Following the launch of the Secondary Education Development Programme (SEDP), many students have enrolled in ward secondary schools, mostly built in periphery suburbs.

Bamburi Cement has announced that it is investing 4.9 million Euros (about Sh514.5 million) in a fleet management programme.

A trainer jet belonging to the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) yesterday crashed in Zaria. The accident occurred at about 10am during take-off on the college training ground.

A senior army officer and two others on Monday died on the spot after his car collided with a saloon car at Katabi Trading Centre along Entebbe Road.

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa 's global bank, has donated five security vehicles and other communication gadgets worth several millions of naira to the Imo State Government, in an effort geared towards safeguarding the lives and property of

Unity Bank Plc has donated an 18-seater bus to the Nigerian Film Corporation.

The FCT administration has concluded arrangement to organise training for Islamic/Christian Aids personnel on traffic control and management.

In an attempt to curtail motorcycle accidents leading serious head injuries, and/or death, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has fixed January 01, 2009, as the date to implement crash helmet usage for all riders.

A Member of the Senate Committee on Works, Mr Bukar Ibrahim, has said that only N500 billion was released for road projects within nine years of civilian administration in Nigeria.

A doctorate degree holder, Asianya Okey Francis, 50, a Ghanaian business man Wanye Christopher, 38, and six other suspected drug traffickers has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has plans to reclaim its properties around the country which have been taken over by illegal occupants.

Commercial drivers at Utako Motor Park yesterday called for the extension of OSCAR's third party motor vehicle license cover to enable them purchase the new cover.

Confusion surrounds the construction of a new access road to link the Centenary Leisure Park and upcoming Oasis Shopping Mall/Hotel following renewed rivalry between the developers.

Transports minister Augusto Tomás arrived last Tuesday in the central Benguela Province, where he started a work visit aimed at learning about the functioning of the companies of his sector in this region.

Despite the rising cost of aviation fuel between N140 and N150 per litre, the nine domestic airlines in the country, operating over 600 flights of one hour duration daily, to and fro 14 airports in the country, expend an average

Transports minister, Augusto Tomás, is in Namibe Province's chief town since Tuesday, where he already visited the local port, the Moçamedes Railway yard and Yuri Gagarine Airport.

Four people died in a road accident between Otavi and Otjiwarongo on Sunday night, the Police spokesperson in the Otjozondjupa Region told The Namibian yesterday.

ONE of the two Namibian fishing vessels recently accused of illegal fishing in international waters was yesterday served with a deregistration certificate by the Ministry of Works and Transport.

Twelve vehicles were Monday involved in two separate multiple accidents, which resulted in several hours of traffic jam on the busy Abuja-Keffi road.

A woman trainee pilot with the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria narrowly escaped death yesterday, when the Tampico B9 aircraft she was flying crashed into a fence and damaged the aircraft.