The Waste Mountain Beside Abuja’s Highway: How Karu Residents Are Paying the Price
NASARAWA, Nigeria – The smell reaches motorists before they see the rubbish. Beside the Nyanya–Keffi Expressway in Karu, a mountain of discarded plastic, food…
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Road Safety
LASTMA Opens Public Complaint Centre in Lagos
LAGOS, Nigeria – The LASTMA Complaint Centre has officially opened at the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority headquarters in Oshodi, providing residents with a…
Ogun Rescues 500 Crash Victims in Six Months
ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – Ogun emergency medical services rescued more than 500 road crash victims and transported over 1,000 pregnant women to health facilities within…
NUJ Seeks Insurance Cover After Road Crash
LOKOJA, Nigeria – The Kogi State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has urged the state government to establish a comprehensive insurance scheme…
FG Bars Motorcycles from Coastal Highway
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Federal Ministry of Works has banned commercial motorcycles and tricycles from the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway as authorities move to protect…
FRSC Announces Lagos-Ibadan Traffic Diversion
LAGOS, Nigeria – Motorists travelling towards Ibadan on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will face temporary traffic diversions from Thursday as authorities begin the installation of…
Motorist Dies as SUV Somersaults on Lagos Expressway
LAGOS, Nigeria – A motorist has died after a Honda Pilot Sports Utility Vehicle lost control and somersaulted multiple times along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway…
FRSC Warns Driving Schools: Profit-Driven Training Fueling Deadly Crashes
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s road safety authorities have issued a stern warning to driving schools, accusing some operators of prioritising profit over proper training,…
Reps Demand Pedestrian Bridges on Deadly Kaduna Highways
ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s House of Representatives has ordered urgent safety upgrades on two major Kaduna Road projects, warning that the highways have become…
Police Arrest Teen for Third Mainland Bridge Safety Vandalism
LAGOS, Nigeria – Police in Lagos have arrested an 18-year-old suspect for allegedly vandalising safety infrastructure on the Third Mainland Bridge, raising fresh concerns…