Tag: VIO

‘You can’t force us off Lagos roads’ – FRSC tells Ambode

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said the Lagos State Governor does not have the right to push the Corps off the roads. Assistant Corps Marshal and Zonal Commanding…

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[The Alausa Blog]: VIO ban from Lagos roads is permanent – Gov Ambode

The Governor of Lagos State, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has clarified the misinformation that the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) had been banned off Lagos roads temporarily. He made the statement at…

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[The Alausa Blog]: VIO’s are not completely banned from Lagos roads

The Lagos State Government says it has not banned the operations of  Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) in the state. According to News Agency of Nigeria, State Commissioner for Transportation, Prince…

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Is the “VIO ban” part of Governor Ambode’s Mega City plan or a quick PR stunt?

by Titilayo Ade-Ogbo Let's face it, the Lagos State government has not had it easy in the past few months. This year alone, the government has been accused of oppressing…

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The Thread: Smart tips – How to avoid paying bribes or showing ‘particulars’ on Nigerian roads

Did you say don't own a car? We feel your grief but that would be taking things too far. Personal vehicles make life commuting around cities easier so why give up…

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The VIO menace: How the agency has caused chaos on Lagos roads

by Azeez Adeniyi The Lagos State Government on Monday ordered Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) to immediately leave its roads. The news was met with jubilation by road users in the…

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The Thread: Ambode orders VIO out of Lagos and Lagosians breathe a collective sigh of relief

It has been reported that the Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) will no longer disturb the panorama of Lagos state. Having been an irksome imposition in the lives of Lagosians for…

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After VIO, these are the agencies the Lagos state government has to ban

On Monday the Lagos state government ordered the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) out of Lagos roads with immediate effect. The news was greeted with jubilation by many Lagosians on social…

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The Explainer: This is why the VIO exists and what they do

On Monday, Lagos State became the second state in the country to ban vehicle inspection officers (VIO) from roads, after Kaduna State first took the same decision in December 2015…

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VIO ban: El-Rufai led the way by banning FRSC from Kaduna roads

Are we going back to the time when Regions chased one another to ensure that development was assured? This is a referral to the ban of traffic officers from the…

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The Thread: VIO disputes Lagos state’s ban

According to Punch, The Lagos State Government has ordered Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) to leave its roads. It would appear that this memo has not been received by VIO.  See…

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The YNaija Cover this morning – the 9th of May

Follow the links below to read these stories on YNaija:

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Kaduna govt. bars FRSC

The Kaduna Government has barred personnel of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from mounting checkpoints in Kaduna and other urban centres in the state. The government gave the directive…

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“I don’t want officers that will torture my citizens” – Ambode warns LASTMA, VIO

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has warned officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA and Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs to stop the act of forcing themselves into…

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How VIO was beheaded after seizing man’s cell phone

by Chinwe Okafor A man, Wale Ede, 25, has been arrested for allegedly beheading a 50-year-old Vehicle Inspection Officer and father of seven, Joshua Fagbola. According to reports by Punch,…

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Opinion: A man died today

by Olatunji A. Aworetan And as the truck tried to manoeuvre its way pass the flooded bomb craters on the road, it wobbled and cringed and fell on a car.…

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Good roads cause more accidents than bad ones – FRSC

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Thursday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, that more auto accidents were being recorded on good roads than bad ones across the country. The…

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Kay Aishida: Stemming the Yuletide (Y! Superblogger)

There's another new breed of irritating extortionists we have out there now. These group are the youth carnival organizers. It's December again peeps and I'd like to wish you all…

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