A tanker, with 33,000 litres of diesel exploded this evening in Lagos after it collided with a BMW car along Oshodi-Apapa expressway. The incident occurred at Toyota junction, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, inwards Oshodi. Fire fighters and emergency agencies are currently battling to put out the fire. General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu said the tanker was carrying […]
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In an effort to provided and efficient and effective public transport service to the people of Bauchi State, Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar has announced his administration’s plan to procure undisclosed number of tricycles to be distributed on loan to members of the Bauchi State chapter of the National Association of Commercial Tricycles and Motor Cycles of Nigeria who paid him […]
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In a bid to make state flood free in 2017, the state government of Osun says it has completed the dredging of a combined 123km of waterways and canals in the state. Speaking over the weekend, an aide to the governor who is also the former Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Bola Ilori, revealed that the state has made adequate […]
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The Federal Government is to procure 20 aircraft to make Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) Zaria a centre of excellence, Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NCAT took delivery of a brand new Diamond DA24NG. The minister, who disclosed this at the launch of the new aircraft […]
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Six persons on Monday lost their lives while 12 others were injured in an auto crash at Osara village on Lokoja-Okene road in Kogi. Villagers told newsmen that the accident, which occured at about 9am, involved three vehicles – a truck, a Toyota Hiace bus and a Nissan Primera car. According to the eyewitnesses, the truck and Toyota bus had […]
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Two persons were yesterday killed in a series of fatal accidents along the Oshodi Expressway that also left a policeman and scores of persons with varying degree of injuries. The accident caused a heavy gridlock on the busy road which took the combined efforts of emergency workers from the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), state Fire Service and other agencies […]
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No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed in auto crashes in Anambra, Lagos and Ogun states, while about 12 persons sustained varying degrees of injury. In the Anambra incident, which occurred on Awor Road, Oraifite village, in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state, a man identified as Chinedu Nwannem, his two children and two sisters-in-law were killed […]
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With the failure of the airports remodelling project of the former administration, there are indications that the government intends to replicate the facelift currently ongoing at the Lagos airport terminal in other airports across the country. Following the completion of the repairs of the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the ongoing facelift of the terminal of […]
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Three officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps will face disciplinary action after they were captured at a filling station sleeping after allegedly consuming bottles of beer. According to a Facebook user who posted the pictures, Ndubuisi, the incident happened on Thursday at Tarzan Junction, Npkor, Anambra State. He alleged that the men drank 15 bottles of beer before sleeping […]
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