The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a cab driver, Kingsley Chijioke, while robbing his passengers at gunpoint along Goffina Village, Zuba, Niger State.
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POLICE ARREST UBER DRIVER WHO ROBBED FIRST-TIME VISITOR TO NIGERIA
The Uber taxi driver who robbed South African visitor to Nigeria (Read it Here), Mongy Mathobela, has reportedly been arrested.
Continue reading »MAY 1ST DISASTER: 4 BURNT TO DEATH IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT
Four persons were burnt to death this morning on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway following an accident involving an IVECO Truck and a Toyota bus belonging to………
Continue reading »FG CONSIDERS FURTHER REVIEW OF PETROL PRICING TEMPLATE
The Federal Government has said it would further review its pricing template for petrol with the aim of removing several multi-layered charges and costs that affect the pump price of petrol at service stations across the country.
Continue reading »IMMIGRATION REDEPLOYS 518 PERSONNEL FROM FIVE AIRPORTS
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr. Muhammad Babandede, has ordered the redeployment of 518 personnel from five major airports in the country.
Continue reading »LAGOS SLAMS EMBARGO ON APPROVAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FILLING STATIONS
The Lagos State Government has suspended approval for construction of filling stations in all parts of the state till further notice.
Continue reading »APAPA POOR ACCESS ROADS FORCE 400 TRUCKS OUT OF BUSINESS
The Chairman of Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Musa Mohammed has said that more than 400 trucks have left Apapa and Tincan port in Lagos in the past one year due to the poor state of access roads which are yet to receive Federal Government’s attention.
Continue reading »FIRST DIRECT LONDON-CHINA TRAIN COMPLETES 12,000 KM RUN IN 20 DAYS
Laden with whisky and baby milk, the first freight train linking China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after a 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) trip, becoming the world’s second-longest rail route.
Continue reading »ELEVEN KILLED IN PAKISTAN VAN PLUNGE
At least 11 people including women and children were killed when an overloaded passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan’s mountainous northwest on Sunday, officials said.
Continue reading »POLICE ARREST DRIVER FOR SUPPLYING FUEL, FOOD TO BOKO HARAM
The Police Command in Borno said on Sunday that it had arrested a driver, Malam Modu Mustapha, suspected to be purchasing fuel and food items for Boko Haram insurgents.
Continue reading »CUSTOMS IMPOUND 377 BAGS OF IMPORTED RICE
The Kano/Jigawa Area Command of Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) has impounded a trailer carrying 377 bags of imported rice concealed among some local goods.
Continue reading »DANGOTE SHOWCASES LOCALLY ASSEMBLED VEHICLES, 10,000 INSTALLED CAPACITY PLANT
Currently building about five units of vehicles on a single shift per day, Dangote Sinotruck West Africa Limited has revealed its first set of locally assembled truck in Lagos.
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