Year: 2023

How Transport unions deface commercial vehicles, endanger commuters

The two wiper blades of the commercial bus Tajudeen Onileola drives are gone. Also, one of the vehicle’s side mirrors has disappeared. According to Tajudeen, who plies the Mile 2-Oshodi route, his vehicle’s parts did not disappear deliberately. He has, however, not bothered to replace them. On why he has not done so, he told […]

NiMet Predicts Three-day Dust Haze, Sunshine Across Nigeria

*Advises airline operators to get updated weather reports for effective planning of operations The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and sunshine from today to Tuesday across the country.The agency advised airline operators to get updated weather reports from it for effective planning in their operation, ” it said. NiMet’s Weather Outlook, released […]

Menace of agberos persists in South-West

EMBOLDENED by complicit state governments and politicians, commercial vehicle operators and transport union toughs have continued to afflict the residents of the South-West states. Among other acts of lawlessness, the recent violent clash between commercial motorcyclists and transport union enforcers (agberos) at Akute and Alagbole areas of Ogun State reminded Nigerians of an anomaly that […]

End truck drivers harassment by hoodlums, manufacturers tell Sanwo-Olu

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has called on the Lagos State Government to bring an end to the incessant harassment of manufacturers by louts, popularly called agberos. The Director-General of the Association, Segun Ajayi-Kadir stated this during his remarks at the Annual General Meeting of the Ikeja Branch of the Manufacturers Association. According to him, […]

Lagos task force to crush over 130 seized motorcycles

The Lagos State Task Force has said it would crush no fewer than 130 motorcycles seized from commercial bike operators in the Alakija, Second Rainbow area of Lagos State. The Chairman of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Agency, Shola Jejeloye, disclosed this on Friday, adding that the enforcement was a result of the […]

Spike in Cost of Drugs Widens Social Gap, Lack of Access to Healthcare

In recent times, Nigerians have had several outcries on the exponential rise in the cost of drugs and other pharmaceutical consumables following the exit of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) from Nigeria in August 2023. One of the most touching outcries was posted by an Instagram user identified as ‘roki_foods’. She shared a video showcasing two asthmatic patients, […]

Nigerian Nurse In UK Sacked, Deported Over Prayer For Dying Patient

A Nigerian healthcare worker in the United Kingdom (UK) has been fired and deported after she was reportedly seen praying for a dying elderly patient. In… A Nigerian healthcare worker in the United Kingdom (UK) has been fired and deported after she was reportedly seen praying for a dying elderly patient. In a post shared on social […]

Motorists lament as truckers block Oshodi-Apapa Expressway 

DESPITE the inauguration of the Lagos State Trucks and Cargo Operation by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to tackle traffic gridlock and restore sanity to the ports’ access roads and Apapa environs, truck drivers, yesterday, blocked the Mile 2-Oshodi expressway, causing untold hardship to motorists and commuters. Though the expressway had witnessed a brief respite, trucks and tankers, […]

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