The Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, has donated two mini-buses, two motorcycles, and 25 wheelchairs to the Therapy Centre for Children with Disabilities in Ado Ekiti. A statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday by the Special Adviser to Ekiti State Governor, Yinka Oyebode, stated that the Senate Leader’s gesture was in support of Governor Biodun Oyebanji’s significant investment in the …

The Delta State Police Command has apprehended five suspects involved in the theft of a luxurious bus owned by the logistics company Young Shall Grow Motors. The suspects who were paraded at Ekpan Police Station in the Ube Local Government Area were alleged to have plotted to steal and dismantle the vehicle for sale. Speaking during a parade of the …

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Friday, has ordered an immediate commencement of special operations against the carrying of petroleum and other inflammable substances in passenger vehicles. In a statement signed by the Public Education Officer FRSC, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said the directive issued by the Corp Marshal of the FRSC, Marshal Shehu Mohammed will commence immediately. The directives include massive …

At least 25 people have been reported dead on Tuesday along Ojo-Iwo Road of Ibadan-Lagos expressway, around Agbowo/Ajao area when a trailer loaded with roofing sheets collided with 18 seaters hummer bus, a Micra taxi and Honda CR-V car. Some of the motorists that witnessed the accident told our correspondent, Oluwasemillore Ige that the trailer lost it’s break and rammed …

The number of vehicles imported into the country fell sharply by 60.4 per cent, year-on-year (YoY), to 10,991 in the first half of this year, H1’24, reflecting the impact of the naira depreciation and general economic downturn. This was contained in the report of the just concluded quarterly meeting of the Nigerian Port Consultative Council (NPCC). The report stated: “Vehicle …

The Federal Government will spend an average of N36 billion to convert 30,000 petrol or diesel-powered vehicles to start running on Compressed Natural Gas in the next 90 days. The government said it had acquired 30,000 CNG conversion kits for distribution free of charge nationwide within the period. The kits and the conversion costs were valued at the rate of …

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Section on Public Interest has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to stop the directive requiring vehicle owners to register and obtain a Central Motor Information System Certificate for a fee of not less than N6,000. NBA-SPIDEL questioned the legal basis for the Nigeria Police Force’s issuance of …

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu has ordered an immediate clampdown on all old and rickety vehicles across the country. According to a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem on Thursday in Abuja, the directives became necessary due to a trending video of an old car with three …

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has unveiled a new transport scheme as part of measures to alleviate the suffering of commuters in the state occasioned by the federal government’s removal of fuel subsidy. Inaugurating 100 taxis and six luxury buses at the DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall premises in Yenagoa on Thursday, Diri said the initiative was his administration’s palliative …

The Nigeria Customs Service, on Monday, announced that it intercepted over 100 exotic vehicles, including various models of Sport Utility Vehicles, adding that 38 of them had been forfeited to the Federal Government. It also called on stakeholders to synergise with officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service to effectively suppress the menace of smuggling vehicles into Nigeria. The …