Tag: NURTW
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COVID-19: We also need palliatives — NURTW
The Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) says its members are in need of palliatives from government, since 95 per cent of them are informal workers and do not earn salaries. Mr Kabiru Ya’u, the Acting General Secretary of the union told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. He reiterated…
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Oyo government ousts NURTW from parks, appoints managers
The Oyo State government is forging ahead with the ousting of members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers from the motor parks and garages in the state by inaugurating on Monday state appointed managers in all the 33 local government areas across the state. Prof Raphael Afonja, the state Commissioner for Works and…
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I kept gun in case of street fight, says NURTW member
A 37-year-old suspected member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) (name withheld), on Wednesday confessed being in possession of two Beretta Pistols and four ammunition. The suspect, speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday at the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Lagos Police Command in Lagos, said he kept the…
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Lagos Traffic Law: Give us time to caution our members – NURTW
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 Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Agbede, however, pleaded for time to keep his members abreast of…
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NURTW boss emerges new NLC Chairman
Alhaji Issa Ore, the chairman, Kwara chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), on Thursday emerged as the new chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kwara. Ore defeated Dr Davies Ehindero of the Agriculture and Allied Employees’ Union of Nigeria (AAEUN), to form a new executive council alongside others, who…
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Panic as hoodlums shoot NURTW Treasurer dead in Lagos
There was pandemonium at the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos last Friday as the Treasurer of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Jibowu-Yaba Branch, Alowonle Asekun, was murdered in cold blood by hoodlums. The incident took place at the Grammar School area of the Ikorodu Local Government Area of the state. According…
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Court sentences NURTW chairman to death by hanging
Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos State High Court on Wednesday sentenced the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Boundary/Aiyetoro unit area of the state, Saheed Arogundade, to death by hanging for the murder of a police officer. Akinlade ordered the execution of the convict after finding him guilty of conspiracy…
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INVESTIGATION: Lagos' silent but raging gang problem
An investigative report carried out by a political and economic risk consultancy firm, SB Intelligence, on the spread, operations and challenges posed on the society by some silent but deadly ‘cult’ gangs terrorising Nigeria’s most populous city, Lagos. A silent, stewing broth of poverty, patronage and violence On Thursday, 13 July, 2013, gunmen shot…
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Market women, NURTW stage solidarity march to Edo Govt House
Market women and members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Edo State have staged solidarity walks in support of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The leader of the Market Women Association, Madam Blackie Ogiamien, in their separate march, told the governor “We are here to express our appreciation to…
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NURTW murder saga: Court grants bail to alleged accomplice, Rafiu Bashorun
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday granted bail to Rafiu Bashorun, 48, a.k.a. Abija, one of the alleged accomplice in the murder case of Ganiu Ayinla. Ayinla, an aide to Mr Azeez Lawal (a.k.a. Kunle Poly) the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ebute Meta Chapter was murdered on Jan.…