Category: Transport Safety
TRACE Assures Effective Traffic Control, Emergency Response For Ojude Oba Festival
OLORUNDARE ENIMOLA, Lagos The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) has assured residents and visitors of effective traffic management and round-the-clock emergency and rescue services during the 2026 Ojude Oba Festival scheduled for Friday, May 29. In a statement issued by the agency’s Media and Strategy Unit, the most senior TRACE Commander overseeing…
FRSC Boss Leads Emergency Operation To Clear Abuja-Kaduna Highway Gridlock
The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, on Wednesday personally led an emergency intervention that restored free flow of traffic along the Abuja-Kaduna highway after a major obstruction caused a massive gridlock around the Azara Bridge in the Jere axis. According to a statement issued by the Corps Public Education…
FAAN Partners Judiciary, Security Agencies To Strengthen Airport Safety
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has intensified efforts to strengthen security enforcement and judicial coordination across the nation’s airports in a bid to enhance safety and maintain public confidence in Nigeria’s aviation sector. Speaking during a high-level stakeholders’ engagement on airport security and prosecution processes, FAAN stressed that offences committed within airport environments pose…
Otti Names Umuahia Bus Terminal After INEC Returning Officer
Governor Alex Otti has commissioned the newly constructed Umuahia Central Bus Terminal and named the facility after Professor Nnenna Oti, the former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer who declared him winner of the 2023 Abia governorship election. Speaking during the inauguration ceremony in Umuahia on Wednesday, Governor Otti said the decision to name…
Otti Commissions 14 Road Projects, Flags Off Aba Ring Road Construction
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has commissioned 14 newly completed road projects across Osisioma, Aba North and Aba South Local Government Areas, as part of ongoing efforts to improve infrastructure and stimulate economic activities in the state. The governor disclosed this in a statement shared on his official X handle on Wednesday, stating that…
NIWA Warns Against Overloading, Night Travel On Waterways
The acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Umar Yusuf Girei, has warned boat operators across the country against overloading and night travel ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Girei gave the warning during an interview with journalists at the NIWA headquarters in Lokoja, stressing that compliance with waterways…
Dangote Commends FRSC As Truck Crashes Drop By 56%
Dangote Cement has commended the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for its role in improving the company’s transport safety operations, following a significant reduction in crashes involving its trucks across the country. The commendation was conveyed during a visit by the Head of Transport, Dangote Group, Mr. Murillo Silva, and his team to the FRSC…
Works Ministry, Police Strengthen Partnership To Secure Highways, Road Infrastructure
The Federal Ministry of Works and the Nigeria Police Force have intensified collaboration to strengthen security on major highways and protect critical road infrastructure across the country amid ongoing federal road projects. Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this during a meeting with the Inspector-General of Police, Rilwan Disu, and his delegation at the ministry’s…
