Tag: vehicles
Police foil oil theft, recover 7 vehicles, 3 engine boats
YUSUF MUHAMMED The police at Ajuwon Division in Ogun State southwest Nigeria, have foiled an oil theft at Ishashi area…
Court orders traffic offenders to forfeit vehicles to Lagos govt
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Court sitting in Ogba on Friday convicted six traffic offenders arrested by the…
NSCDC boss charges men to shun corruption
The Oyo State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr John Adewoye, has charged men of the command…
4 houses, 5 vehicles burnt as tanker falls off Ojuelegba bridge
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least four houses and five vehicles have been burnt as another fuel tanker fell off Ojuelegba bridge,…
US donates vehicles to aid Cameroon in Boko Haram fight
The head of United States forces in Africa has donated armored vehicles to Cameroon to aid the country’s fight against…
Nigerian army bans movement of vehicles, donkeys, camels, others in Borno
The Nigerian military has banned moving vehicles, bicycles, horses, donkeys and camels in northeastern Borno state as a security measure…
Mechanic village fire razes 23 vehicles, 16 shops
Kazeem Ugbodaga Fire razed a mechanic village in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Friday, burning 23 vehicles, 16 shops and 38…
NURTW, RTEAN get 450 vehicles in Borno
The Borno Government on Sunday presented 450 vehicles to members of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and…
Nigeria police needs N24bn to maintain vehicles, says IG
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has explained that for the police to effectively fuel and maintain its vehicles in…
Hike In Tariffs On Imported Vehicles
The increase in the tariffs on imported vehicles has been generating a hot debate among stakeholders. While it has been…
Nigerian Police rallies support for biometric registration
The Nigerian police in Enugu State has appealed to the media and religious bodies to assist it in sensitising the…
Lagos Assembly Asks Government To Take Over Abandoned Properties
The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on the executive arm of the State Government to take over ownership…
Toyota’s IMV Vehicles Reach 5m Unit Milestone
Toyota recently announced that worldwide cumulative sales of its Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle (IMV) project series reached five million units…
World Car Of The Year Is Up
Volkswagen’s little Up city car has won the 2012 World Car of the Year competition. It was chosen from a…
Articulated Vehicles And Their Fearsome Disposition —Joe Igbokwe
The fear of articulated vehicles and oil tankers on Nigerian roads seems to have become the beginning of wisdom for…
3,000 Vehicles Barred From Alausa
No fewer than 3, 000 vehicles, mostly those belonging to Lagos State civil servants were prevented from entering the State…
I’ve Stolen 6 Vehicles From My Employers
A driver has confessed to stealing his employers’ vehicles and moving onto commit same crime elsewhere. The driver identified as,…
GM Moves 9m Vehicles In 2012
The General apparently enjoyed a very strong 2011 moving more than 9 million vehicles on a global scale, a gain…
Renault Sells 2.7m Vehicles Globally
Renault has announced that its global group sales in 2011 reached a record 2,722,062, versus 2,627,365 in 2010, a rise…
Kia Ends 2011 With 18% Increase In Global Sales
Kia Motors Corporation announced that its global sales for passenger cars (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants),…
Strike: Businesses, Govt. Offices Remain Shut
Business premises and government offices on Tuesday remained shut in Gombe, as the strike over the removal of fuel subsidy…
Civil Servants Sell Off Vehicles
Some civil servants in Sokoto State have started selling off the vehicles purchased for them by the state government through…
146,879 Vehicles Impounded In One Year
The Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) has impounded 146,879 rickety vehicles in the last one year in a bid to ensure…
Tinted Car Glass: LASG Officials Comply With Ban
The Lagos State Government has said its officials will comply with the ban on use of tinted glass on vehicles…
Rainy Season: Fashola’s Aide Warns Motorists
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Prof. Bamidele Badejo, has warned motorists to ensure that their vehicles are in order…
FRSC Threatens To Auction Vehicles
The Federal Road Safety Commission, Eket Unit, Akwa Ibom, has threatened to auction abandoned vehicles to members of the public.…