The brewing tension and crisis in the Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) escalated with a bloody clash yesterday as factions engaged in a free-for-all, leading to the death of one of the chieftains…
Traffic laws: we will comply, NURTW assures LASG (Nation)
The Lagos State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has assured the Lagos State Government of compliance to traffic laws. Its chairman, Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede, said this on Wednesday while speaking with the News Agency of…
NURTW plans to meet Makinde over proscribed Oyo chapter (Punch)
The President, National Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Najeem Yasin, on Monday regretted the ban on the union’s activities in Oyo State. Yasin said the union would appeal to the state Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, to take a second…
NURTW, RTEAN hail revolution in Lagos public transport (DailyTrust)
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) said the new transport interchange and 820 buses inaugurated in Lagos last week by President Muhammadu Buhari would revolutionize public transportation in Lagos.…
*Governorship candidates seek stoppage of Sanwo-Olu’s swearing-in (Punch)*NURTW, RTEAN hail Ambode for new buses, road expansion (Nation)
Governorship candidates seek stoppage of Sanwo-Olu’s swearing-in (Punch) The governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, Chief Owolabi Salis, and his counterpart in the Labour Party, Prof. Ifagbemi Awamaridi, on Thursday filed a petition before the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal…
Lagos PDP rejects INEC, NURTW agreement on movement of election materials (Independent)
Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the recent pact signed between Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on the movement of election materials before, during and after the polls. In a…
Police arrest two, declare NURTW chieftain wanted after violent Lagos APC rally (Channels)
The Lagos State Police command has arrested two suspects in connection with the violence that broke out at the flag-off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship rally in Lagos, on Tuesday. The police have also declared wanted, one of…
Killer policeman, cultists or not and many other suspects
What is a city without crime? Every Friday, thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Don’t get caught!!! Group demands prosecution of killer policeman (Punch) A human rights organisation,…