Currently building about five units of vehicles on a single shift per day, Dangote Sinotruck West Africa Limited has revealed its first set of locally assembled truck in Lagos.
Continue reading »A commercial motorcyclist was crushed to death by a heavy duty truck at Daleko area of Lagos on Thursday.
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A Total filling station at Ikosi-ketu area of Lagos is currently being razed by fire as a result of another incident of tanker explosion.
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First time visitor to Nigeria, Mongy Mathobela, got more than she bargained for when an Uber driver allegedly absconded with her passport and money.
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Two men, Osharon Egberanmuen and Michael Eyoekpe, who conspired and strangled a Lagos transport company driver, were on Tuesday remanded in prison on the orders of an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court.
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A tanker, with 33,000 litres of diesel exploded this evening in Lagos after it collided with a BMW car along Oshodi-Apapa expressway. The incident occurred at Toyota junction, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, inwards Oshodi. Fire fighters and emergency agencies are currently battling to put out the fire. General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu said the tanker was carrying […]
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Two persons were yesterday killed in a series of fatal accidents along the Oshodi Expressway that also left a policeman and scores of persons with varying degree of injuries. The accident caused a heavy gridlock on the busy road which took the combined efforts of emergency workers from the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), state Fire Service and other agencies […]
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No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed in auto crashes in Anambra, Lagos and Ogun states, while about 12 persons sustained varying degrees of injury. In the Anambra incident, which occurred on Awor Road, Oraifite village, in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state, a man identified as Chinedu Nwannem, his two children and two sisters-in-law were killed […]
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An accident that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has left many people severely injured. The accident happened on Saturday morning and involved a Toyota Hiace commercial bus and a Camry car. Witnesses said both vehicles were headed from Lagos Island towards the mainland. Emergency workers from the Lagos State Fire Service and the Federal Road Safety Commission […]
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A 34-year-old driver, Christopher Igbede, who allegedly used his car keys to stab a man to death, was on Thursday brought before an Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court. He was, however, granted bail in the sum of N250,000.00. The accused, who resides in Egan in Igando, a Lagos suburb, is facing murder charge. The Magistrate, Mrs. Bola Folarin-Williams, asked that the plea […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has expressed his determination to mitigate the high level of road carnage which has resulted in loss of 416 lives and 2, 498 injured persons in the last year on Lagos roads as he commissioned the Ojodu computerized Vehicle Inspection Centre. The Centre, one of the 57 to be built in all the Local […]
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…Urges voluntary compliance by motorists The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday urged motorists to voluntarily comply with the relevant traffic laws operating in the State, vowing to deal decisively with violators in accordance with the law. The General Manager, LASTMA, Mr. Olawale Musa, who stated this after meeting with the Zonal Heads and Commanders at the agency’s […]
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