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Election
We resolved to maintain law, order during LG election- NURTW Chairman
The Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ondo State, Mr. Ademola Odudu, has said that his members resolved not to be used as puns to settle political differences. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure on Saturday, Odudu said that the current executive and former leaders of the NURTW agreed…
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Featured
Ondo 2024: NURTW declares support for Aiyedatiwa
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ondo says it will work to ensure that Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa continues as the governor of the state in the governorship election scheduled to hold on Nov. 16. The State Chairman, NURTW, Mr Ademola Odudu, made the promise on Thursday at the headquarters of the Union in Akure. Odudu said that…
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Featured
NURTW inaugurates caretaker committee in FCT
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has inaugurated a 16-member caretaker committee to pilot its affairs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Speaking at the inauguration ceremony on Friday in Abuja, Suleiman Abdulkadir, Acting General Secretary of the National union announced that “the caretaker committee earlier appointed by Alh. Najeem Yasin led faction, is illegal and dissolved”. “In…
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Security
FRSC inaugurates special Sallah patrol in Kaduna
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Kaduna State Sector Command on Monday began a special Eid-el-Fitr patrol, reiterating its commitment to sanitising all roads in the state. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Mr. Kabir Nadabo, stated this at the commencement of the patrol at the Kawo motor park, Kaduna metropolis. Nadabo said the special patrol was for the command…
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Metro
I’m not Lagos’ new NURTW chairman — Olohunwa
Alhaji Rafiu Olohunwa, a former Lagos State Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has distanced himself from a malicious publication declaring him as the union’s newly appointed Lagos State Chairman. In a statement signed and issued by him on Thursday in Lagos, Olohunwa described the purported publication as misleading and an attempt by mischievous elements to…
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General News
NGO trains ASUP, NURTW members on combating sexual harassment in Kaduna
An NGO, Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWIE), has trained the members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) on combating sexual harassment in public spaces in Kaduna State. At the final seminar of the “We for Them” (WFT) project implemented by EWEI on Monday in Kaduna, Mr. Mendie Jeremiah,…
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NGO trains NURTW on curbing SGBV in motor parks in Kaduna
The Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI), on Tuesday trained members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Kaduna State Chapter, on curbing Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). EWEI’s Gender Officer, Mr Mendie Jeremiah, said at the event in Kaduna that the training was under the “We for Them” project. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),He…
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Crime
Osun Governor Warns NURTW Over Violence In The State
The governor of Osun state, Ademola Adeleke, has told the National Union of Transport Workers, NURTW, to direct their grievances to proper channel This statement was issued by Adeleke’s Chief Press Secretary, Malam Rasheed Olawale in Osogbo. Adeleke warned against violence among transport workers’ unions in the state. He directed security agencies to ensure safety of lives and property within…
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NURTW decries high level of criminality on Nigeria highways, absolves members of complicity
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Osun chapter, has decried the high incidence of crime on the country’s highways. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN), on Friday in Osogbo, Mr. Lekan Salami, the Chairman of the union, appealed to its members and stakeholders to support security agencies in tackling the challenge. Salami attributed the…
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Politics
INEC, transport unions review MoU ahead of polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the road transport unions on Tuesday met to review the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly signed by them for logistics deployment for the 2019 general elections and other polls. The unions are the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NATO). The News…
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NEWS
Don’t Hike Prices, FG Begs Traders, others
As Nigeria closes in on yet another recession, the Federal Government has appealed to traders and transporters not to hike prices of food items and transportation as the country battles to contain the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic. Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made the plea during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily news briefing…
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