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March 16, 2023 No Responses

FEC Approves N15b For Road Linking 2nd Niger Bridge, €3.7m For Power

The Federal executive Council has approved N15 billion for the construction of an access road linking the Benin-Asaba expressway to the second Niger bridge. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents...

June 16, 2022 No Responses

FEC Approves N90.8b For Kashimbila-Takum-Chanchangi Road, Airport Equipment

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N90.8 billion for the rehabilitation of Kashimbila-Takum-Chanchangi road in Taraba and the procurement equipment for some airports in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that N66.9 billion of...

May 31, 2022 No Responses

New FRSC Unit Commander Pledges To Tackle Accidents Along Zaria-Kano Road

Assistant Corps Commander Abdurrahman Yakasai has assumed duty as Unit Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Zaria, Kaduna State. The new commander, who addressed staff of the unit on Monday, pledged to tackle the high rate of traffic...

April 9, 2022 No Responses

Lagos To Divert Traffic As FG Embarks On Road Maintenance

Lagos State government has mapped out alternative routes for motorists, following notification by the Federal Ministry of Transportation on maintenance work on some roads. The roads to be maintained are Abule Nla, Brewery and Gaskiya Level Crossings.&nbs...

March 30, 2022 No Responses

NIMASA: Barge Operations Critical To Reducing Gridlock On Ports Access Road

The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says a well-regulated barge operating industry in the maritime sector is critical to ending gridlocks on ports access roads in the country. The Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, made th...

March 7, 2022 No Responses

VIO Prosecutes 1,678 Road Traffic Offenders

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) prosecuted 1,678 persons for various road traffic offences in 2021. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday, Mr Wadata Bodinga, Director, DRTS explain...

August 1, 2021 No Responses

Roads Construction: FG Refunds N143bn To Five States

Minister of State, Works and Housing, Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, on Saturday, disclosed that the Federal Government had refunded N143 billion to five states for constructing federal roads. He made the disclosure during a visit to Gov. Atiku Bagudu...

April 11, 2021 No Responses

Police Dismantles Road Blocks On Lagos-Badagry Expressway

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, on Saturday ordered the dismantling of all illegal police road blocks on Lagos-Badagry expressway. The state police command’s Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, explained in a statement...

January 8, 2021 No Responses

FRSC Records 10,522 Road Accidents, 4,794 Deaths In 2020

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says no fewer than 10, 522 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) were recorded nationwide in 2020 involving 17,614 vehicles. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in an.....

January 3, 2021 No Responses

Rivers To Inaugurate Six Roads, Jetty

The Rivers State Government has concluded arrangement to inaugurates six completed road projects in seven Local Government Areas (LGA) of the State. The state Commissioner of Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who an...

November 12, 2020 No Responses

Road Accidents:FRSC Urges partnership With Stakeholders

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Katsina State Sector Command, has urged all stakeholders to partner with the corps to reduce the high rate of accidents on the highways that result in loss of lives and property. The Sector Commander, Mr...

September 4, 2020 No Responses

Ogun Seeks FG’s Nod To Fix Agbara-Atan, Abeokuta-Lagos Roads

Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun on Thursday at the State House, Abuja, presented a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting for Federal Government’s permission to reconstruct the damaged Agbara to Lusada to Atan road in the state.&nbsp...

July 6, 2020 No Responses

FRSC Redeploys Fomsuk, Olagunju, Agu, Others

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has approved immediate redeployments of one Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM) and six Assistant Corps Marshals (ACM) as part of measures to sustain efficiency ...

November 28, 2019 No Responses

FG Approves N19b For Road Projects In FCT, Oyo, Kano

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved over N19 billion for the construction of road projects in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Oyo and Kano States. The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this when he...