The Glaring Peril of Overloading: When the quest for financial relief turns deadly, by Kasim Isa Muhammad Overloading by commercial vehicles has become one of the most persistent and dangerous features of Nigeria’s road transport system. Across highways, urban expressways and rural roads, buses, minibuses, vans and trucks routinely carry far more passengers and goods than they were designed to handle. A Neglected Danger What many commuters accept as a normal inconvenience is, in reality, a major contributor to road crashes, severe injuries and avoidable deaths. Safety experts, transport unions and bereaved families...