes New Operational Commands in Ogbomosho
The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority, (OYRTMA), Dr Akin Fagbemi, says the authority has established a new operational command along Ladoke Akintola University and four other areas in Ogbomosho, to enhance safety on the Zone’s road network….
Kogi People Hype Gov. Bello on Infrastructural Development
…As Engr. Abubakar Ohere Says Ongoing Road Construction in Lokoja, Fulfilment of Gov. Bello’s Second Term Promise to Impact More on Infrastructure Development The commencement of work on the rehabilitation of the whole Lokoja township roads has been described as…
