The Southwest Zone of the National Union of Road Transport Union (NURTW) has elected Alhaji Musliu Akinsaya (popularly called MC Oluomo) as the union’s National President. Delegates from the zones’ four states of  Lagos, Ogun, Ondo and Ekiti participated in the election, which took place during its Quadrennial Delegate Conference at its Zonal Secretariat in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. …

Court returns ‘Auxiliary’ file to CJ for reassignment Justice O. A. Adetujoye of Fiat Court 5, Oyo State High Court, Ring Road, Ibadan has ordered that a case file involving a former Chairman of Disciplinary Committee of the Park Management System (PMS), Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi (better known as Auxiliary) be transferred to the state Chief Judge for reassignment to another …

The Ogun State Government has issued a strong warning to the National Union of Road Transport Workers, threatening to restrict their activities if peace and order are not maintained within the union. This warning follows recent internal conflicts within the union, particularly in Ijebu Ode, which have raised concerns about public safety. The government’s stance was outlined in a statement …

The Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGI) yesterday launched a Transport Fare Drop Programme aimed at reducing transportation costs across the country. The programme, which commenced in Abuja, involves a partnership with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to convert fleet vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), resulting in a 30-40% fare reduction. In a statement, PCNGI’s Programme …

National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has hailed Federal Government’s efforts to promote the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), as an alternative fuel source for vehicles. The General Secretary, Comrade Kayode Agbeyangi, praised the government’s initiatives, contradicting a misleading newspaper report headlined: “FG fails to fulfil its promise on CNG vehicles”, attributed to a faceless individual, Segun Falade, …

Federal and state governments have been tasked to find lasting solutions to the persistent fleecing of the state in transport tax collection by non-state actors and touts popularly referred to as agbero. To stem the tide of revenue loss, experts are calling for digitising road tax collection from commercial vehicles, tricycles, and motorcycles to deter the diversion of billions by …

The leadership of the Kaduna State branch of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NUTRW) said that travellers in the state have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches. The state NUTRW Secretary, Malam Bature Suleiman, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Suleiman said the development was due to …

Delegates to the quadrennial congress of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Zone 2, South West, have appointed Musiliu Akinsanya (also called MC Oluomo) as the acting chairman of the union in South West. The delegates also appealed to the government of the Ondo, Oyo, and Osun States to allow the union to return to motor parks …

Former Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Moshood Ajao has appealed to the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to steer clear of the internal wranglings of NURTW. Ajao is worried by the listing of the alleged ‘siege’ of the NURTW  national headquarters at Garki II, Abuja as one of the six …

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) said on Tuesday night that it deployed its personnel to the headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Works (NURTW) in Abuja to forestall a factional clash by the group, thereby preventing a breakdown of law and order. Spokesperson of the FCT Command, Superintendent Josephine Adeh made this known in a statement titled ‘Police …