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Following the crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos Island Chapter, the state government on Tuesday ordered the immediate suspension of all union activities on the Island indefinitely. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who disclosed this in Lagos, shortly after the Security Council Meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, said the decision was to …

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Transport unions and some motorists on Wednesday expressed big relief at the recent ban of Vehicle Inspection Officers from Lagos roads The Lagos residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria, commended the state government for the ban, saying that it would ease the flow of traffic on the roads. Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, Lagos State Chairman, …

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The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW,  and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, have been enjoined to join hands with law enforcement agencies to eradicate crime in the country. The call was made at a meeting convened by the Lagos State Police command between the two transport unions on the instance of the IGP Ibrahim Idris, …

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  Folake Sokoya The attention of Ogun State Police Command has been drawn to moves by some unscrupulous elements to foment trouble and destabilize the peace of the state. The group, it was gathered is aiming at forming a parallel transport organization other than the ones recognized by the State Government and forcefully take over some motor parks in the …

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