The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it impounded 25 vehicles smuggled into Nigeria with contraband goods through illegal routes. The controller of the command, Temitope Ogunkua, said a total of 342 bags of rice were loaded in 23 of the vehicles, with duty paid value of about N2.9m. Two other trucks were also loaded with hundreds […]
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No fewer than 18 passengers travelling from Agbor to Warri in Delta State with the state-owned inter-city bus, on Friday morning, narrowly escaped death as the vehicle went up in flames while in motion. It was gathered that pandemonium broke out midway into the journey at the Police Junction in Abraka, when passengers began to notice smoke from the moving […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps on Wednesday summoned managers of Peace Mass Transit over the spate of road accidents involving the transport company. It said the firm’s vehicles recorded 11 road accidents between January and June this year, resulting in the death of 37 people with 58 others injured. According to the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, the development […]
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A community in Lagos State, Abule Taylor, in the Abule Egba area has expressed worry over continued devastation of its roads and drainage channels, among other infrastructural facilities as a result of an on-going construction of a flyover at the Abule Egba interjection of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Residents of the community also complained about the recklessness of motorists, especially commercial […]
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps said it has destroyed over 250 illegal refineries and made over 118 arrests in the last one year. This is contained in a statement signed by the Corps spokesperson, Emmanuel Okeh on Friday in Abuja. The statement quoted the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana has disclosing this in his office.
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Despite a global sales record indicating that first half of 2016 was the best ever for some organisations, Nigerian vehicle dealers have continued to groan under sales drop owning to government policies and economic turbulence. Infiniti said it finished the first half of 2016 with a new sales record, which marks the organisation’s best June ever, thanks to key markets […]
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Dreaded ironically by non-law abiding and law abiding motorists, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) set out to ensure road users obey regulations that all boil down to safety of life and property. And when these two powerful agencies fall over each other to make sure guidelines are followed, there can be only one result: […]
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Being exposed to a constant barrage of traffic noise raises the risk of a heart attack, a new study has found. Those who live close to main roads or railway lines are most at risk, researchers discovered. The constant stream of sounds from cars, trains or planes puts the body under stress, increasing the risk of a myocardial infarction (MI) […]
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The Diversion For 24-year-old Osas Uwagie, an indigene of Edo State and a tanker driver, nothing better explains why he diverted a tanker loaded with 33 thousand litres of diesel than bad company. Osas who was said to have been recruited by a Lagos-based oil and gas firm (name withheld) was en-route Abuja to supply the said products. He, however, diverted […]
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An attack in Nice, France, where a man rammed a truck into a crowd of people left 84 dead and another 18 in a “critical condition”, interior ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said Friday. An unidentified gunman barrelled the truck two kilometres (1.3 miles) through a crowd that had been enjoying a fireworks display for France’s national day in the French […]
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PRODUCE HAULAGE Farm produce would not get to end users if those in the chain of distribution fail to carry out their duties. Identifying this important role, some investors have ventured into inter and intra-state produce distribution on a small scale to make money and also to move the various food items from one geographical location to the other. HOW […]
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PROLOGUE An experience I had with a vulcanizer paints a grim picture of the danger all motorist could be facing on daily basis. My vehicle has tyre pressure specification of 35 psi by the manufacturer. One day, I drove into a vulcanizers shop to pump up one of my tyres. After pumping, the vulcanizer got 35psi reading on his pencil […]
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