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…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ogun State says the state government have stopped its members from collecting levies on its behalf from transporters at motor parks According to a statement by the state Commissioner of Information Abdulwaheed Odusile on Monday, the development became necessary due to the internal squabble over…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than seven persons have been killed while many were seriously injured as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers clashed in Effin, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Though details of what led to the clash were still sketchy at the time of filing this report, a…
