Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday embarked on extensive inspection of on-going projects across the State, where he equally flagged off the world class Epe-Marina Lagoon reclamation project aimed at giving a quantum leap to the tourism potentials of the State. Governor Ambode, who was accompanied on the inspection tour by top government functionaries, said the lagoon reclamation […]
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The Niger State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday disclosed that seven of its staffs have been incapacitated by speeding drivers in the state. According to the state Commander, Susan Ajenge, this staffs were killed on the highway while trying to enforce road safety regulations adding that they were run down by speeding drivers. Speaking to […]
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The Lagos State Government on Monday has defended the enforcement method of its Special Offences Task Force which favours the removal of number plates of erring vehicles over clamping down and towing of vehicles. The government also denied allegations of highhandedness against officials of the Task Force and those of the Special Offences Tribunal (Mobile Court), describing the coterie of […]
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About seven years after its commencement, the first phase of the Abuja-Kaduna Standards Rail Gauge was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, with a pledge to ensuring that the country has a working rail system. Towards this end, his administration would pursue a 25-Year Strategic Railway Master Plan which is aimed at rehabilitating the existing 3,505km narrow gauge rail line as […]
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Some suspected hoodlums have killed a 70-year-old truck driver, Jerry Akinsola, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the father of four was attacked on Tuesday around 8pm at Fashola bus stop after his truck broke down. They were said to have demanded the payment of N5,000 for ‘owo omo taku’ (breakdown fee) from the […]
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China has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country’s program to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of the new planes, dubbed the AG600, Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the need to have a unified road accident data in the country informed the creation of the ‘National Crash Report Information System (NACRIS)’. According to the Corps 2015 Annual Report, the NACRIS is a committee responsible for the collation and harmonisation of road traffic accident data from all agencies generating data on accident. […]
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Following the crash and subsequent explosion of a fuel tanker said to be carrying 33,000 litres of petrol on Monday at Cele Bus Stop, along the Mile 2 Expressway, two unidentified persons were reportedly burnt to death. The explosion which also consumed several cars, stretched to about 500 metres of the ever busy bus stop, gutting everything in its path, […]
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