Two persons were seriously injured when a passenger train hit a Hilux van in Woji axis of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. The incident had caused a lot of anxiety as residents of the area trooped out as a result of the deafening sound that resulted from the accident. The train marked 2306 had rammed into the stationary […]
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The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, said on Tuesday that the Federal Government inherited 206 uncompleted roads from the last administration. He added that contractors of most of the projects had since been mobilised to site. Fashola said his ministry was working with lean resources, adding that it was determined to do more in the interest […]
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Nigerians should prepare for another increase in the pump prices of petrol, due to the continued scarcity of foreign exchange to finance the importation of the product, oil marketers have said. According to them, the United States dollar hit an all-time high last week, as it exchanged for N400 at the parallel market. Worried by the development, the marketers say […]
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The Federal and Lagos State Governments Friday disclosed plan to save Marine Beach Bridge (Apapa-Ijora Bridge), which connects Apapa Central Business District (CBD) to Lagos Island and Lagos-Ibadan expressway via Ikorodu road. Before they unveiled the new intervention, a portion of the bridge had caved in, thus putting its structural integrity to question and causing intractable gridlocks that often paralysed […]
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The Federal Government yesterday shutdown the Apapa-Ijora Bridge in Lagos to outward bound traffic for quick rehabilitation, even as it admitted that the engineering drawings for the bridge constructed in the 1970s, are missing. THISDAY had raised the red flag last week over the extreme deterioration of the bridge, which has massive holes that have exposed the steel rods supporting […]
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The administrative officer of a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Olawale Olabinwonnu, was at the weekend arrested by the Intelligence team of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) while trying to sell a stolen vehicle. During the preliminary interrogation, the 35-year-old suspect alleged that his prophet pushed him into selling the vehicle, a Nissan Sentra, 2015 model, which had […]
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Residents of Apapa and those doing one form of business or the other in the town were jolted penultimate Saturday when they woke up to see that a portion of the Apapa-Ijora Bridge has caved-in. The bridge, which is a major entry point into Apapa, where Nigeria’s busiest and most utilised seaports; Wharf, Tincan and Apapa Ports are located, has […]
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The All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State has called on the Federal Government to urgently dualise Calabar-Itu highway, as the project had been captured in the 2016 budget. A statement addressed to the Minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and signed by the state Chairman of the party, Dr. Amadu Atai, on Sunday, said the road has become impassable […]
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Police operatives in Bayelsa State have intercepted two vehicles conveying 12 children into the state for alleged child labour and child trafficking. The two vehicles – a Mazda 626 with number plate BC 645 KSF and a Jetta with number plate DX 643 PH travelled from Akwa Ibom to Bayelsa. The children were nine females and three males, aged between […]
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Determined to reduce the level of road accidents in the country, The Federal Road Safety Commission said it would recertify about 2,000 drivers of Peace Mass Transit Limited currently undergoing training in Enugu. Southern City News gathered that the retraining and recertification programme was informed by recent road accidents reportedly involving the transport company.
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The Foursquare Gospel Church, Alaka, Lagos, was thrown into mourning on Friday when four of its members reportedly died in a car accident in the Ojota area of the state. The victims were Temidayo Oyebade, Anuoluwapo Bisade-Philips, Shalom Etiubon and one simply identified as Nike. While Etiubon is a graduate of Architecture from the Covenant University, Anuoluwapo graduated from the […]
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No fewer than 16 people were killed after a commercial bus had a head-on collision with a Sports Utility Vehicle at the Alewu village end of the Lokoja-Abaji Expressway in Kogi State. The PUNCH learnt that only one person survived the accident, which involved a Toyota Hiace heading towards Kano and a SUV going to Benin, the Edo State capital.
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