Governor Olusegun Mimiko has approved a special intervention programme to give attention to the deplorable conditions of some federal roads in Ondo State. At a media briefing in Akure yesterday, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade and the Chairman of the Ondo State Agency for Roads Maintenance and Construction (OSARMCO), Kehinde Oshikoya, said the government was giving the roads […]
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A driver attached to the speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly was yesterday stabbed with a knife by a kidnapper, who attempted to take away a daughter of the lawmaker at his house in Jalingo, the state capital. According to one of the drivers attached to the speaker, who was in the house at the time of the incident, […]
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The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled new fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles, which it said would both reduce carbon emissions and save drivers billions of dollars at the pump. The standards, unveiled as President Barack Obama enters the last five months of his final term, apply to heavy duty vehicles which account for 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions […]
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In a fast-paced world of highly competitive businesses, customer satisfaction without doubt plays an important role in any profit or impact oriented organisation. Not only is it the leading indicator to measure customer loyalty, identify unhappy customers, reduce churn and increase revenue; it is also a key point of differentiation that helps you to attract new customers in competitive business […]
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For driving against traffic, the operatives of the Lagos State Task Task Force on Tuesday arrested four private vehicle drivers around the metropolis, just as it impounded 17 motorcycles for the same offence. Vehicles arrested for driving against traffic include a Toyota Highlander with registration number EKY 121 CU, a Toyota 4Runner with registration number GGE 892 DM, a Toyota […]
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As part of efforts to boost revenue, the federal government has been advised to concession major highways and railway lines in the country to both local and foreign private sector investors. Analysts at FSDH Merchant Bank Limited gave the advice in their latest monthly economic report. They also stressed the need for the federal government to involve the private sector […]
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The Kaduna Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of three persons and declared 14 others missing after an 18-seater bus plunged into River Rijana on Kaduna-Abuja Road. The sector’s Head of Operations, Mr. Salisus Galadunci, said the accident occurred around 11pm on Tuesday.
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The Marine squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogun State Command, early Wednesday morning intercepted a flying boat loaded with allegedly smuggled Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol along Badagry-Tongeji waterways, on its way to the Republic of Benin. Our correspondent gathered that two flying boats were said to have been sighted near Kese waterfront at […]
Continue reading »The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Road Safety Corps and the Federal Inland Revenue Service have partnered on a project to ensure that all vehicles imported into Nigeria paid duties before registration to shore up revenue of the country. The Customs Public Relations Officer, Mr Wale Adeniyi, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the objective of the collaboration was to shore […]
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The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday said any attempt to convert the 114 newly-constructed roads in the 57 local government areas and local council development areas into venues for trading or parking lots would be resisted by the government. Ambode, who inaugurated another set of completed roads in the councils, added that conversion of the roads to other […]
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No fewer than eight persons have been confirmed dead in a car crash in Enugu State. The accident occurred along the Enugu/Port Harcourt Expressway, by the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital junction, at Ituku-Ozalla.
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Danish oil and shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Thursday it would split the the group into separate businesses for transport and energy as it faces headwinds in both sectors. “The industries in which we are operating are very different, and both face very different underlying fundamentals and competitive environments,” chairman Michael Pram Rasmussen said in a statement.
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