LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following Sunday’s killing of 18 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, has directed that such vehicles conveying humans and animals together be impounded. Apart from those who died in the Sunday crash, 27 other passengers sustained injuries in the accident that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet are at the risk of being impounded by foreign creditors, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Findings indicated that the PAF was indebted to several service providers for various upgrades carried out on the 10 aircraft in the fleet to meet the required airworthiness. The PAF provides secure…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today impounded 40 illegally parked trailers, trucks and tankers under flyover bridges at Costain to Iganmu area of Lagos. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba disclosed that the enforcement operations which was led by the Director of Operations (Headquarters)…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has threatened to impound 29 jets from private owners, if they fail to pay statutory import duties before the 14 days ultimatum given . The Nigeria Customs Service released its report on verification of privately-owned airplanes in the country on Tuesday in Abuja. Customs’ spokesman, Mr Joseph…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers stationed at the Kugbo checkpoint on Thursday beat up five personnel of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) popularly called VIO for impounding a vehicle belonging to their senior colleague. The incident took place at about 2:15pm when the DRTS officers resumed work for afternoon traffic…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany’s customs service said Friday it had seized a 4.5 tonne cocaine shipment, the country’s largest ever, with an estimated street value of $1.1bn. The illegal drugs were discovered two weeks ago in a Netherlands-bound shipping container from Uruguay during a search in the northern port city of Hamburg, they said. When…
The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) impounded 21 vehicles and arrested nine drivers for driving against traffic (one-way). The enforcement team of the Agency led by the Chairman, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi impounded these 21 vehicles and arrested 9 drivers around ‘Cele’ and ‘Iyana-Isolo’ bus-stops along Oshodi-Mile 2 expressway….