Nigerian Lawmakers Protest Poor State of Road

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Edo House of Assembly on Wednesday called for the revocation of the contract awarded for the reconstruction of Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi road by the federal government. The Speaker, Alhaji Adjoto Kabiru, made the call at Ekpoma, Esan West local government area while leading members of the house on a ‘protest inspection’ of the road. Kabiru decried the…

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Eid El Kabir : Nigeria ‎Records 48% Reduction in Road Crashes

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]igeria has recorded a marked reduction in all road traffic crash indices during the 2017 Eid El Kabir festivities compared to those of 2016. Mr Bisi Kazeem, Public Education Officer, of the nation’s Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC)stated this on Friday while presenting the report of the FRSC’s 2017 Eid El Kabir Special Patrol exercise…

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19 Nigerians Die in Auto Crash

[dropcap]N[/dropcap]ot less than 19 persons have died in a ghastly motor accident along Kano – Katsina Road, Nigeria. The Public Relations Officer of the the nation’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr Kabir Ibrahim-Daura, disclosed this in Kano on Saturday. According to him, the incident occurred near Lambun Garban Bichi, on the…

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 Nigerian Customs Generate N183bn in 8 Months

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Tin-Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) generated N183 billion between January and August 2017, its Customs Area Controller, Yusuf Bashar said. The customs area comptroller said this in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Uche Ejesieme in Lagos on Thursday. Bashar, who compared the…

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