One In 10 Lagos Drivers Have Valid Driver’s Licence

Only eleven per cent of drivers on Lagos roads possessed valid drivers licence last year, according to a 2011 national survey conducted by CLEEN Foundation.

Niger State had the worst record with a lowly three percent while Sokoto, Kogi, and Kebbi had only five percent of their drivers having a valid licence.

The study, which was conducted in the 36 states of Nigeria and Abuja, sampled 11,518 people aged 18 and…

Senate Stops FRSC From Issuing New Number Plates And Driver’s License

Senate has ordered the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC to stop issuing new vehicle number plates and driver’s license.  The order was upon the adoption of a motion on new number and driver’s sponsored by Senator Dahiru Kuta and 19 others in which they condemned the indiscriminate fees charged by the FRSC on the new number plates and driver’s license.

Senators during the consideration of the motion…

Policemen Kill Two Drivers At Illegal Checkpoint In Lagos And Labeled Them Robbers

Three policemen attached to the Igando Police Division, allegedly killed two drivers at a road block for refusing to give them a bribe in the early hours of Wednesday.

The development came less than a week after the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, ordered that no policeman should mount any roadblock again.

It was learnt that after killing the drivers who…