The intervention follows President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive for immediate action as motorists, transport operators and passengers grapple with prolonged delays and obstruction along the strategic corridor. The coordinated response is aimed at clearing bottlenecks, restoring road safety and reopening affected sections to normal traffic.

Ade-John participated in a high-level meeting with the FRSC Corps Marshal, Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed, mni; the Minister of State for Works, Bello Muhammad Goronyo; and the National President of the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), Alhaji Yusuf Lawal, where immediate measures were agreed to strengthen traffic management and tackle the causes of the gridlock.

The Wuya Bridge between Kutigi and Bida remains a major flashpoint, with congestion worsening on Wednesdays as traffic surges around the weekly market. FRSC personnel in Bida and Kutigi have continued to deploy on Wednesdays to control vehicle movement, while broader measures are being pursued to address recurring congestion along the corridor.

The situation is also critical along the Bida–Badeggi–Agaie Road and the Maje–Diko Junction axis in front of the Suleja NNPC Depot, where traffic has reportedly been blocked in both directions for about 15 days, disrupting the movement of passengers, commercial vehicles and goods.

Ade-John reaffirmed the Presidency’s determination to confront transportation bottlenecks that undermine mobility and economic activity, urging motorists and transport operators to cooperate with traffic officials and exercise patience as the intervention takes effect.

Similarly, the Federal Government is moving to clamp down on indiscriminate truck parking along the Coastal Road and Deep-Sea Port Access Road corridor in Lagos. Ade-John, speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Nigerian Ports Authority, said trucks found obstructing the corridor would be impounded and moved to an approved truck park, warning that the government would not allow unauthorised parking to undermine traffic flow, road safety and the huge public investment in the strategic corridor.

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According to the military, the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, 23 March 2026, at about 07:43am, when a commercial vehicle travelling from Wurumakoto Village in Kaiama LGA to New Bussa in neighbouring Niger State ran into an improvised explosive device.

The driver, identified as Mallam Zunairu, was said to have unknowingly driven over the planted bomb, which detonated on impact. The explosion reportedly killed the driver instantly and left several passengers severely injured, while others are feared dead.

The army revealed that victims who sustained serious injuries were evacuated to the General Hospital in New Bussa for urgent medical attention.

However, the exact number of casualties has yet to be officially confirmed.

Security officials suspect that the explosive device was planted by armed groups operating in the area, believed to be the same perpetrators behind a deadly attack in the Woro axis last month.

The Military further revealed that joint security operatives have since been deployed to the scene.

During clearance operations, another explosive device was discovered and successfully defused by specialists from the Nigerian Army base in Kaiama.

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Ogborodi was the Director of Special Duties in the council.

Head of Information and Public Relations Division of the council, Azeez Sani, disclosed in a statement on Thursday in Niger State.

“The appointment followed the death of the Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma on Monday, 1st June 2021 after a brief illness,” Daily Dates Nigeria reports.

Sani explained that the governing board approved the appointment of the acting registrar at an emergency meeting held on Wednesday.

He added that the appointment was endorsed after the governing board considered Ogborodi as the most senior director in the council.

A Circular issued by the council’s Director of Human Resource Management, Mustapha Abdul, stated that all activities of NECO would continue unabated as earlier planned.

Ogborodi, who hails from Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, obtained his first degree from the University of Jos in 1986 and a second degree from the same university in 1999.

The acting registrar joined the service of NECO in 1999 and had served in different capacities, including acting Director of Examination Development Department, acting Director of the Office of the Registrar, Director of General Services, and Director of Human Resource Management, among others.

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Public Relations Officer of the Niger State Police Command, Abiodun Wasiu confirmed the report to Channels Television on Wednesday.

According to Wasiu, the 45-year-old suspect who hails from Kaduna State was a former sergeant in the police before he was dismissed in February 2019 at Sabon Tasha Division, Kaduna State Command.

The police spokesman said the suspect arranged with others who are at large extorted unsuspecting members of the public via the illegal checkpoints.

Similarly, the police also paraded two suspected fraudsters who specialise in defrauding people at the Automated Teller Machine at the bank areas.

According to the police, the fraudsters pretended to render assistance to the unsuspecting public, thus end up withdrawing their victim’s money.

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