Reforming Nigeria’s disorganized public transport system through NURTW and institutional collaboration – Rasheed Abiola Jimoh
Nigeria’s urban public transportation system, is overwhelmingly dominated by informal operators, danfos (minibuses), okadas (motorcycles), kekes (tricycles). Cities, especially Lagos, suffer daily from traffic congestion, lawless danfos, and a disorganized transport system that frustrates millions of commuters. Danfos stop in the middle of busy roads without warning to pick or drop passengers, obstructing traffic in the process.
NURTW crisis: No forceful take over of parks, garages, Oluomo tells Lagosians
By Evelyn Usman LAGOS—CHAIRMAN of the newly constituted Parks Management Committee, PMC, Mr. Musiliu Aknisaya, popularly called MC Oluomo, yesterday, assured Lagosians that there was no cause for alarm in the process of taking over parks and garages in the state. He, however, debunked reports that three persons lost their lives on Monday, in a […]
Ondo NURTW Crisis: Akeredolu, union bicker over park mgt c’ttee
By Dayo Johnson AKURE—Ondo State government and the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, weekend, traded tackles over the setting up of a park management committee, following the crisis within the union in the state. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu recently suspended the activities of the union, following its leadership tussle. But the union members, however, […]
NURTW crisis: Despite union’s suspension, Oluomo’s boys in ticket sales racket
By Theodore Opara & Olasunkanmi Akoni LAGOS—DESPITE the suspension of activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Lagos State, members of the union have continued to issue tickets to commercial bus operators across motor parks and garages in the state. The state government had, last week, announced the suspension of the […]
NURTW Crisis: Police beef up security at Lagos motor parks
Lagos state commissioner of police, Abiodun Alabi, has ordered beef up of security at all motor parks across the state following the crisis in the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). NURTW on Thursday suspended its Lagos chapter’s Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo, indefinitely, over alleged misconduct, insubordination, and inciting members of […]
NURTW crisis: MC Oluomo, Lagos council pull out of national body
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Following unresolved differences, Lagos council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, led by Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called “MC Oluomo” has broken away from the National body of the union. Recall that NURTW national body had suspended its Lagos union’s Chairman, Akinsanya, indefinitely over alleged misconduct, insubordination, and inciting members […]
4 killed as NURTW factions clash in Lagos
By Evelyn Usman At least four persons were feared dead in the bloody clash between factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW that disrupted commercial activities, weekend, in Idumota, Lagos Island. Several persons, among them traders, were also injured in the process. A fight erupted between Kunle Poly and Mustapha Seggo’s supporters, […]
Oba of Oshodi: It’s MC Oluomo’s people asking him to vie for the stool — Aide
An aide to the Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Mr. Musiliu Akinsanya (MC Oluomo) has said it was his (MC Oluomo’s) people that are asking him to vie for the stool of the Oba of Oshodi.
Mile-2 clash: LASG threatens to suspend NURTW, RTEAN from Oshodi-Apapa Expressway
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government has read the riot act to members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, following incessant violent clashes at Mile-2 end of Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, in which at least five persons reportedly lost their lives in the latest clash, last […]
Insecurity: NURTW to commence e-tracking of vehicles
President of the National Union of Road Transport (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa has disclosed that the union has embarked on electronic tracking of its cars to ensure safety on highways.
Insecurity: NURTW to commence e-tracking of vehicles
By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo President of the National Union of Road Transport (NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Baruwa, has disclosed that the union has embarked on electronic tracking (e-tracking) of its cars to ensure safety on highways. Addressing journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday after its National Executive Council meeting, Baruwa who was flanked by the Deputy […]
