transport
18 Sep
Thirty-five people suffered mostly minor injuries when two passenger trains crashed in the Czech capital of Prague on Wednesday morning, rescuers and rail companies said. Police said one of the drivers tested positive for alcohol, though the rail operator argued that the other driver had likely been at fault. "One of the trains jumped a…
17 May 2024
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation Ltd (CCECC), on Friday, handed over the Federal University of Transportation, Daura, Katsina, to the Federal Government. The university, which cost about $50 million, was constructed by CCECC as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to support the federal government's efforts in developing qualified manpower and managing railway…
16 May 2024
The House of Representatives Committee investigating Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Concessions programmes has threatened to cancel all leases and concessions in the Federal Ministry of Transport. Rep. Ademorin Kuye, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Assets, made this known when the delegation from the Federal Ministry of Transport, led by the Permanent Secretary, Pius…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 779.26kg of illicit drugs in Akwa Ibom in 2024, its Commander in the state, Mrs Obot Bassey said. Briefing journalists in Uyo on Thursday, Bassey said that the command also secured the conviction of 56 drug offenders in the year under review. She said that the Akwa…
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British energy giant BP on Thursday said it would axe 4,700 staff jobs -- about five percent of its workforce -
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UK Border Force and police officers seized over 119 tonnes of illegal drugs with a street value of £3 billion ($3.5 billion)
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For allegedly looting N12.3billion naira from First Bank of Nigeria Plc, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Monday, January 20 arraign the Chairman of Honeywell Group, Chief Oba Otudeko, and a former First Bank Managing Director, Stephen Olabisi Onasanya. Otudeko, former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings, and Onasanya…
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The Osun state government has set a target of N109.8 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to finance its N427 billion budget for 2025. The Commissioner for Economic Planning, Budget and Development, Prof. Moruf Adeleke, disclosed this during the analysis of the state’s 2025 budget, on Thursday in Osogbo. Adeleke said while the state hoped…
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President Bola Tinubu has extended his condolence to the Lagos State Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the death of Chief Akinsanya Sunny Ajose, former head of service. Chief Ajose died early on Thursday, Jan. 16, at 78, Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s spokesman, said in a statement The President, who commiserated particularly…
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The head of social media giant TikTok will attend Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, US media reported, as the president-elect
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Federal Government has unveiled the Global Environment Facility-Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency (GEF-CBIT) project to promote transparency and accountability in reporting climate action. Mr Mahmud Kambari, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the Inception workshop for sensitisation of key government stakeholders on (GEF-CBIT) project in Nigeria. Kambari,…
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The Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA), Wamkele Mene, has said that for Africa to achieve a multi-million dollar digital economy by 2035, it must implement the "protocol on digital trade". Speaking at a round table in Abuja, Mene said, "In this regard, we have agreed to work together to mobilise investment in…
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Two Lagos-based lawyers on Thursday lauded the judgment of a Lagos High Court which discharged Eze Ndigbo of Ajao Estate, Frederick Nwajagu, of terrorism charges. The court had on Wednesday ruled that the Lagos State Government failed to prove any of the ingredients of the charges against Nwajagu. The judge, Justice Yetunde Adesanya, however, convicted…