Around midday yesterday, we reported that a driver plowed into a crowd in New York’s Times Square killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring 22 others (READ IT HERE).
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Day: May 19, 2017
UBER DRIVER “THREATENS TO BEAT FEMALE PASSENGER, BREAKS HER PHONE” IN LAGOS
An Uber driver in Lagos, identified as Jude Idoko, allegedly attempted to beat up a female passenger on Thursday after she declined to pay more than the usual fare.
Continue reading »BUSTED! ARIK CONFIRMS ARREST OF TWO PASSENGERS
Arik Air has confirmed the arrest of two male passengers caught stealing from the baggage of another passenger onboard the airline’s Lagos-Abuja flight on Friday morning.
Continue reading »EXXONMOBIL, PENGASSAN AGREE TO RESOLVE DISPUTE
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and a subsidiary of United States-based ExxonMobil Corporation, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, have reached an agreement to end a dispute over the sacking of some employees.
Continue reading »EKITI YOUTHS THREATEN ‘MASS ACTION’ OVER FUEL SUPPLY BY MARKETERS
A coalition of youths in Ekiti has threatened mass action against petroleum marketers in the state for cutting off the fuel supply to residents.
Continue reading »FG MERGES OPERATIONS OF AGENCIES AT AIRPORTS, SEAPORTS
The Federal Government has directed all relevant ministries, departments and agencies operating at the nation’s airports and seaports to harmonise their operations into a single interface station.
Continue reading »EU BAN WILL NOT STOP OUR LONDON FLIGHTS – MEDVIEW AIRLINE
Medview Airline Plc has clarified the European Union (EU)’s operational restriction, which the public had misunderstood as a total ban on its United Kingdom operations.
Continue reading »FED GOVT REPLIES SENATE, INSISTS SOUTHEAST NOT EXCLUDED IN RAIL PROJECTS
The Federal Government on Thursday reacted to the Senate’s resolution on the exclusion of the eastern corridor in ongoing rail line projects, stressing that the new route is an improvement from an original plan, which includes the South-East, and links major cities in the country.
Continue reading »APAPA PORTS ROADS A PRIORITY – FASHOLA
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has said that the rehabilitation of access roads at Apapa Port in Lagos State was a priority project of the Federal Government.
Continue reading »BUS DRIVER JAILED TWO YEARS FOR STEALING N296,000.00 PROPERTY
An Oredo Magistrate’s Court in Benin, Edo State has sentenced a 23-year-old bus driver to two years’ imprisonment for stealing property worth N296,000.00.
Continue reading »REPS URGES PORT-HARCOURT REFINERY TO IMPROVE ON PETROL PRODUCTION
The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Review of Pump Price of Petrol has urged the Port-Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC) to improve on 3.523 million litres of petrol (Premium Motor Spirit) produced per day.
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