It is mandatory for everybody to have licence to carry firearms and to drive a motor vehicle because both are deadly equipment. Both are projectiles that kill if used willfully or when mishandled, that is the reason people required to use them, said Mr. Derek, a lead trainer with Ford Motor Company.
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Julius Berger, the construction company handling the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, has stated that the traffic gridlock on the expressway will not ease up till November. The construction firm’s manager, West Division, Mr. Wolfgang Loesser, spoke to the press when he led his team on a courtesy visit to the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Leosser said the […]
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Commercial drivers in Abia State have called on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to stop the alleged illegal N1,000.00 driving test levy collected by the Board of Internal Revenue. The aggrieved commercial drivers said the amount was usually taken from them while trying to renew their driver’s licence.
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Senator Muhammad Ndume, the Senate Leader, said on Monday that 63 out of the 103 trucks had yet to be delivered four months after approval by the Presidency. Ndume, who represents Borno South at the National Assembly, told newsmen in Maiduguri that only 53 trucks had been delivered. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Presidency approved the […]
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Transporters in the country under the aegis of Association of Mass Transit Operators of Nigeria (ALBON) and Association of Mass Transit Operators of Nigeria (AMTO) on Wednesday asked for the federal government’s intervention in the incessant imposition of multiple taxes and levies on their members by the various states and local governments across the country. The transporters who operate in […]
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As part of the efforts to address frequent disruptions to the supply of crude oil to the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) as a result of the Niger Delta militancy, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is considering importing crude oil from Chad and Niger Republic, investigations by THISDAY have revealed. This is coming as the President of the […]
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NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru has ruled out the possibility of any increment in petrol pump price. Baru said this today to state house correspondents while reacting to media reports that oil marketers may soon increase pump price of petrol due to the scarcity of dollar and high exchange rates. According to Baru, he has not gotten any presidential […]
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The Lagos State Government says it will partner the private sector, speficically Japan International Cooperation Agency, to construct a $1bn urban rail line. The State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, said this during a seminar by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority in conjunction with the Japanese firm in Lagos. According to LAMATA, a survey titled ‘Lagos Urban Railway […]
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Commuters in Lagos State on Tuesday groaned as drivers of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transport downed tools over alleged delay in the payment of their salary. The scheme, being operated by Primero Transport Services Ltd., provides bus services along dedicated lanes or corridor in the Lagos metropolis. The company, which began operation in November 2015, has 434 buses in its […]
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Two persons were seriously injured when a passenger train hit a Hilux van in Woji axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident had caused a lot of anxiety as residents of the area trooped out as a result of the deafening sound that resulted from the accident. The train marked 2306 had rammed into the stationary […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government inherited 206 uncompleted roads from the last administration. He added that contractors of most of the projects had since been mobilised to site. Fashola said his ministry was working with lean resources, adding that it was determined to do more in the interest […]
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Nigerians should prepare for another increase in the pump prices of petrol, due to the continued scarcity of foreign exchange to finance the importation of the product, oil marketers have said. According to them, the United States dollar hit an all-time high last week, as it exchanged for N400 at the parallel market. Worried by the development, the marketers say […]
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