Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority, OYRTMA is to ensure enforcement on zero tolerance to one-way traffic defaulters across the state. The Executive Chairman of OYRTMA, Mr. Akin Fagbemi, stated this while addressing Governor’s Office correspondents at the Governor’s Office, Continue Reading
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Sketchy information has it that a van enroute Iyana Agbala Iwo road lost control and rammed into a drainage. Two persons were said to have sustained injuries. Details later… Pics OlamilekanContinue Reading
Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, has called for the implementation of functional laws and regulations to curb the excesses of articulated vehicle drivers with a view to reducing road crashes in the state. The Speaker, Mr Olakunle Oluomo, stated this during the lawmakers’ visit to the scene of a fire outbreak at the proposed new […]Continue Reading
The government of Ogun State wants motorists passing through the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway to cooperate with road safety agencies and other security officials working to restore normal flow of traffic on the expressway after the fire incident that claimed lives and property at Ogere axis of the road. Two persons reportedly died in the inferno […]Continue Reading
Minister of Transportation Mr Rotimi Amaechi has inspected the level of work at the new Abeokuta Train Station in Ogun State, giving the assurance that arrangements has been concluded for the project’s inauguration by President Mohammadu Buhari.Mr Amaechi was accompanied by the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun during the inspection of facilities at the […]Continue Reading
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has expressed the determination of President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration to complete Ibadan dry port project before the expiration of his tenure. He stated this in Ibadan during a visit to Governor Seyi Makinde at the Agodi Government House, Ibadan while on assessment tour of the port. In March Continue Reading
Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC Oyo State Command says it has impounded over six thousand vehicles for various road offenses since the beginning of the year. Oyo State Sector Commander, Mrs Uche Chukwurah stated this at the launching of 30 kilometers per hour speed limit in commemoration of the 6th United Nations Global Road Safety Week 2021. […]Continue Reading
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osun State Command, has appealed to motorists to do away with reckless and dangerous driving that could lead to loss of lives and properties during and after the Salah celebrations. Osun State Sector Commander, Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, gave the advice in a statement by the command spokesperson, Mrs Agnes […]Continue Reading
Social and commercial activities have been paralyzed as tippers and quarry owners block major roads to protest the alleged burning of a truck by angry commercial motorcyclists. Last Friday, the truck was burnt following an accident involving a motorcyclist and a truck parked along High Court road in the state capital. Some of the roads […]Continue Reading
Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, has deployed six hundred and fifty operatives, 35 patrol vehicles and 20 tow trucks across the traffic corridor to ensure safety on roads during the Eid el Fitr celebration. The TRACE Corps Commander and Chief Executive, Mr Seni Ogunyemi, in a statement in Abeokuta said the one-week […]Continue Reading
Fourteen people have been confirmed dead while three persons sustained varying degree of injuries in a fatal crash that occurred on the long bridge in Lagos – Ibadan expressway. The spokesman of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the incident in statement in Abeokuta, said the fatal crash […]Continue Reading
Taxi drivers in Ondo State have been given three months ultimatum to register their cabs. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale gave the directive while addressing newsmen in Akure, the state capital Dr. Odebowale said the registration for each cab would take two thousand naira […]Continue Reading
Eight persons have died in a lone accident involving a palm oil-laden truck that plunged into a ditch in the early hours of Saturday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Radio Nigeria gathered that the accident occurred around 2 am on Saturday when the truck was ascending the November 27 overhead bridge opposite NECO office. […]Continue Reading
Chairman, Senate Committee on Works, Senator Adamu Aliero has said that the Senate would give legislative support to Ogun State Government in its bid to reconstruct 19.2 kilometres Atan Lusada Agbara road. Senator Aliero, who stated this at the sod turning ceremony for the reconstruction of Atan Lusada Agbara road, said the senate would ensure that budgetary […]Continue Reading
Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has approved the redeployment of Officers, in the capacity of Deputy Corps Marshals, Assistant Corps Marshals, Corps Commanders, Deputy Corps Commanders and intermediate ranks. In a statement by FRSC spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem, said the redeployment, which was a routine exercise, would bolster the system for Continue Reading
Five persons have died while two others sustained injury in a fatal crash that occurred on Iperu axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mrs Florence Okpe, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta, said the crash occurred around quarter to nine this morning. Mrs Okpe […]Continue Reading
United Kingdom’s Prosperity Fund has pledged to offer technical assistant to Ogun State Government in its efforts to put in place an efficient and sustainable transportation system. Speaking at the presentation of the report of the Committee on Transportation at Governor’s office Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Head, Prosperity Fund Nigeria, Mrs Martha Bostock, Continue Reading
The Federal Government will today inaugurate the freight services on the Warri Itakpe standard gauge rail project . The event is to be done by the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi at the Ujevwu railway station, Warri, Delta State where the rail line terminates. The Itakpe Warri railway project which connects Kogi State to […]Continue Reading
No fewer than two persons were seriously injured in the early hours today when a car loaded with about fifty bags of rice collided with another car at scout camp, challenge Ibadan. Radio Nigeria correspondent who was at the scene of the accident reports that the car with registration number LSD 258 DJ overloaded with […]Continue Reading
Two school pupils have been presumed dead while two other persons were injured in a crash that occurred on Sagamu-Ikorodu road in Ogun State. The accident involved a truck marked SHR 35 XA and a motorcycle with registration number LSD638QB reportedly conveying the pupils of Idagba Community High School, Sotubo, and Wesley Primary School, Ogijo. A witness […]Continue Reading
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has inaugurate two units of ultra-modern Okada and Tricycle loading points to ease conveyance of people to their different places of destinations. While commissioning the project stationed at the Agodi Gate’s junction in Ibadan, Governor Makinde stated that the points would be equipped with infrastructure facilities and also Continue Reading
The United States Mission in Nigeria on Thursday denied offering a new type of work visa to Nigerians between the ages of 40 and 55 years. This is in response to a supposed press release by United States Embassy announcing the work permit for Nigerians. But the US authority said the purported press release circulating […]Continue Reading
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says plans by his administration to make Ibadan Airport a regional transportation hub are on course. He made this known while receiving the Air Officer Commanding, AOC, Logistics Command, Ikeja, Air Vice Marshal Olaonipekun Makinde on a courtesy call at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan. The governor said his Continue Reading
The Osun House of Assembly has assured members of the public that the Olaiya Flyover would be delivered before expiration date. Chairman House Committee on Works and Transport, Mr. Taofeek Badmus gave the assurance while addressing newsmen after oversight visit to ongoing Olaiya Flyover and some projects in the state. Mr. Badmus noted that with […]Continue Reading
Management of Radio Nigeria, Gold FM, Ilesa has commiserated with Uniq FM ilesa over the death of one of its finest yoruba program presenters, Mr. Sunday Alakinde who died this morning in a ghastly road accident along Ilesa/Akure express way. The General Manager, Mr. Adedamola Tinubu who led the management team to Uniq FM, described […]Continue Reading