The Managing Director of Tinapa Business and Resort, Mr. Ayiba Ayiba, has dismissed an online report that alleged the monorail linking Tinapa with Calabar International Convention Centre had been paralysed due to stolen armoured cable by hoodlums.
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COURT REMANDS DRIVER OVER ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO MURDER FAYOSE
An Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a driver, Ahamed Kolo, 35, in prison over an alleged attempt to murder Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State.
Continue reading »SAUDI ARABIA WINS PLAUDITS FOR ENDING BAN ON WOMEN DRIVING
Saudi Arabia’s historic decision to allow women to drive won plaudits internationally and inside the conservative kingdom on Wednesday, as euphoria mixed with disbelief among activists who long fought the ban.
Continue reading »TRUCK TRANSIT PARKS, LONG OVERDUE
It is indeed inscrutable why authorities in Abuja and most state capitals have not been serious about finding a lasting solution to the menace haulage trailers and trucks have constituted to road users across the country. Have the authorities been helpless, complicit or clueless? These are the pertinent questions one can ask, especially in Lagos (nation’s commercial capital) where the […]
Continue reading »RAILWAY TO DISTRIBUTE 1.8 MILLION LITRES OF PETROL PRODUCTS NATIONWIDE
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has indicated readiness to deploy its 40 tank wagons for distribution of 1.8 million litres of petrol nationwide if contacted by marketers.
Continue reading »CUSTOMS SEIZE 13 SMUGGLED BULLET-PROOF AND 5 OTHER EXOTIC VEHICLES (PICTURES)
Few weeks after Customs announced the interception of a container-load of over 1,000 units of smuggled rifles, the Service has once again come out to declare the seizure of some top-of-range bullet-proof exotic vehicles.
Continue reading »THE ULTIMATE $1.4MILLION MOTORHOME IS SO BIG YOU CAN PARK A CAR INSIDE IT (PICTURES)
Described as the ultimate ‘glamping’ experience, this $1.4million motorhome is so large you can park a sportscar inside it. The newly launched VARIO Signature 1200 allows a vehicle to slide out of an interior garage underneath the main lounge (pictured).
Continue reading »WHY WE ARE SHUTTING DOWN REFINERIES – NNPC
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation will soon shut down three of its four refineries, Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru, has said.
Continue reading »LAGOS BANS INTER-STATE BUSES, VEHICLES ALONG IKORODU ROAD, RESTRICTS OPERATION TO BERGER, OJOTA PARKS
—- Gives Operators 7-Day ultimatum to move to Berger, Ojota parks —- To co-Opt Yaba, Jibowu axis into beautification project The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the restriction of the operation of inter-state buses and vehicles operating along Ikorodu Road from going beyond Ojodu Berger and Ojota Motor Parks.
Continue reading »30 PASSENGERS INJURED IN SWISS RAILWAY CRASH
An accident on a popular Swiss tourist railway route left some 30 people slightly injured on Monday, a police spokesperson said.
Continue reading »FG, IOCS FINALISE EVALUATION OF BIDS FOR $13.5BN ZABAZABA DEEPWATER PROJECT
The Federal Government, Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited (NAE) and Shell Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) have completed the technical and commercial evaluation of bids for the main packages in the development of the $13.5 billion Zabazaba deepwater oil field in Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 245 within 14 months.
Continue reading »SOKOTO, ZAMFARA REPAIR 214KM FEDERAL ROAD WITH N100M
The Sokoto and Zamfara State governments have completed the repairs of the 214 kilometres Sokoto-Gusau federal highway at the cost of N100 million.
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