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"This is a solemn moment for all of us. When other nations were busy celebrating the festivities, we are still discussing issue of congestion. We all know the consequences of congestion both to the final consumers and the image of government."
Kaduna State police command has threatened to effect the arrest of any group of commercial riders found threatening the peace of the state, following Federal Government's directive that okada riders should start wearing crash helmet starting from the beginning of this year.
Okada riders' in Edo State yesterday stormed Goverment House on a solidarity visit to the Edo State governor for the first time since he reclaimed his mandate in November last year,while lamenting the conditions of public schools urging the government to urgently intervene as their children were subjected to inhuman conditions of learning.
DESPITE fuel prices dropping to four-year lows at the end of last month, the airline industry ended the year on a dismal note with little to look forward to .
Kenya and Uganda have announced new plans to build another railway line from Mombasa to the interior to cope with increased regional trade.
Senator Anyim Ude, representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District is the chairman Senate Committee on Aviation. Recently, he led members of his committee on a tour of various airports across the country.
TOYOTA SA says it expects to export fewer vehicles this year, but insists that for now it has no intention of following in the footsteps of its Japan-based parent, which announced this week it planned to suspend production temporarily.
THE Government will work on roads and bridges to open up rural areas for economic development, President Rupiah Banda has said.
When the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) last year fixed January 1, 2009 for the commencement of the enforcement of the revived motorcycle order that a rider should carry only one passenger and both of them should wear the crash helmets.
Ekiti State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Albanus Nwachukwu, on Wednesday said 20 commercial motorcyclists were arrested by the command in Ado-Ekiti for refusing to wear crash helmets.
The Federal Road Safety Commission Unit Commander of Kwali-Yangoji command, S.D Sifawa, has insisted that okada operators in the area council must comply with the commands directive on the use of crash helmets.
A fatal multiple auto crash along Kwali- Lokoja highway over the weekend claimed eleven lives while ten persons sustained serious injury.
Motorcyclist's enroute Gwagwalada- Kwali axis yesterday increased the charges as the Federal Road Safety Commissions directive on the use of crash helmet and life jacket commenced.
A week after the disclosure of the proposed partnership with the World Bank for intoduction of e-payment in all transaction at the nation's ports by the Council for the Regulation of Freight Forwarding (CRFFN), controversy as to the efficiency of the scheme is already brewing.
THE Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Enugu State Command yesterday threatened to clampdown on motorcyclists who have partially complied with the use of crash helmets, warning those who have not procured industrial helmets to withdraw from the road or face severe sanction.
Motorcycles in Rwanda are increasingly becoming an unreliable means of transport as they still account for a large percentage of reported road accidents and deaths, the police have said.
The National Police set as priorities for the year 2009 to reduce the crime rate, road accidents and step up policing proximity in the country.
Due to the high cost of crash helmets, the authority of Gwagwalada Area Council have agreed to procure helmets in bulk and sell them to commercial motorcyclists (operating within the council) at subsidize rates.
Some commercial motorcycle riders in Maiduguri in Borno State are now wearing painted calabash as crash helmet in disguise.Our correspondent, who monitored the use of helmets in various parts of Maiduguri yesterday, reports that some of the commercial motorcyclists were seen in some bus stops wearing what was confirmed to be painted calabash even though they were meant to look like helmets.
The National Automotive Council (NAC) said yesterday that N7 billion was disbursed to 22 companies from the Automotive Fund by the end of 2008.The Director-General, Alhaji Aminu Jalal told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the loan was in pursuit of the local content development.
The newly elected traditional ruler of Pai community at Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Mohammed Umar Pai, yesterday appealed to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to dualize Sheda-Pai road.
Commercial motorcyclists (popularly called okada riders) in Abuja yesterday complained about the high cost of crash helmets, whose prices have increased from N2, 500 N4, 500, depending on the types.
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Bwari branch, yesterday announced that transport fares at Bwari have been increased by 50 percent. The union's Public Relations Officer, Danteni Shuiab Gogo made this known during a chat with our reporter at Bwari yesterday.
Lagos State Government on Tuesday explained that the need to ensure the safety of lagosians, particularly residents and commuters at Oshodi and the ensuring of free flow of traffic necessitated the removal of illegal structures and shanties in the area last Sunday.
The Director General of the National Automotive Council (NAC), Alhaji Aminu Jalal said yesterday in Abuja that to have a Nigerian car was feasible by 2017 if there is patronage by all the tiers of governments.
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