Benjamin Alade

Lagos, Nigeria

Reporter at The Guardian (Nigeria)

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Articles

NRC suspends Warri-Itakpe train service

2 weeks ago | guardian.ng | John DOE |Benjamin Alade

[adsense ad_id="inarticle"]By Benjamin AladeThe Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the Warri-Itakpe train services over multiple engine failures. In a statement on Thursday, the corporation said that the suspension will last for the next 72 hours. It stated that the disruption commenced at approximately 1:38 PM and affected both the 8:00 AM departure from Warri and the 2:00 PM train from Itakpe.
FG moves to foster implementation of FOCAC agreements

2 weeks ago | guardian.ng | John DOE |Oluyemi Ogunseyin |Benjamin Alade

By Benjamin AladeAs part of efforts to ensure the prompt actualization of agreements with the People’s Republic of China, the Federal Government of Nigeria convened an inter-ministerial meeting to strengthen the implementation of agreements reached during the 2024 FOCAC Summit and President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to China.
Media entrepreneur canvasses engineering entrepreneurship

3 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade

The Federal University of Oye Ekiti has honoured the founder and editor of Motoring World International, Femi Owoeye, for his contributions to the engineering field in Nigeria through the media. Owoeye received the award as a special guest at the 2025 induction of Graduate Engineers and the fifth Professor Chinedu Nebo Faculty Lecture held recently at the Faculty of Engineering Hall, Federal University Oye Ekiti. Presenting the award, the institution’s Dean of Engineering Faculty, Prof. O.
PIC becomes 36th shareholder of Africa50 with $40m investment

3 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade |Segun Adewole

Africa50 Group, the pan-African infrastructure investor and asset manager, on Tuesday, announced that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), representing the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) of South Africa, has made an investment of $40 million, becoming its 36th shareholder.
Africa venture ecosystem records 22% drop in deal volume

3 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade

The sixth yearly Venture Capital Activity in Africa report has revealed that in 2024, Africa’s venture ecosystem saw a 22 per cent drop in deal volume and a 28 per cent decline in deal value. According to the report released yesterday, Africa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem collectively secured 487 deals in 2024. This was distributed as 427 venture capital deals with a value of $2.6 billion and 60 venture debt deals worth $1 billion.
CCECC launches cargo freight service on Lagos-Ibadan Railway

3 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Gbenga Akinfenwa |Benjamin Alade

Ogun to commence rail lines extension, presents STMP to NRC The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has officially launched its cargo freight service on the Lagos-Ibadan Railway, heralding a significant advancement in Nigeria’s logistics and transportation sector. The announcement was made on Friday through the official X account (formerly Twitter) of John Zhao, CCECC’s representative in Nigeria.
Accident claims life of deaf pedestrian in Lagos

3 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade |Segun Adewole

A deaf pedestrian on Sunday met a tragic and untimely demise while innocently awaiting a commercial bus at a designated stop along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, inward Maryland, adjacent to Temac Filling Station. The fatal collision involved two Suzuki mini commercial buses (Korope) bearing registration numbers EPE 279 YJ and BDG 558 YG.
Cartels extorting truckers prior ETO introduction fighting back, says TTP

3 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade

By Benjamin Alade 28 March 2025 | 2:45 am The firm handling the electronic call-up system for trucks at the Lagos ports, ETO, Trucks Transit Parks (TTP) has raised the alarm that some individuals, both outside and in government, who were benefiting from the extortion of truckers Containers at Apapa port The firm handling the electronic call-up system for trucks at the Lagos ports, ETO, Trucks Transit Parks (TTP) has raised the alarm that some individuals, both outside and in government, who...
LASTMA rescues seven injured passengers in Lagos accident

4 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade |Anthony Ufoh

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed a catastrophic multiple-vehicle collision involving two painted commercial buses and a Lexus 330 Jeep (registration number: KSF 879 JR) along Lejina inward Adamo on Sabo-Itokin Express Road, Ikorodu, resulting in severe injuries to seven passengers. Preliminary findings indicate that the driver of the Lexus Jeep, who absconded immediately after the incident, engaged in a perilous and unlawful overtaking maneuver on the highway.
National automotive policy in limbo, N136b investments stuck

4 weeks ago | guardian.ng | Benjamin Alade

• 58 assemblers spent $756 million in five years of NAIDP• Bureaucracy, corruption undermine implementation• Don seeks stronger synergy to lift industry No less than $89.6 million (about N136 billion) investment in the different value chains of Nigeria’s automobile industry may have been stuck, underpinning the inability of the government to leverage the local market to develop the sector.