LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national president of the Association of Medical Sales Representatives Professionals of Nigeria (AMSPON) Mr Abiodun Babatunde Yaya, has called on the Lagos State government to curb the activities of street urchins, otherwise called agberos on the roads in the state. Speaking on a radio programme, “Realities of Life” on 101.FM hosted by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State House of Assembly has mulled plans to come up with a law to regulate multiple taxation by transport unions in the state. Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, gave the hint at plenary on Tuesday following a motion raised by Temitope Adewale, over a recent protest against alleged extortion…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The extortion menace that is currently impacting on haulage businesses on the Nigeria’s Apapa port corridor has now become institutionalised as truck owners and drivers now include money for extortion as part of their operational cost. They also said that the extortionists have become so brazen are ready to kill, maim and…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Roads leading to Apapa Port City, Nigeria’s premier port complex and international gateway to the nation’s economy have totally been taking over by touts popularly known as ‘Area Boys’. The presence of these miscreants along the port access roads especially the Tin-Can Island Port road have caused more harms to importers of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Parks Management Committee led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo has written to the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow his members to distribute sensitive electoral materials and transport election officials on Election Day. This appeal is stated in a letter the union wrote…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Union of Road Transport Worker, Lagos Chapter has promise to partner with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) and illicit traficking. This was done when the NDLEA Lagos State Commander, Barr. Callys Alumona and some of his management team paid a courtesy visit…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Traffic gridlocks, no doubt is a major challenge in Lagos State. On daily basis, commuters lose several man-hours on the road. Prime among the reasons for this are bad roads, obstructions, disobedient to traffic laws and indiscriminate parking of vehicles on major roads by motorists. With the government working assiduously to reduce gridlock occasioned…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What began as a minor clash between Hausa motorcyclists and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in the Iyana-Iba area of Ojo, Lagos, quickly degenerated into a tribal clash, early Monday morning, as Hausa and Yoruba youths confronted themselves, wielding dangerous weapons. The fracas according to eye witnesses…