The driver of a pick-up and his passenger died on Tuesday after the vehicle, which was conveying bags of ginger, rammed into a stationary truck in the Onipanu area of the Ikorodu Road, Lagos State. It was learnt that the driver, reportedly on top speed, did not see the truck on time, crashing into it headlong.
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The Oyo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps said it recorded 107 deaths in 137 road accidents within the first quarter of 2015. The Sector Commander, Mr. Yusuf Salami, added that 688 persons sustained injuries within the period.
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Automobile importers and dealers are currently experiencing a tough time as the implementation of the 70% import tariff on cars is taking a heavy toll on their business. Investigations at the Lagos ports and dealers’ showrooms on Wednesday revealed that vehicle imports had dropped by about 70 per cent just as sales had tumbled by over 60 per cent.
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At the early hours of today, a 33,000 litres capacity fuel tanker approaching the Murtala Muhammed International Airport toll gate from the Sahara Energy tank farm end, crashed and spilled its content on the road.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday commenced an operation on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to ensure that trucks, trailers and tanker drivers complied with traffic rules. The operation, tagged, Operation Scorpion, started at different strategic points on the expressway, including the Ojota toll gate, Mowe and Ogere areas.
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Officials of the World Bank have expressed satisfaction with the construction of 224.62 kilometres of rural roads in Osun State by the Rural Access and Mobility Project. The ORAMP, a six-year World Bank and French Development Agency assisted project in collaboration with the Osun State Government, is seeking to improve transport conditions and bringing sustained access to the rural dwellers, […]
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The Federal Capital City Administration (FCTA) has said that in order to redress the traffic problems in and around Abuja, it has redoubled efforts to actualise the ongoing multi-billion Naira Abuja Light Rail Project, which is 67 percent completed. This was disclosed at the special media parley organised at the weekend by the FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr. John Obinna Chukwu, […]
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Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has said that the proposed airport at Ido-Osun in Egbedore Local Government Area of the state will be developed to aircraft maintenance hub in the country.
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A final year medical student of the Benue State University, BSU, Nicholas Idoko, apparently killed himself, yesterday, in a motor accident after being expelled. Reports have it that the deceased was involved in the accident along Abu King Shuluwa Road, Makurdi where, on top speed, he crashed a Honda ‘Baby Boy’ car, minutes after he threatened to commit suicide following […]
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The City of Akure, Ondo State was practically grounded to a halt on Thursday when the motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada took to the street in protest of the sharp unilateral increase of the cost of acquiring commercial number plates by the State Authorities.
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) of the United States of America defines Imminent Hazard as: “the existence of a condition that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or a substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk […]
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The photos are from scene of an accident that happened on Thursday evening along the Sagamu-Benin express road at Delabo Junction not too far from Ilishan, the scene of a fatal accident that claimed the lives of several OOU students few weeks ago.
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