The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a former Federal Road Safety Corps member, who killed an official of the FRSC in Oyo town. The suspect, Nurudeen Alin (32), and his accomplice, Mohammed Garba (26), went to the residence of their victim, Yahuza Fakai, at College Road, Amejiogbe area of Oyo town and stabbed him with a knife several times. […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday in Lagos says the subtle enforcement of speed limit is only on commercial and fleet operators, while that of private vehicles will commence in 2017. Mrs Ojeme Ewhrudjakpor, Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM) Operations of the corps, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the subtle enforcement on the speed limit “is […]
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Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, on Saturday claimed that 100 trucks of grains meant for to Internally Displaced Persons in the North East were diverted during the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Ndume made the assertion in Maiduguri while handing over grains to Borno Government for the IDPs, supplied to the state by the Federal Government. He alleged the 100 […]
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The National President of the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, Comrade Israel Ade Adeshola through the Lagos State ministry of transportation said it would employ 1000 graduates from different Universities as Bus Conductors. Comrade Adeshola in an interview with Vanguard also disclosed that the new policy of the Lagos state government under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is […]
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Two persons lost their lives while seven others were injured in an auto crash which occurred in front of the abandoned Gateway Hotel, Ota, in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State on Saturday around 6.10am. Our correspondent gathered that those who died were crushed to death in the accident which involved two trucks that were travelling to Lagos.
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Several groups have rejected the reintroduction of tolling on federal roads by the Federal Government. They said the move showed that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was “insensitive” to the plight of Nigerians, especially during this period of economic recession. The groups also said it was not right for the Federal Government to re-introduce tolling on roads in the country, […]
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Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Saturday flagged off the construction of a N38 billion cargo airport at Dauda in Guma Local Government Area of the state. Ortom said the project would provide a platform for quick evacuation of farm produce from the state to markets abroad. According to him, the effort would be beneficial to rural farmers, boost […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday expressed optimism that the $2.6bn Badagry Deep Sea Port Project would be a major turning point that would go a long way to bring about global growth to Nigerian waters and by extension the nation’s economy. The Governor, who spoke shortly after another successful meeting with the executive management of APM Terminals […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday donated two Toyota Hilux Pick-Up vans to the Victoria Island Ikoyi Residents Association (VIIRA), says it is in furtherance of the need to sustain the gains of the clean-up of Ikoyi andVictoria Island areas. The Governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, while handing over […]
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The Corps of the Federal Road Safety Corps has called for the trial of a driver who killed three of the Corps’ marshals in Tsafe, Zamfara State. A statement by the Head, Media Relatiosn and Strategy, FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, said the driver – of an unregistered Volkwagen Golf – had killed the marshals and injured a Policeman and a staff […]
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The Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika Wednesday, appealed to Emirates, Kenya Airways and other foreign airlines which threatened recently to suspend flights from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja due to the scarcity of foreign exchange and dwindling passenger traffic to reconsider their decisions. The airlines had said scarcity of foreign exchange and dwindling passenger traffic […]
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Konga on Monday said it was rolling out an extensive warehouse infrastructure project, ‘Fulfilled by Konga’, across Nigeria to service over 60,000 online merchants. The company said that the project would enable thousands of Nigerian online sellers, who currently sell through Konga, to store their merchandise in Konga warehouses and subsequently have the orders delivered by Konga’s in-house fulfillment team.
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