The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday said federal government had fixed the cost of travelling on the newly completed Abuja to Kaduna rail lines at N500 per passenger per trip on the economy class. Answering journalists questions after the final inspection of the project which is due for inauguration by President Muhammadu Buhari next week in Abuja, […]
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ENL DISOWNS PROTESTING DOCKWORKERS
ENL Consortium, operator of Terminals C and D of the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa, has renounced dockworkers who on Monday staged a protest at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Headquarters in Marina, Lagos. Legal Adviser of ENL Consortium, Uzamot Boye in a statement stressed that at the time of the protest, its staff were all at their duty posts inside […]
Continue reading »CUSTOMS CONFISCATES N76M BULLET-PROOF CARS AT SEME BORDER
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command on has said it seized three bullet-proof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76million. The Area Controller, Victor Dimka, a Customs Comptroller, disclosed this at a briefing held at the vehicle seat in the command. He disclosed that individuals who desired to import bullet-proof cars into the country must get clearance from […]
Continue reading »WOMAN CHASES KIDNAPPER RIDING MOTORCYCLE, RESCUES DAUGHTER
There was confusion on Agbe Road in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State on Wednesday after a suspected kidnapper snatched a girl from her mother and attempted to escape with her on a motorcycle. Our correspondent learnt that the mother of the two-year-old, while raising the alarm that her daughter was abducted by the kidnapper, chased the motorcycle. It […]
Continue reading »11 LIVES LOST AS TYRE BLOWOUT CAUSES COMMERCIAL BUS TO SUMMERSAULT AND EXPLODE IN LAGOS
Eleven (11) lives were lost on Thursday after a commercial bus with 14 passengers on board went up in flames on the Otedola Bridge in the Berger area of Lagos. It was learnt that the deceased comprised eight males and three females while three persons were rescued from the wreckage alive. It was reliably gathered that the bus was at top speed […]
Continue reading »FRSC CAPTURES 1,087 OPERATORS IN DRIVING STANDARDISATION PROGRAMME
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has captured about 1,087 driving schools in its standardisation programme with 611 meeting minimum requirements for operation. Corps Marshal of FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi disclosed at an interactive session with representatives of the driving school associations in Abuja, that 1,623 driving school instructors have been registered on the Corps’ portal with 129,198 trainee drivers, while […]
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