Tragedy struck on the Ife-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday as 11 persons, including children, were burnt to death after an 18-seater bus collided with a fuel tanker.
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Month: July 2017
CHINA’S LATEST, FASTEST ‘SKYTRAIN’ BEGINS TRIAL RUNS
China’s fastest suspension railway line has been put in trial operation in Qingdao, eastern China’s Shandong Province.
Continue reading »NIGERIA CUSTOMS RETURNS 11 TOYOTA HILUX VANS IMPOUNDED FROM SENATOR
The Nigeria Customs Service says it has released four Toyota Hilux pick up vans allegedly belonging to a senator after the payment of N19 million custom duties.
Continue reading »APC CHAIRMANSHIP CANDIDATE DIES IN AUTO CRASH (PICTURES)
The All Progressives Congress, APC chairmanship candidate for Ikotun/Igando Local Council Development Area, Sakiru Alabi Balogun, has died in an auto crash along LASU/Isheri road in Igando area of the state, yesterday.
Continue reading »REFINERIES REALISE N62 BILLION FROM REFINED PRODUCTS
Nigeria’s refineries – the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited Port Harcourt Refineries Corporation (PHRC); Kaduna Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (KRPC); and Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company Ltd. (WRPC) realised N62 billion from refined products in May 2017.
Continue reading »EFCC READY TO TACKLE FRAUD PETROLEUM DEPOTS
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday said it had a strategy in place to check fraudulent activities in the country’s petroleum product depots.
Continue reading »NURTW MEMBER IN FREE-FOR-ALL, 15 INJURED
There was pandemonium in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday, following the clash that ensued between two factions of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.
Continue reading »BRITISH AIRWAYS INTRODUCES NEW BOEING 747 TO LAGOS ROUTE
British Airways (BA) will be introducing a bigger and better Boeing 747 to its London-Lagos route from September.
Continue reading »LAGOS THREATENS TO SANCTION ERRING BOAT OPERATORS
The Lagos State Safety Commission on Thursday threatened that it would sanction boat operators that failed to comply with safety rules and regulations guiding water transportation in the state.
Continue reading »INTELS GETS NPA’S APPROVAL ON TERMINAL OPERATION
The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Hadiza Bala-Usman, has said Intels Nigeria Limited has a competitive advantage over other terminal operators in the handling of Oil and Gas logistics in the country.
Continue reading »INNOSON TO EXPORT 400 LOCALLY MADE VEHICLES TO MALI
The Charge‘d Affair of Nigeria in Mali, Yara Abdulsalam, says an indigenous motor manufacturing company, Innoson Motors, has signed MoU with a Malian firm to export 400 locally made vehicles to Mali.
Continue reading »LAGOS STATE GOVT TO CONNECT IKORODU WITH LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY
The Lagos State Government says it has started the “long awaited road project,” which will connect the Agric area of Ikorodu to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway through the Arepo area of Ogun State.
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