Highway – City Business News

May 24, 2026 No Responses

Police Rescue Young Shall Grow Passengers Kidnapped Along Benin-Lagos Highway

All 13 passengers abducted from a commercial bus operated by Young Shall Grow Motors along the Benin-Lagos Expressway have been rescued by operatives of the Edo State Police Command after a coordinated operation involving drones, aerial surveillance and bush-combing tactics.The...

January 11, 2026 No Responses

Umahi: Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway To Be Tolled Immediately After Completion

The Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway will be tolled immediately it is completed and inaugurated, the Minister of Works, Senator Dave Umahi, has said.Umahi said this on Saturday in Lagos during an inspection tour of the ongoing highway project, stressing that to...

November 20, 2024 No Responses

Dantsoho Seeks Completion Of International Highway, Rail Routes To Ensure Service Provision To Landlocked Countries

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho has advocated for among other measures, the sustained pursuit and completion of the international highway, and rail routes cutting across Hinterland and Coastal, such as the Nig...

February 12, 2024 No Responses

Lagos Begins Arrest, Prosecution Of Pedestrians Crossing Highway

The Lagos State Government has commenced arrest and prosecute of pedestrians crossing any highway across the state. A statement issued on Sunday by the Lagos State Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, explained that officia...

January 25, 2023 No Responses

FRSC Recovers, Returns N3.2m To Accident Victim

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kogi Sector Command on Tuesday recovered and returned the sum of N3. 2 million to the family of an accident victim in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the money...

April 10, 2022 No Responses

FRSC Battles To Clear 48-Hour Obajana Gridlock

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday brought a 48-hour gridlock at Obajana, Kogi, to an end. The gridlock was caused by multiple breakdowns of obsolete trucks along the Kabba-Lokoja-Abuja Road. The Obajana portion of the road which host...

January 3, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Boss Lauds Minister For Prompt Evacuation Of Fallen Tanker

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, has commended the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, for aiding the speedy removal of a fallen tanker on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Oyeyemi praised the minister in...

November 2, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Seeks Relocation Of Markets From Highways

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has urged local governments in the country to relocate markets from highways. He made the call in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the Public...

October 31, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Boss Orders Immediate Resumption Of Operational Activities

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has ordered the immediate resumption of all operational activities across the country. Oyeyemi gave the order in a statement issued by Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps...

December 16, 2019 No Responses

FRSC Deploys 1,500 Personnel To Kano Highways

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano State Command, has deployed no fewer than 1,500 personnel and 21 patrol vehicles to major highways in the state to ensure effective traffic management and enforcement during the Yuletide.Similarly, the command had dep...

October 3, 2019 No Responses

Nigeria To Build Cash-Less Toll Plazas On Highways

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday disclosed plans to reintroduce toll plazas on its roads across the country. According to Works and Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola, cash transactions will be minimised at the toll plazas, which will be built on at....

June 26, 2019 No Responses

NCAA Probes Helicopter’s Landing On Benin-Ore Highway

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has commenced full-scale investigation to ascertain the viral video of the helicopter that landed on the Benin-Ore Expressway on Sunday. The General Manager, Public Affairs, NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, confirm...