Day: 8 February 2023

Fuel scarcity across Nigeria to reduce from next week – Officials

The NNPCL also promised that there would be an improvement in the supply of petroleum products across the country. The petrol scarcity being witnessed across the country will reduce from next week, officials said on Tuesday. The Nigerian government also on Tuesday warned against attempts to disrupt the nation’s petroleum supply and distribution chain. The …

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Unilorin engages the Chinese embassy in metro railway transportation

Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), says the institution is engaging with the Chinese embassy and other embassies to provide a metro railway transportation system to the university. Egbewole disclosed this on Wednesday while fielding questions from newsmen during the Vice-Chancellor’s Maiden Media Parley. He explained that thousands …

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FRSC Corps Marshall expresses concern over fatal crashes on Ojuelegba bridge, recommends construction of barricade

The Corps Marshal Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu, has expressed deep concerns over the fatal crashes that occurred on Ojuelegba Bridge, Lagos State, on Sunday, with 9 people killed. Another crash also claimed 11 lives at Soka bridge on Lagos-Benin Highway. The FRSC boss, whose concerns stem from the reoccurring container crashes on …

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Sambo harps on the need to harness the nation’s Inland Waterways

Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo on Friday described the nation’s Inland Waterways as cash cows long overdue for harnessing. Sambo said this at the inauguration of the Technical Working Group (TWG) Proposal for Channel Management between Escravos, Onitsha, and Baro Port on the Niger River on Public Private Partnership (PPP) Arrangement in Abuja. According to …

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Lekki Port to lift Nigeria’s seaborne trade as Govt fixes roads for easy evacuation

There is optimism that the newly constructed Lekki Deep Sea Port will emerge as a game changer for Nigeria’s seaborne trade, as it parades modern facilities amid an improved road network for easy evacuation. The port, Nigeria’s first deep sea port, is equipped with 13 quay cranes for a capacity of 2.5 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent …

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