Four persons reportedly died while five others were injured in an auto crash which occurred along the Ijebu Ode-Benin Expressway on Sunday.
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Month: June 2017
SIX ARRESTED FOR KADUNA-ABUJA ROAD KIDNAPPING
COLLAPSED BRIDGE TAKE ITS TOLL: HUNDREDS STRANDED IN TRAFFIC GRIDLOCK
Hundreds of motorists heading towards Abuja and other parts of the North were yesterday stranded at the Osi-Eruku axis of the Ilorin-Omu-Aran-Kabba federal road due to a gridlock.
Continue reading »FG TO EXECUTE THREE-PRONGED STRATEGY TO END FUEL IMPORTATION BY 2019
To achieve the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s target of meeting the nation’s needs and end the importation of petroleum products by 2019 which cost the country N3.35 trillion last year, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources is executing a three-pronged strategy.
Continue reading »WOMAN GIVES BIRTH ON FLIGHT, BABY GETS FREE TRAVEL FOR LIFE
An Indian woman gave birth to a baby boy on an international commercial flight as it flew at 35,000 feet, the airline said on Monday.
Continue reading »MAN DRIVES VAN INTO A CROWD: SAYS “I WANT TO KILL ALL MUSLIMS”
Worshippers leaving a London mosque just after midnight on Monday were helping an unwell elderly man when a van deliberately targeted them, eyewitnesses said, driven by an attacker who shouted: “I want to kill all Muslims”.
Continue reading »EXECUTIVE ORDERS: FED GOVT AGENCIES REFUSE TO VACATE PORTS
The order to vacate the seaports issued to some agencies by the Federal Government appears to have fallen on deaf ears, investigations by our correspondent have revealed.
Continue reading »FRSC TO DEPLOY 25,000 MARSHALS FOR SALLAH PATROL
The Federal Road Safety Corps is to draft 25,000 regular and special marshals nationwide for its special patrol during the forthcoming Sallah celebration.
Continue reading »ROBBERS HIJACK LUXURY BUS ON BENIN-ASABA HIGHWAY, ROB PASSENGERS
POLICE have arrested a member of a seven-man armed robbery gang, Ifeanyi, aged 17 years, which waylaid and hijacked a Young Shall Grow luxury bus, robbed the occupants, along the Asaba-Benin expressway and drove away with the bus.
Continue reading »NNPC FORCES DOWN PRICE OF DIESEL ACROSS NIGERIA BY 42 PERCENT
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Sunday, disclosed that some of its key strategic interventions have led to a crash in the price of Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, otherwise called Diesel, to between N175 to N200 per litre across the country.
Continue reading »NORTH CUT OFF FROM THE SOUTH AS TWO BRIDGES COLLAPSE BETWEEN JEBBA AND MOKWA
It is now a difficult moment for transporters, commuters and motorists shuttling between the northern and southern parts of the country through Ilorin-Mokwa-Jebba road.
Continue reading »CONSTRUCTION: APAPA ROAD TO BE SHUT FOR ONE-YEAR
A section of the Apapa Wharf will be shut down for one-year to enable its construction.
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