Twelve people were killed when a passenger boat capsized in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos on Sunday, the government said, blaming the accident on overcrowding.
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Month: August 2017
POLICE DETAIN, ARRAIGN CAB DRIVER FOR PASSENGER’S OFFENCE
A cab driver, Peter Adeniji, has accused men of the Dopemu Police Station, Lagos State Police Command, of unlawfully detaining and arraigning him for a crime allegedly committed by his passenger.
Continue reading »DANGOTE DRIVER ARRAIGNED FOR STEALING N25M TRUCK
The police have arraigned a 35-year-old driver with Dangote Group Plc, Haruna Bello, before an lkeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a truck belonging to the company.
Continue reading »SAUDI SAYS QATAR BLOCKS PLANES FROM TRANSPORTING PILGRIMS
Saudi Arabia on Sunday said Qatar had refused to allow its planes to land in Doha to transport Qatari Muslims to Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage.
Continue reading »EDO ASSEMBLY ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO FORMER DEPUTY SPEAKER TO RETURN OFFICIAL VEHICLES
Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA) has issued a two-day ultimatum to the former Deputy Speaker of the House, Mrs Elizabeth Ativie, to return her official vehicles to the House or face legal action.
Continue reading »EKO MODULAR REFINERY GETS N360M GRANT
The United States of America Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has approved a grant of $1 million (N360 million) for the detailed engineering design of 20,000 barrel per day (bpd) modular refinery in Lagos.
Continue reading »FG CONCESSIONS NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY LINES TO GE
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved an interim agreement for the concession of the Lagos-Kano and Port Harcourt-Maiduguri old narrow gauge railway lines to a consortium led US engineering conglomerate, General Electric (GE).
Continue reading »NATIONAL AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (NADDC) VISITS INNOSON IN NNEWI (PICTURES)
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), led by its Director-General, Mr. Aliyu Jelani during the week paid a courtesy visit to the Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company in Nnewi, Anambra State.
Continue reading »‘2016 LEXUS JEEP, ONE PRADO JEEP AND TWO HILUX VANS, PERSONAL GIFT TO ME BY OSHIOMHOLE’ – IMPEACHED EDO DEP. SPEAKER
A fresh crisis may be brewing in the Edo State House of Assembly as the impeached Deputy Speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, has held on to the cars, which the House directed her to return to new principal officers, claiming that the cars were given to her as gifts by a former governor, Adams Oshiomhole.
Continue reading »CRACKDOWN ON SMUGGLING: EXOTIC CARS IMPOUNDED (PICTURES)
The Nigeria Customs Service’ intensified anti-smuggling activities has continued to yield more results as the Federal Operations Units, Zone “C” Owerri, intercepted smuggled exotic cars and a number of contraband items. The exotic cars include a white Bentley.
Continue reading »NINE MISTAKES CAR BUYERS IN NIGERIA USUALLY MAKE
BUYING IN A HASTE Buying a car is totally different from buying hot wheels cars from Shoprite’s toy rack; where kids spot the toy of their choice, point a finger and it’s theirs in a minute. As we all know, the kid may damage the toy before the next day.
Continue reading »FIVE TERROR SUSPECTS SHOT DEAD AFTER RAMPAGING VAN DRIVER PLOUGHS INTO CROWD KILLING 13 PEOPLE (PICTURES)
BARCELONA (SPAIN) – Spanish police shot dead five would-be attackers after confronting them early on Friday in a town south of Barcelona where hours earlier a suspected Islamist militant drove a van into crowds, killing 13 people and wounding scores of others.
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