The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has raised the alarm over adulteration of diesel in the market and vowed to clamp down on the perpetrators of the act. Speaking recently in Lagos when officials of the regulatory agency uncovered two illegal engine oil manufacturing factories in Ikugbayi Street, Marine Bridge and Raji Rasak Estate in FESTAC Town area in the […]
Continue reading »Day: July 6, 2016
LAGBUS CRUSHES OKADA RIDER, PASSENGER TO DEATH
There was pandemonium in the Ilupeju area of Oshodi, Lagos State, after a bus crushed an okada rider and his passenger to death. Our correspondent learnt that the okada rider, Aniefuong Udoh, and a passenger, Suleiman Bakare, were both crushed by the LAGBUS around 9am on Monday. It was gathered that the LAGBUS was heading towards Oshodi when the accident happened. […]
Continue reading »LAGOS VIO MISPLACES MOTORIST’S VEHICLE DOCUMENTS
A US-based language instructor, Henshaw Ita, has accused the officers of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service at the Iba Zonal Office of unlawful seizure of his vehicle documents. He said the officers had been holding on to the original copies of his vehicle licence, driving licence, MOT certificate, copies of the proof of ownership and purchase of his vehicle […]
Continue reading »COMPANY DRIVER DIES AFTER NDLEA TORTURE IN KOGI
A company driver, Moruf Haruna, has died after he was allegedly kicked in the stomach by an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the Abaji area of Kogi State. The Victim, 40-year-old Haruna, who worked for Vintage Transport and Logistics, was allegedly manhandled by the officer when an NDLEA team stopped his vehicle for a search in the […]
Continue reading »TRAGEDY AVERTED AS TANKER FALLS OFF AIRPORT ROAD BRIDGE, CRASHES INTO BUSES
Many people avoided death by the whiskers yesterday as a petrol tanker skidded off the bridge at Toyota bus-stop, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway on its way to Airport Road and fell on three commercial buses parked at the bus stop. The accident occurred around 4:30p.m. Thankfully, no live was lost in the incident as the diesel-laden tanker crushed everything in its sight, […]
Continue reading »POLICE RECOVER FRED AMATA’S SNATCHED VEHICLE
The Lagos State Police Command has recovered the Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) belonging to popular actor, Fred Amata that was snatched from him by gunmen at Fadeyi area of Lagos two weeks ago. The vehicle, which was stolen on Saturday June 25, was recovered on Monday in Ejigbo area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent […]
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