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MORE car dealers face the likelihood of being shut down this year as the economic turbulence persists despite an interest rate cut last month , falling fuel prices and cost-cutting efforts.
Moves to convert the Nacala air base in northern Mozambique into a civilian airport are expected to advance decisively in the next three months, according to government plans confirmed this week by Transport Minister Paulo Zucula.
The enforcement of the January 1 deadline for the use of crash helmets by motorcycle riders and their passengers in the country is creating scenes and dramas around the country.
Africell Lintel Sierra Leone has handed over a brand new motorbike to Maj. Karifa Kamara of the Republic of Sierra Leone armed forces as his own share in the ongoing end of year promotion.
Shipping companies that quietly pay pirates' ransoms to recover crew and cargo are only spurring more hijackings, the chief executive of leading Belgian shipping company, Exmar, said.
The member representing Yola North, Yola South and Girei Federal Constituency, in the House of Representative, Alhaji Sa'adu M.C Tahir, has introduced a mass transit scheme to alleviate the transportation problems, being faced by the people of his constituencies.
It has been jubilation in and around Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital following the decision of the Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, to suspend the earlier decision of the executive council to ban the operation of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada as contained in a bill passed by the House of Assembly last year.
Worried by the perennial congestion that has almost paralysed business activities in the Lagos ports, President Umar Musa Yar'Adua has directed principal stakeholders to immediately look for a way to decongest the nation's seaport within 60 days.
Former Super Eagles coach Christian Chukwu escaped unhurt from a serious auto accident along Abuja-Ayangba Road Monday afternoon. Chukwu, who is currently the Technical Adviser of Rangers, was on his way back from Abuja after a weekend league match when a motorbike hurtled in front of his official vehicle.
President Umar Musa Yar'Adua has directed principal stakeholders operating in nation's seaports to work out modalities to de-congest the ports within 60 days, Minister of Transport, Alhaji Ibrahim Bio has said.
The Anambra State Government has rescinded its threat to revoke the contract awarded to Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) for work on the Azikwe Avenue in Awka.
Some owners of buildings and structures on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway yesterday said the Lagos State government would have to apply force to displace them.
Jigawa Stage government has donated 19 vehicles to communities for easy conveyance of pregnant women to hospitals during labour.Presenting nine vehicles to ni-ne communities yesterday, the state commissioner of women af-fairs, Hajiya Fatima Widi Jalo, said the gesture was extended to the communities under the sta-te government's programme 'Haihuwa lafiya'.
A customs agent, Mr Dayo Azeez, has advised the Federal Government to build more ports as a lasting solution to the problem of port congestion.Azeez, a former Vice-President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Sunday that government could build more ports by partnering with private entrepreneurs. Lagos ports have been ...
Commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, have continued to operate at Bwari without the use of crash helmets as directed by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).
Eight persons died Sunday night in a fatal accident that occurred at Pirivillage, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.An eyewitness said the crash involved a Daf truck without registration number that was loaded with bags of cement and a J5 bus with registration number XA 474 SHM.
The Lagos State Government (LASG) has concluded arrangements to revive the comatose public ferry services whose ferries plied Lagos waterways 18 years ago.
Executive members of the Self Employed Commercial Drivers Association (SECDA) yesterday condemned the recent fare hikes by commercial drivers in the Federal Capital Territory.
After more than 10 years of lying dysfunctional, the Makurdi Airport in Benue State has finally been re-opened with the restoration of commercial air flight operation by the state governor, Gabriel Suswam last month.
Arrangements have been concluded by the Plateau State government and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to procure crash helmets for motorcyclists at a subsidized rate in the state.
Motorcyclists in Niger State go about their business oblivious of the directive on compulsory use of crash helmet by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).
President Umaru Musa Yar'adua has directed principal stakeholders to immediately look for a way to decongest the nation's Seaport ports of cargo within 60 days.
An argument over an article "Motorcycle Helmet Enforcement: A Sign Of Government In Disarray" by Kola Ibrahim, published on page B3 of Daily Independent of January 2, 2009, attracted my attention to the material.
The Ministry of Infrastructure plans to introduce a National Energy Development Agency and a National Transport Development Agency this year to coordinate both sectors and promote dialogue between the private and public sectors.
Members of the House the Representatives Committee on Marine Transport, Monday toured the western ports in Lagos to assess the level of congestion that has crippled port business.
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