The Federal Government has paid about N700bn out of the N2.1tn liabilities for the construction of 206 road projects across the country, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Although the minister was not specific if it was the present government that paid the sum, he, however, explained that out of the N300bn already released by […]
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It has been an eventful few days for Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar, an Indian living in Dubai. In the space of a week, he survived a crash landing at Dubai airport then won $1m in a lottery organised by the airport’s duty free operator, Gulf News reported. The 62-year-old was flying home from holidays with family in India when the Boeing […]
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At least 29 cattle were drowned on Tuesday following a heavy downpour that washed away several roads in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State. Farmlands and bridges linking the people of the area to the headquarters of the local government were not spared by the rainfall that lasted for several hours.
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It is mandatory for everybody to have licence to carry firearms and to drive a motor vehicle because both are deadly equipment. Both are projectiles that kill if used willfully or when mishandled, that is the reason people required to use them, said Mr. Derek, a lead trainer with Ford Motor Company.
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Julius Berger, the construction company handling the rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, has stated that the traffic gridlock on the expressway will not ease up till November. The construction firm’s manager, West Division, Mr. Wolfgang Loesser, spoke to the press when he led his team on a courtesy visit to the Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun. Leosser said the […]
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Commercial drivers in Abia State have called on Governor Okezie Ikpeazu to stop the alleged illegal N1,000.00 driving test levy collected by the Board of Internal Revenue. The aggrieved commercial drivers said the amount was usually taken from them while trying to renew their driver’s licence.
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Senator Muhammad Ndume, the Senate Leader, said on Monday that 63 out of the 103 trucks had yet to be delivered four months after approval by the Presidency. Ndume, who represents Borno South at the National Assembly, told newsmen in Maiduguri that only 53 trucks had been delivered. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Presidency approved the […]
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Transporters in the country under the aegis of Association of Mass Transit Operators of Nigeria (ALBON) and Association of Mass Transit Operators of Nigeria (AMTO) on Wednesday asked for the federal government’s intervention in the incessant imposition of multiple taxes and levies on their members by the various states and local governments across the country. The transporters who operate in […]
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As part of the efforts to address frequent disruptions to the supply of crude oil to the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) as a result of the Niger Delta militancy, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is considering importing crude oil from Chad and Niger Republic, investigations by THISDAY have revealed. This is coming as the President of the […]
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NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru has ruled out the possibility of any increment in petrol pump price. Baru said this today to state house correspondents while reacting to media reports that oil marketers may soon increase pump price of petrol due to the scarcity of dollar and high exchange rates. According to Baru, he has not gotten any presidential […]
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The Lagos State Government says it will partner the private sector, speficically Japan International Cooperation Agency, to construct a $1bn urban rail line. The State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Dayo Mobereola, said this during a seminar by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority in conjunction with the Japanese firm in Lagos. According to LAMATA, a survey titled ‘Lagos Urban Railway […]
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Commuters in Lagos State on Tuesday groaned as drivers of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transport downed tools over alleged delay in the payment of their salary. The scheme, being operated by Primero Transport Services Ltd., provides bus services along dedicated lanes or corridor in the Lagos metropolis. The company, which began operation in November 2015, has 434 buses in its […]
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