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Airfares Rise as Exchange Rate Hits N702/$

Web News 20 June 2023 676 0

Airfares on Nigeria routes to various destinations in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and other foreign cities have skyrocketed as the exchange rate for ticket pricing hits N702/$. The development came barely one week after the Central Bank of Nigeria floated the naira and directed Continue Reading

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FRSC Diverts Traffic on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Web News 19 June 2023 262 0

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced fresh traffic diversion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway due to ongoing reconstruction work. Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, in a statement on Sunday, said in continuation of the ongoing rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the traffic has been diverted from linking the expressway at New Garage Continue Reading

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Three Dead, Others Injured in Abeokuta-Sagamu Accident

Web News 18 June 2023 916 0

By Olajumoke Idowu  Three persons have been confirmed dead and two others were injured yesterday in an accident involving a car and a truck on the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway in Ogun state. The Spokesperson of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Mr Akinbiyi explained that the […]Continue Reading

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Father, 4 Children, Others Die in Kwara Boat Accident

Web News 14 June 2023 622 0

No fewer than 100 persons, including a father and his four children, have lost their lives in a boat mishap at Egbu village, Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. Newsmen gathered the incident happened on Monday when the deceased was returning from a marriage ceremony at neighbouring Egboti village in Niger State. It was […]Continue Reading

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Operations Resume at Motor Parks in Oyo

Web News 5 June 2023 322 0

By Bunmi Agboola Regular operations have resumed at various motor parks in the state capital, Ibadan, merely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new Executive Council members of the Parks Management System, PMS, in Oyo State. A visit to several parks within the Ibadan metropolis by Radio Nigeria revealed that transporters had occupied the […]Continue Reading

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Makinde Constitutes New PMS Exco, Omolewa, Ejiogbe, Tokyo Make list

Web News 5 June 2023 915 0

By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State government has named Alhaji Tomiwa Omolewa as chairman of the Management Committee for the Park Management System (PMS), while Alhaji Kasali Ajisafe Lawal will serve as the Secretary. The government also ordered the reopening of the parks which had been under lock and key following the dissolution of the PMS […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Govt Mulls Interim Committee for Park Management System

Web News 1 June 2023 317 0

By Iyabo Adebisi In a bid to find lasting solution to the crises rocking park management system PMS, Oyo State Government is to set up an interim committee to oversee the management of the transportation system in the state.  This was unanimously agreed upon by warring factions in the transport unions in the state at […]Continue Reading

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ACOMORON Beseech OYHA on Law Regulating Commercial Tricycle Operations

Web News 31 May 2023 357 0

By Mosope Kehinde Oyo State Amalgamated Commercial Tricycles, Motorcycles Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, (ACOMORON) has appealed to the incoming 10th Oyo State House of Assembly to formulate law that will recognize the union as the sole administrator of motorcycle riders in the state  ACOMORAN State Chairman, Solomon Olugbode who made the appeal while […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Govt. Dissolves PMS Disciplinary Committee

Web News 29 May 2023 432 0

By Iyabo Adebisi The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has ordered the dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee, Park Management System headed by Alhaji Mukaila Auxiliary. The newly appointed Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, who disclosed this in a statement today, Friday May 29, 2023, said the dissolution is with immediate effect. The statement […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Govt Approves Dualisation of Akobo-Ojurin-Odogbo Barracks Road

Web News 27 May 2023 688 0

By Iyabo Adebisi Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has approved the dualization of Akobo-Ojurin- Olorunda Abaa/Odogbo Barracks by N.O Idowu College. In a statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Joel Olaleye Ajagbe, the project will be executed by Lagelu Local Government at a cost of N9.6 billion.  […]Continue Reading

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Commuters trapped as Tanker Explodes in Kogi

Web News 21 May 2023 359 0

A fuel-laden tanker has exploded following a crash along the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway area of Kogi State. It was gathered that the truck driver was conveying the fuel to a destination in the state when he lost control and rammed into other vehicles. According to report, the explosion occurred due to the impact of the collision, […]Continue Reading

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FG Fires FAAN MD

Web News 21 May 2023 294 0

The Federal Government has removed the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Captain Rabiu Yadudu. This is as the FG approved the appointment of the current Manager, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Kabir Mohammed, as the new FAAN managing director. He is expected to assume duty next week. Mohammed before his […]Continue Reading

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Aviation Ministry Gets New Name

Web News 18 May 2023 502 0

The Federal Government on Wednesday renamed the Ministry of Aviation to the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika said that aviation and aerospace were intertwined and Nigeria had the need to proactively set its policies to align with future occurrences. The Minister made the announcement at the sidelines of the […]Continue Reading

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FRSC to Prosecute Trucks Conveying Passengers

