•FRSC on patrol The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that it recorded 135 road crashes that killed 61 people in its special patrol operations during the Easter and Sallah celebrations. FRSC Corps Marshall Dauda Ali Biu, while briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja, noted that the numbers fell short of what was recorded in [&hell...
•Map and flag of Kenya A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan varsity collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and seriously injuring 42, police said. The accident occurred at 5:50 pm (1450 GMT) yesterday at Maungu, 360 kilometres (220 miles) from the capital […]
Road contractors are in for a tough time as the price of bitumen, a major component used in the production of asphalt, soared by 150 percent within a period of seven months, between August 2023 and March 2024. Investigation by this paper showed that 20 tons of bitumen, which was sold at N854,375 in August […]
•Late Herbert Wigwe The Chairman and CEO of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has named the road leading to his Lagos refinery after the late Herbert Wigwe. Recall that the Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings died alongside his wife and son in an helicopter crash in California, the United States of America, reports Nigerian Tribune. [&helli...
•A section of Lagos-Ibadan-Expressway Five people have lost their lives while four others sustained injury in a road crash around Fidiwo Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. According to the Chief Routes Commander and Education Officer of the Ogun State sector of the Federal Roads Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, two vehicles were involved i...
A fatal accident involving two trucks and a bus today, around NASFAT along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway killed five people while 10 others were seriously injured. The accident said to have occurred around 9:56 am involved a Daf truck with number plate KUT561ZZ, a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number GGE84YF, and another truck without a [&h...
•FEC meeting The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a N1.07 trillion contract for the construction of the first phase of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway. Works Minister Dave Umahi said the pilot phase consist a 47.47-kilometer dual carriage way of five lanes on each side and a train track on the middle, reports The Nation. [&...
•Wale Edun The Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun believes the country is on the path to recovery, saying Nigeria was heading to economic disaster before President Bola Tinubu came to power in May. Edun disclosed this today during his appearance before the House of Representatives to speak on the […...
•Security checkpoints override Southeast roads Road travel in the South has rarely been an epic joyride, but it just got worse. Multiple checkpoints by various security agencies and touts alike – sometimes at 500-metre intervals – suggest a no-thoroughfare to the Eastern part of the country. While the need for security presence is understood b...
•Scene of the accident A fatal accident along Airport Road, Lugbe Abuja, has claimed the life of one and left the other injured yesterday evening. It was learnt that the accident happened along the outbound lane of the Umaru Musa Yaradua Expressway, commonly referred to as Airport Road, in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, reports [&...