The fragile peace currently being enjoyed in Oyo state was yesterday disrupted as members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employers of Nigeria (RTEAN) battled themselves over the daily fees charged by the drivers’ union. In the ensuing melee that paralysed activities in Agugu, Oremeji, Monatan, Iwo road areas of the state, dangerous weapons […]
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The road linking Nigeria to Central Africa, and by extension, the North Africa from the North-eastern region, the Maiduguri-Mafa-Dikwa-Gamboru/Ngala road, was yesterday reopened by the Nigerian Army. The road, a total of 138 kilometres, is not only strategic but of economic importance to the nation. It was closed three years ago by the military at the peak of the Boko […]
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Three persons were killed yesterday when a truck carrying a 40-feet container rammed into a commercial bus at Alakija, on Mile 2-Badagry Expressway, Lagos State around. 7.00a.m. Two others were injured when the truck moving inward Badagry and marked KRD526XP crashed into a commercial bus marked EPE972XH with five occupants.
Continue reading »The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has raised the alarm over adulteration of diesel in the market and vowed to clamp down on the perpetrators of the act. Speaking recently in Lagos when officials of the regulatory agency uncovered two illegal engine oil manufacturing factories in Ikugbayi Street, Marine Bridge and Raji Rasak Estate in FESTAC Town area in the […]
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There was pandemonium in the Ilupeju area of Oshodi, Lagos State, after a bus crushed an okada rider and his passenger to death. Our correspondent learnt that the okada rider, Aniefuong Udoh, and a passenger, Suleiman Bakare, were both crushed by the LAGBUS around 9am on Monday. It was gathered that the LAGBUS was heading towards Oshodi when the accident happened. […]
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A US-based language instructor, Henshaw Ita, has accused the officers of the Lagos State Vehicle Inspection Service at the Iba Zonal Office of unlawful seizure of his vehicle documents. He said the officers had been holding on to the original copies of his vehicle licence, driving licence, MOT certificate, copies of the proof of ownership and purchase of his vehicle […]
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A company driver, Moruf Haruna, has died after he was allegedly kicked in the stomach by an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the Abaji area of Kogi State. The Victim, 40-year-old Haruna, who worked for Vintage Transport and Logistics, was allegedly manhandled by the officer when an NDLEA team stopped his vehicle for a search in the […]
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Many people avoided death by the whiskers yesterday as a petrol tanker skidded off the bridge at Toyota bus-stop, Apapa-Oshodi Expressway on its way to Airport Road and fell on three commercial buses parked at the bus stop. The accident occurred around 4:30p.m. Thankfully, no live was lost in the incident as the diesel-laden tanker crushed everything in its sight, […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has recovered the Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) belonging to popular actor, Fred Amata that was snatched from him by gunmen at Fadeyi area of Lagos two weeks ago. The vehicle, which was stolen on Saturday June 25, was recovered on Monday in Ejigbo area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday deployed 20,000 personnel including special marshals, as well as 500 patrol vehicles, 50 ambulances, 85 motor bikes, and 15 tow trucks to accident-prone routes as part of measures to ensure sanity on the nation’s highways during the Eid-el-Fitri Sallah. In statement made available to the media in Abuja, the Head of Media […]
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The Federal Government and local automobile manufacturers have disagreed on the enforcement of a 70 per cent tariff on imported used vehicles. While the latter want the Federal government to commence the enforcement with immediate effect the second phase of the imposed 35 per cent tariff on imported used vehicles to discourage their importation, the government says it will only […]
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The police have arrested four suspected thieves for allegedly attempting to steal a Range Rover parked on the premises of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State. It was said that the suspects – Akin Ayotunde, 29; Emmanuel Oriye, 23; Happy Masikoro, 22 and 21-year-old Paul Ohiri – had gone for a […]
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