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Edo’s highway crisis: Three days in gridlock, stranded corpse exposes road disaster
The deplorable state of both federal and state roads in Edo State is no longer news. The story did not read more Edo’s highway crisis: Three days in gridlock, stranded corpse exposes road disaster
From farm to market: Trans-Saharan highway offers new hope to farmers along Ebonyi-Benue corridor
For years, farmers in communities along the Ebonyi-Benue axis have battled a challenge that goes beyond poor harvests: getting what read more From farm to market: Trans-Saharan highway offers new hope to farmers along…
Bandits Block Highway, Abduct 9, As 15 Katsina Villages Lie Deserted
Fresh attacks by suspected bandits have forced residents to abandon at least 15 communities in Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State, following the abduction of nine travellers along the Funtua–Dandume highway.…
Nigeria’s $13bn Lagos-Calabar Highway triggers speculative real estate boom
.Land value appreciates by 133 percent in two years The ongoing construction of the 700-to-750-kilometre Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, a $13 billion infrastructure project, is set to fundamentally reshape southern…
Pothole claims Customs officer’s life on Ikom-Calabar highway
A 54-year-old Customs officer, Prince Etteng Ise, has died in a lone road crash allegedly triggered by an attempt to avoid a pothole on the Ikom-Calabar Highway in Cross River State. Ise, who was serving at the Mfum…
Why Lagos-Calabar coastal highway?
I guess it is not by accident that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR is constructing a highway between Calabar and Lagos. The construction is political, historical and economical. I will dwell on the historical aspect.…
Ondo Communities Draw Battle Line With Umahi Over Alleged Marginalisation In Coastal Highway Project
Members of Ilaje communities in Ondo State have drawn a battle line with the minister of Works, David Umahi, over an alleged marginalisation of their areas from the Calabar -Lagos Coastal Highway project. The…
Gridlock: Hundred of passengers stranded along Lokoja-Abuja road
Following gridlocked between Lokoja and Abuja highway, hundreds of passengers have been left stranded since Thursday night up till Saturday. Nigerian Tribune correspondent who visited the highway discovered that many…
When the hunters become the hunted: How intelligence, technology close in on Auchi-Okene-Abuja highway kidnappers
By Akindele Adegebo For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched,…
Gridlock: Travellers Stranded On Lokoja-Abuja Highway
Passengers and motorists have been stranded for days on the Lokoja-Abuja highway following a prolonged gridlock triggered by the deplorable condition of the road, ongoing repair works and a road accident at Bada. The…
Appraisal of Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, and Other Matters
Nduka Nwosu Charles Aniagolu, the anchor of ARISE NEWS’ Prime Time, has turned the platform to a must view for curious watchers of national and global issues. One always comes
How NOUN Bursar Was Killed In Zamfara — Police
The Bursar of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Mallam Nasiru Gusau Marafa, has been killed by suspected bandits while travelling along a major highway in Zamfara State, the police have confirmed. Marafa…
Customs officer dies in C’River crash
A 54-year-old Customs officer, Mr Etteng Ise, has died in a lone motor accident along the Ikom-Calabar Highway in Cross River. The accident occurred near Alesi Village in Ikom Local Government Area at about 2:56 p.m. on…
Peter Obi Cautions Against Violent Campaign As Youths Block Him From Entering Benue
Some angry youths suspected to be loyalists of one of the political parties mounted road blocks on the two-lane Makurdi-Gboko federal highway, preventing him from passing through to Yelewata where he was billed to meet…
Breaking: Grief as popular custom boss dies on known expressway
A popular and influential Nigerian customs officer has reportedly died in a major and well-known highway. You should read the mystery surrounding his death.
Customs officer dies in Cross River auto crash
A 54-year-old Customs officer, Prince Etteng Ise, died in a lone auto crash on the Ikom-Calabar Highway in Cross River State while avoiding a pothole. Read More:…
JUST IN: Gas truck collision triggers emergency shutdown on Kwara highway
A multiple-vehicle collision involving a gas truck has triggered an emergency shutdown on Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Ilorin. Read about the Kwara gas accident. Read More:…
UPDATED: Gas truck collision triggers emergency shutdown on Kwara highway
A gas truck collision on Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Ilorin triggered an emergency shutdown after a Sienna with gas cylinders suffered brake failure and crashed. Read More:…
FG Defies Benin-Asaba Highway Concessionaire, Orders Emergency Action
• Umahi: Over 80% of inherited federal roads under rehabilitation •Tinubu approves redesign of 400km Lokoja-Benin-Warri road •Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano road to be completed by December Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Minister
How intelligence, technology, VCRU are closing in on Auchi–Okene kidnappers
By AKINDELE ADEGEBO For years, the Auchi–Okene–Abuja highway and its surrounding communities have carried a reputation that no Nigerian traveller would wish to associate with a journey home: the fear of being watched,…
Umahi Orders Emergency Repairs On Benin-Agbor-Asaba Road
Minister of Works, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, has directed the immediate deployment of major contractors to three sections of the Benin-Asaba Highway to restore the failed portions and end the suffering of motorists and…
Obi Benue Visit: NDC Never Told Me To Transmit Letter To Governor, I Provided Only Security – CP
The clarification comes amid controversy over the disruption of Obi’s movement in Benue State, after youths blocked his convoy along the Makurdi-Gboko Federal Highway on Tuesday. The post Obi Benue Visit: NDC Never Told…
Three die, 20 injured in Osun highway crash
Three persons have been killed and 20 others injured in a road crash involving a Toyota Hiace bus and a Volkswagen Golf car at Tonkere town, along the Ife-Ilesa Expressway in Osun State. The accident, which occurred on…
Where is the Minister of Works?
“I beg, where is the Minister of Works?” That’s the cry of anguish from a frustrated commuter held for a multiple of hours on the dilapidated Benin to Sapele highway in the penultimate week. During the same period,…
NYSC Abduction: Stakeholders Demand Intelligence, Surveillance To Secure Highways
The recent abduction and release of 15 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members while travelling through Kogi State have triggered fresh demands for intelligence-driven security on Nigerian roads. Some stakeholders…
FG and Umahi’s roads to hell – 2
By Dele Sobowale The Benin-Agbor-Asaba highway to sudden death symbolizes everything wrong with how the Federal Government and Minister David Umahi have been managing Nigerian roads. The horrors of that road are being…
Ondo coastal communities cry foul over Lagos-Calabar highway route diversion
Lawyers and other stakeholders from Ondo State have accused the Federal Ministry of Works of marginalizing coastal communities in the Ilaje Local Government Area through the alleged diversion of the Lagos-Calabar…
Respite for motorists in Zuba as FCTA clears refuse dump
There is respite for motorists plying the federal highway in Zuba, Abuja, following the evacuation of a refuse heap that had occupied part of the road and contributed to traffic gridlock in the area. The Abuja Metro…
FG Moves To Terminate Benin-Asaba Road Concession Over Contract Breaches
The Federal Controller of Works in Edo State, Babatunde Tajudeen, said the Federal Ministry of Works was exploring measures to restore the highway and ease the hardship faced by motorists. The post FG Moves To Terminate…
Customs officer dies in Cross River crash
A 54-year-old Customs officer, Mr Etteng Ise, has died in a lone motor accident along the Ikom-Calabar Highway in Cross River. The post Customs officer dies in Cross River crash appeared first on Vanguard News.
Kogi EXCO Lauds Tinubu Reconstruction Of Abuja-Lokoja-Okene-Benin Road
Kogi State Executive Council has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his administration’s developmental strides, particularly the ongoing reconstruction of the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene-Benin Highway. The commendation…