Web News 12 May 2023 601 0

The Federal Road Safety Corps has said it will start impounding haulage trucks conveying passengers. The Sector Commander in Kaduna State, Mr Zubairu Mato, said this on Thursday in Kaduna at a stakeholders engagement on rising fatalities involving haulage trucks carrying passengers. The theme of the event was “Reducing Road Traffic Crashes Through Stakeholders Engagement”. Continue Reading

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Group Cautions against Airport Concession

Web News 4 May 2023 581 0

By Dayo Adu The Southwest Development Stakeholders Forum, SWDSF, has cautioned against the planned concession of the nation’s airports before the May 29 inauguration of the new administration. The forum stated that hastening the handover of the airports to private Investors without recourse to due process would plunge the growing aviation sector into industrial Continue Reading

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Oyo Assembly Passes Bill Restricting Movement of Motorcycles

Web News 3 May 2023 634 0

By Mosope Kehinde Aimed at controlling the movement of commercial motorcycles, the Oyo State House of Assembly has passed a bill stipulating that motorcycles are not expected to be on the roads beyond 10 pm. The “Control of Commercial Motorcycles (Further Amendment) Bill, 2019,” passed into law at plenary held on Tuesday, prescribes fines ranging […]Continue Reading

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Truck Tyres Kill Vulcaniser in Osun

Web News 29 April 2023 591 0

By Adenitan Akinola  A middle-aged vulcaniser on Saturday morning died after tyres from a truck got detached and slammed into him at high speed along with an iron rod. The unfortunate incident happened in front of his vulcanizing stand, located along Fakunle Area, Osogbo, Osun State capital. It was learnt that the accident, which occurred […]Continue Reading

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Many Burnt to Death as Vehicle Conveying Gas Explodes in Osun

Web News 29 April 2023 454 0

By Mojisola Oladele A vehicle containing gas has exploded, leading to fire outbreak along Ode-Omu road, in Ayedaade Local Government of Osun State.  Radio Nigeria gathered that the incident affected other vehicles and killed some road users. Confirming the incident, Osun State FRSC Sector Route Commander, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi who said some people were burnt […]Continue Reading

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Air Peace Offers to Evacuate Nigerians from Sudan

Web News 24 April 2023 254 0

The Chairman, Air Peace, Allen Onyema has expressed the willingness to evacuate Nigerians who are stranded in Sudan, North-East Africa free of charge. In a statement on Monday, he said Nigerian students and others stranded in the war-racked nation urgently “need our help.” ”If the Nigerians could be moved to a neighbouring country the airline […]Continue Reading

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Motor Parks Witness Low Turnout as Holiday Winds Up

Web News 24 April 2023 485 0

By Jeff Ahonmisi/Fasilat Lawal The Agodi Gate motor park in Ibadan witnessed a few passengers traveling back to their respective destinations after observing the public holiday declared by Federal Government to celebrate Eid-El-Fitri. Speaking with Radio Nigeria, an Official of the Park Management system Agodi unit, who craved anonymity said people coming out from the […]Continue Reading

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Bus Driver Dies after Collision with BRT

Web News 19 April 2023 349 0

A tragedy occurred on Wednesday morning in Lagos State when a yet-to-be-identified commercial bus driver lost his life after his bus somersaulted following a collision with a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle. The accident occurred on the Ifako Bridge inward Ogudu on the Oworonshoki Expressway in Lagos. According to an eyewitness, the fully loaded commercial bus […]Continue Reading

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Commuters Groan as Gridlock Worsens

Web News 14 April 2023 511 0

Commuters are presently stuck on the Long Bridge, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway due to the ongoing reconstruction of the road. Although there have been traffic improvements throughout the week on the road until Friday when the usual long hours of gridlock resurfaced. According to reports movement inward Lagos was at a standstill, […]Continue Reading

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Aviation Unions Threaten to Withdraw Services

Web News 13 April 2023 357 0

Unions in the Aviation Industry have threatened to withdraw their services over the non-release of the reviewed Condition of Service, CoS as negotiated between them and four aviation agencies for over seven years. Others are the non-implementation of minimum wage consequential adjustments and arrears for the Nigeria Meteorological Agency, NiMet since 2019 and the planned Continue Reading

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Repair: Osun Govt Closes Ife-Ede Road for Three Weeks

Web News 12 April 2023 504 0

By Olubunmi Adewumi Osun State government has ordered the immediate closure of Ife-Ede Road for three weeks as construction activities commenced on a section of the road in Ile-Ife. In a statement issued in Osogbo and signed by the spokesperson for the governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the directive followed the inspection of […]Continue Reading

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FG remains committed to bridging Nigeria’s infrastructural gap – Minister

Web News 7 April 2023 312 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Federal Government has renewed its commitment to the efforts at bridging the nation’s infrastructure gap through a gradual process of repairs, renewal and construction on major highways across the country. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola gave the assurance at the official handing over of the eight hundred and fifty Continue Reading