Governor Ibikunle Amosun’ convoy was involved in an accident today around Ibafo on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
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OPEC WANTS ‘COLLECTIVE EFFORTS’ TO COUNTER US OIL OUTPUT
OPEC said Thursday that oil producers needed to make more joint efforts to match supply and demand in the oil market in the face of rising output in the United States.
Continue reading »LAGOS STATE TASK FORCE ARRESTS COMMERCIAL BUS DRIVER FOR POLICE IMPERSONATION
Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested a commercial bus driver who has been impersonating an Inspector attached to the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja.
Continue reading »NIGER DELTA INDIGENES GIVE TERMS FOR MODULAR REFINERIES’ TAKEOFF
— Want 100% funding of projects by govt — Seek 50% investment of 13% derivation funds in schemes — They’re alternatives to illegal refining, says govt The proposed investments in community-based modular refinery projects across oil-bearing states of the Niger Delta will become a pipedream unless government reviews its model to accommodate divergent interests among youths in the region, according […]
Continue reading »FG PLANS FRESH CONCESSION OF LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY, BI-COURTNEY AND MOTORWAYS CONSORTIUM ON THE BILL
The Federal Government is considering a proposal to involve the former concessionaire of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Bi-Courtney Highway Services Limited, in the funding of the completion and management of the reconstruction of the road.
Continue reading »ROGUE NSCDC OFFICIALS SHOOT, ROB TANKER DRIVER, OTHERS IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
Two employees of an oil firm in Lagos have been forced to pay heavily for refusing to give N5,000.00 bribe to some operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Command.
Continue reading »US OIL OUTPUT TO HIT A RECORD IN 2018
The United States’ Energy Information Administration said domestic output of crude oil will climb to a record 9.96 million barrels a day in 2018, up from 9.9 million barrels projected last month, according to the agency’s monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook released May 9.
Continue reading »FRSC BOSS INAUGURATES SPEED LIMITERS MANUFACTURING PLANT IN LAGOS
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Wednesday inaugurated a speed limit device manufacturing plant in Lekki, Lagos.
Continue reading »OIL WORKERS THREATEN TO SHUT DOWN EXXONMOBIL OPERATIONS
Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened to shut down the operations of Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil until the sacked workers are recalled.
Continue reading »FIVE OFFICERS MISSING AS SMUGGLERS ATTACK CUSTOMS IN OGUN, TORCH PATROL VAN
A few days after vehicle dealers attacked officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna, burning down their patrol van, officers of the service once again came under attack yesterday in the hands of daredevil smugglers in Ogun State.
Continue reading »NIGERIAN PILOTS TO TAKE CHARGE OF NPA TUG BOATS
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says Nigerian pilots are undergoing a three-month training to fully handle the four newly-acquired tug boats.
Continue reading »HERDSMEN ATTACK TRAVELLERS ON ABUJA-KEFFI EXPRESSWAY
Armed robbers suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday attacked travellers on the ever-busy Abuja-Keffi Expressway, carting away mobile phones and money from them.
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