SOKOTO – Former Sokoto State Governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has flagged off the construction of the 35.7-kilometre Gidanmadi–Binji–Gande Road Project valued at N11.84 billion. The project, financed through a partnership between the Sokoto State Government and the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project…
ABUJA — The Senate has urged the Federal Government to provide increased funding for the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to accelerate the rehabilitation of critical federal roads across the country, describing improved road maintenance as essential for economic growth, security and public safety. The resolution followed the adoption of a report by the Senate…
OSOGBO – The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Osun State chapter, has constituted caretaker management committees to oversee the affairs of transport unions across the state following the leadership crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). The decision comes after the suspension of transport union activities in public motor parks…
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has threatened to recommend the suspension of Royal Air Maroc’s operations in Nigeria over alleged persistent violations of passenger rights and failure to comply with regulatory directives. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the NCAA, Michael Achimugu, disclosed this in a statement posted on his official…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has unveiled its 2025 by-laws, describing the revised framework as a major step towards improving airport governance, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance across the country’s airports. The new by-laws, launched on Thursday by the Chairman of the FAAN Board, Abdullahi Ganduje, represent the authority’s first comprehensive review of…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has launched the first phase of its Sustainable Waste Management Programme at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, with the introduction of colour-coded recycling bins to promote proper waste separation and environmental sustainability. The initiative, unveiled on Thursday, is aimed at improving waste management practices and creating…
The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested 26 suspects during a clean-up enforcement operation aimed at removing street urchins, miscreants, drug addicts, illegal commercial motorcycle riders, street traders, illegal ticket operators and other suspected criminal elements from parts of the state. According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Director of Public Affairs of the…
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos The Federal Government has profiled all 40 newly inaugurated Coastal Road Guards, documented details of their guarantors and fitted tracking devices to their official motorcycles as part of measures to safeguard the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway from vandalism and other illegal activities. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olufemi Dare, disclosed…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, has prosecuted 63 motorists before a Mobile Court in Sagamu for various traffic offences as part of its ongoing Special Intervention Patrol, codenamed “Operation ABO, Safe Passage.” The offenders were arraigned before Magistrate Fisayo W. Okuboyejo, who convicted all 63 motorists. No case was discharged or…
