JOHOR BAHRU, 24 Aug. – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in support of advancing research collaborations, staff development programs, and staff mobility and exchange. The MoU was signed by UTM Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Datuk Ts. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi bin Ismail and the …
Sometime in 2016 a young Nigerian woman, Damilola Olokesusi sat down to think about how to make transportation one less thing to worry about for corporate workers in Lagos. The thinking manifested in Shuttlers, a technology-driven transportation start-up that eventually launched in 2017 Since then, through its ridesharing platform, Shuttlers has been providing companies with …
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The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners has called for the establishment of a transport development bank by the Federal Government to address the issue of rickety trucks on Nigerian roads. The Executive Secretary of NARTO, Algoa Ogbogo, in an exclusive chat with our correspondent in Lagos on Sunday, Ogbogo who is also the president …
An indigenous high-tech-powered mobility company, NAIRAXI on Monday said 10 percent of the current N6.4tn spent on fuel subsidy can go a long way to improve or support road transportation in Nigeria. The Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer, of NAIRAXI, Kingsley Eze, said this in a statement. According to him, the need for an integrated and intermodal …
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Ford Trucks, winner of the IToY Award in Hannover with its F-MAX in 2018, returns to IAA Transportation with zero emission, technologies and innovations that will advance towards cleaner environment in production, design, and product development. A statement by Brand Manager, Coscharis Group, the franchise owner of Ford brands in Nigeria, Felix Mahan, said that …
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Five months after the Lagos State government launched 1,000 brand new cars for its taxi scheme tagged ’Lagride’, residents are yet to see the impact as rickety vehicles still dot the metropolis. The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the official launch of Lagride on March 11, stated that the era of using rickety vehicles and …
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, has inaugurated 316 vehicles for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), for effective patrol of highways across the country. Mustapha, who inaugurated the vehicles on Thursday in Abuja, said they would be used to patrol the new road infrastructure provided by the Federal …
Some commercial tricycle operators in Kaduna state on Wednesday lamented over multiple levies meted on them by several government-supported transport unions in the state. The operators made their grievances known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna. Mr. David Akin, a commercial tricycle operator in Sabo, told NAN that unions numbering …
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Some commercial motorcyclists in Abuja have appealed to the Federal Government to rescind the proposed ban on commercial motorcycles across the country. A cross-section of them told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN), on Monday in Abuja that the planned ban would affect them heavily ”because it is their only source of livelihood.” Mr. …
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FG says the service will commence when the digital security systems that will monitor activities around the tracks are procured and installed. The Federal Government says it cannot resume the suspended Abuja-Kaduna train operation now because it will be insensitive to the plight of train attack victims whose family members are still in captivity. The …
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