The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command on has said it seized three bullet-proof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76million. The Area Controller, Victor Dimka, a Customs Comptroller, disclosed this at a briefing held at the vehicle seat in the command. He disclosed that individuals who desired to import bullet-proof cars into the country must get clearance from […]
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WOMAN CHASES KIDNAPPER RIDING MOTORCYCLE, RESCUES DAUGHTER
There was confusion on Agbe Road in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State on Wednesday after a suspected kidnapper snatched a girl from her mother and attempted to escape with her on a motorcycle. Our correspondent learnt that the mother of the two-year-old, while raising the alarm that her daughter was abducted by the kidnapper, chased the motorcycle. It […]
Continue reading »11 LIVES LOST AS TYRE BLOWOUT CAUSES COMMERCIAL BUS TO SUMMERSAULT AND EXPLODE IN LAGOS
Eleven (11) lives were lost on Thursday after a commercial bus with 14 passengers on board went up in flames on the Otedola Bridge in the Berger area of Lagos. It was learnt that the deceased comprised eight males and three females while three persons were rescued from the wreckage alive. It was reliably gathered that the bus was at top speed […]
Continue reading »FRSC CAPTURES 1,087 OPERATORS IN DRIVING STANDARDISATION PROGRAMME
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has captured about 1,087 driving schools in its standardisation programme with 611 meeting minimum requirements for operation. Corps Marshal of FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi disclosed at an interactive session with representatives of the driving school associations in Abuja, that 1,623 driving school instructors have been registered on the Corps’ portal with 129,198 trainee drivers, while […]
Continue reading »FG TO INAUGURATE ABUJA-KADUNA RAIL PROJECT JULY 26
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, said Monday that the Abuja-Kaduna rail project would be inaugurated on July 26 at Idu, Abuja. Amaechi made this known in an interview with journalists in Abuja.
Continue reading »EKO ATLANTIC COMPLETES NIGERIA’S FIRST EIGHT LANE CITY ROAD, BRIDGES
Eko Atlantic City, a unique, innovative development project on the coast of Lagos, has reached advanced stages in the first five million square metres of the project, according to Chagoury Group, the development project developer. The city not only boasts of independent power and water supply, seamless communications network, but also an 8-lane arterial road over 1,500 metres long. This […]
Continue reading »USE NIGERIA-MADE CARS, MONARCH URGES BUHARI, OTHERS
The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, governors of the 36 states and members of the National Assembly to start using vehicles assembled in Nigeria. Oluwo, who said this in an interview with our correspondent in Osogbo on Tuesday, said this would help the local automobile companies and boost the nation’s ailing economy.
Continue reading »COURT REMANDS UNRULY NURSE OVER N100 LAGBUS FARE
An Ogudu Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 48-year-old nurse in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly failing to pay a commercial bus owned by the Lagos State Government the correct fare. The nurse, Oduwole Taiwo, who lives at Lucky Fiber Road, Ikorodu, was said to have boarded the bus from Ikorodu to Ojota at about 4.15 p.m. A journey which costs N100 […]
Continue reading »LOCAL AIRLINES LOSE N500M DAILY AS FUEL SCARCITY CRIPPLES SECTOR
Aside the inconveniences experienced by air passengers on account of delayed or canceled flights since the week began, airline operators are counting their loses as the fuel scarcity continue to bite harder grounding at least two in every three flight operations nationwide. The airlines that have been struggling to remain in business due to economic crunch are now in dire […]
Continue reading »TROOPS NAB SUSPECTED BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS FUEL SUPPLIERS
A Press Release by the office of the Army Public Relations has confirmed the interception of a fuel-laden truck at a security checkpoint on the outskirts of Maiduguri, on its way to make delivery to the Boko Haram terrorists. The Press Release signed by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman and titled “Troops nab suspected […]
Continue reading »NEW NPA MD, HADIZA BALA USMAN, ASSUMES DUTY
The new Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that the new management will strive for enhanced operational efficiency for improved revenue generation and inflows into national treasury. Usman stated this at the handover ceremony between her and the former Managing Director of NPA, Malam Habib Abdullahi, on Monday in Lagos.
Continue reading »NINE DIE, FOUR INJURED IN OGUN AUTO CRASHES
Tragedy struck on Saturday at Wasimi Village on the old Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway after two women lost their lives, while four others were injured in a road accident. Also, seven persons died on Sunday at Fidiwo, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Express in a separate road accident. The Saturday accident involved a Nissan saloon car with number plate, SZ 171 […]
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