Sixteenth edition of Truckademy weekly newsletter

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Give Ogun roads attention, Abiodun tells FG
 
Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has called on the Federal Government to give the state special attention, particularly in terms of road rehabilitation.  click
 
Pipeline vandals flee as Kwara NSCDC impounds loaded tanker
 
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, kwara State, on Friday, impounded a 33,000-litre fuel tanker being used to siphon fuel from a pipeline of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation in Kwara State. click
 
Protest rocks Ota over bad roads, residents block Abeokuta-Lagos highway
 
Scores of travellers on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Monday were stranded after residents in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State staged a protest over bad roads in Ota and its environs.  click
 
Road accidents: FRSC, drivers’ unions to partner in Katsina
 
The Federal Road Safety Corps says it will collaborate with drivers’ unions in Katsina to reduce accidents on highways in the state. click  
 
 Ogun driver absconds with N4.7m company goods
 
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a company driver, Oluwaseyi  Oyetunde, for allegedly absconding with goods worth N4.7m meant for a customer in Lagos. click
 
Ogun driver accuses firm of abandonment after suffering stroke
 
A driver, Olubunmi Olaoluwa, has accused his former employer, Cardinal Security Services Limited, of abandoning him after he suffered a stroke and lost control of his hand and leg.  click  
 
Motorists driving with earphones risk six months in jail –FRSC
 
The Federal Road Safety Corps says it is illegal to receive or make telephone calls while driving, regardless of any wireless gadget used for such communication. click 
 
Truck kills okada rider in Rivers
 
Tears flowed freely when a truck crushed a motorcycle rider, popularly called okada man, to death along the Akpajo axis of the deplorable East-West Road in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday evening. click 
 
Customers seek Sanwo-Olu’s intervention over new BRT fare hike
 
While several commuters using the Lagos Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) are still grappling with the challenges of the newly introduced cowry payment method, the sudden upward review of BRT fare is a development they are finding unpleasant. click 
 
Rivers driver arrested for losing car to robbers dies in custody
 
A woman, Aishat Ademola, has demanded justice for her 56-year-old husband, Adedeji Ademola, who died in the custody of the State Criminal and Investigation Department in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, last Wednesday. click

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