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Oshodi/Apapa gridlock: Hold Lagos govt, Police, others responsible — PSTT

Oshodi/Apapa gridlock: Hold Lagos govt, Police, others responsible — PSTT

THE Ports Standing Task Team, PSTT, a presidential committee set up by the Presidency to clear the port access roads, has accused the Lagos State Government; the operators of the call-up system, TTP; Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA; the police and others of preventing it from clearing the Oshodi-Mile2 inward Tin-can gridlock.

Lip-service and identity harmonisation

Lip-service and identity harmonisation

Six years later in September 2021, Buhari again ordered all the identity collation agencies to ensure that a central biometric identity platform was established before he left office in 2023. 

Nigeria’s trade with Africa up 40.8% to N1.84trn

Nigeria’s trade with Africa up 40.8% to N1.84trn

Nigeria’s trade with the rest of Africa increased by 40.8 percent Year-on-Year (YoY) in the first half of 2023 (H1’23) to N1.839 trillion from N1.306 trillion recorded in the corresponding period of 2022 (H1’22).

This represents a reversal in the declining trend of the nation’s intra-African trade over the same period since 2020, in terms of value.

The gates to hell were opened long ago, By Owei Lakemfa

The gates to hell were opened long ago, By Owei Lakemfa

THE world gathered this week under the United Nations to talk peace, security and socio-economic justice, but hawks circled and beneficiaries of a skewed world sat silent in cold complicity. It was the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, and even as the world on Thursday, September 21, complemented the UN objectives […]

Nigeria without trucks and their drivers? By Adekunle Adekoya

Nigeria without trucks and their drivers? By Adekunle Adekoya

As I write this, that expressway, leading to the nation’s busiest ports is choked with trucks of two types. There are fuel tankers going to any of the 35 or so fuel depots in the Apapa area to lift fuel. The others are flat-pallet, container-bearing trucks going to the ports.

Begging for a seat at the table, By Azu Ishiekwene

Begging for a seat at the table, By Azu Ishiekwene

FOLLOWING the G-20 summit held in India, I have been amused by the debate about whether or not Nigeria should be more than a guest again at the next G-20 meeting in Rio, Brazil. If South Africa is a member, why not Nigeria? How do you offer Africa’s largest economy only a complimentary ticket every […]

As Ogun moves to preserve Abeokuta-Sagamu road

As Ogun moves to preserve Abeokuta-Sagamu road

If motorists take advantage of the smoothness of the road and engage in speeding, that can only lead to accidents. It is a fact that most of the vehicular accidents witnessed on the road affect the road furniture.