The Senate has asked the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to remove illegal bumps from federal roads. The upper Chamber also asked the ministry to ensure there are petrol stations on service lanes for motorists. The motion: The motion was sponsored by Barnabas Gemade, senator representing Benue north-east, and Stella Oduah, senator representing Anambra north.... Read More

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June 23, 2015

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IG deploys patrol vehicles to secure highways in replacement of road blocks

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s order on Monday that all checkpoints by the military should be withdrawn nationwide, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, said he has deployed additional 138 police patrol vehicles to fill the vacuum that has been created. Arase, who stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at a workshop on improving police response to... Read More

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August 18, 2013

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“We are too refined for that”: Police disown officers begging on highways

The Kogi State Police Command has said policemen accused of begging motorists on the Abuja-Lokoja for money to repair their patrol vehicles and to fuel them are not its personnel. It, however, promised to investigate the matter to unmask the culprits. Motorists plying the ever – busy Abuja-Lokoja Expressway, which linked the northern and southern... Read More

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October 24, 2012

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Oh, please: ‘We are yet to enforce the new Lagos traffic law’ – Lagos State govt

by Isi Esene This might surprise a lot of Lagosians, but the attorney-general of Lagos and commissioner for Justice, Ade Ipaye, along with his predecessor, Prof. Yemi Osibajo have told a Lagos High Court that the state government is yet to commence the enforcement of the new traffic law. They disclosed this on Wednesday saying... Read More

Ade Ipaye, Bamidele Aturu, highways, lagos, Lagos High Court, motocyclists, okada, Yemi Osibajo

October 22, 2012

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Rough Riding: Okada operators stage another protest in Mushin against new traffic law

by Isi Esene The enforcement of the new Lagos Traffic Law has continued to generate protests. Motorcycle operators, popularly called ‘Okada’, came out in their numbers in the Mushin area of Lagos on Monday singing solidarity songs in protest against the activities of the police and traffic management agencies in the state over the enforcement... Read More

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September 24, 2012

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Flooding: FRSC closes Lokoja-Abuja highway, announces alternative routes

by Isi Esene The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday released a list of alternative routes which can be used by motorists as a result of the flooding of roads normally used by travellers. The flooding was caused by the overflowing of the River Niger shutting off vital roads linking the Federal Capital Territory... Read More

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Remove speed bumps from federal roads | Senate tells works ministry

IG deploys patrol vehicles to secure highways in replacement of road blocks

“We are too refined for that”: Police disown officers begging on highways

Oh, please: ‘We are yet to enforce the new Lagos traffic law’ – Lagos State govt

Rough Riding: Okada operators stage another protest in Mushin against new traffic law

Flooding: FRSC closes Lokoja-Abuja highway, announces alternative routes

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