•Tanker falls in Lagos The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today diverted traffic to the new coastal road after a gas-laden tanker overturned on the main carriageway at Chisco, inward Victoria Island. A statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, said the incident occurred in the early hours and involved a truck c...
•Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis Pope Francis has suffered his second fall in as many months and bruised his forearm, the Vatican said today, adding that he was wearing a sling. The 88-year-old, who has been in increasingly fragile health in recent years, fell at the Santa Marta residence where he lives in the Vatican but […]
•Gridlock in Lagos Motorists along Gbagada-Oworosonki Expressway, Lagos, have been advised to ply alternative route as truck falls, blocks Gbagada Expressway in Lagos following a lone accident this afternoon, occupying almost 90 per cent of the road. In the video captured by our correspondent, traffic from Oshodi to Gbagada, and Gbagada to Thi...
•UK visa Net migration to the United Kingdom has dropped significantly, with figures for the year ending June 2024 standing at 728,000, a 20 per cent decline from 906,000 the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics, today. The reduction is largely attributed to changes in visa policies implemented by the UK government [&...
The driver of a Toyota Camry, registration number LSR 293 HJ, at Mile 2 escaped death after a 40-ft loaded container fell onto it at Mile 2, en route to Apapa, Lagos State today. In a statement by Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Adebayo Taofiq said […]
•Accident scene Three persons have lost their lives in an accident that occurred along Ondo-Ore highway, in Ondo State. It was gathered that one brewery truck, fully loaded with beer, fell on a Volkswagen Golf vehicle, with registration number BUR 852 TS, conveying passengers to Ondo, at Liyetu area of the town, reports Vanguard. It […]...
Despite efforts by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to restore sanity in the foreign exchange market by rolling out three new circulars, the naira suffered a further slide at the weekend. The naira experienced another deÂcline in both the official and parallel forÂeign exchange markets on Friday, reports Daily Independent. At the parallel mar...
•Forex The naira fell to an all-time low of N1348.63/$ on the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market yesterday. This signifies a 51.21 per cent fall from the N891.90/$ the national currency closed last Friday at the official market, according to data from the FMDQ Securities Exchange, reports The PUNCH. Yesterday’s official rate is the wo...
•Scene of accident An unidentified trailer driver has reportedly fallen off the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway bridge between Berger, Lagos State, and Isheri, Ogun State, a police officer told our correspondent today. It was gathered that a trailer had crashed into the bridge, leaving the front part of the trailer hanging off the edge of the bridge, ...
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