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Nigeria Customs Service hands over 2 Range Rover vehicles to INTERPOL

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tin-Can Island Port Command has handed over to the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) two Range Rover SUV jeeps suspected to be stolen. According to a statement on Friday by the Public Relations Officer, Mr Uche Ejesieme, the Area Controller, Comptroller Bashar Yusuf, said that the ...

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Heritage Bank, GTA fete 500 pupils at ‘Children’s Day’ Celebrations

  No fewer than 500 pupils participated in the Heritage Bank Plc-GTA Communications Limited Children’s Day Celebrations organised for 20 primary and secondary schools in different parts of Lagos State last weekend. Apart from the excited pupils and students who trooped out to participate in the celebrations, the event, held ...

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Hope rises on approval for FRSC Traffic Radio

Indications emerged on Thursday that the dream of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) of having its own Traffic Radio may soon come to pass. The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), Mallam Is’haq Modibo Kawu, gave the indication when he disclosed that the request by the Corps for ...

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New MINI Countryman achieves top 5-star rating in Euro NCAP crash test

As the largest model in the history of the brand, the new MINI Countryman offers enthralling spaciousness and driving properties combined with maximum flexibility. Now it also stands out with regard to safety after receiving top marks in this area. The premium compact model achieved the top 5-star rating in ...

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Lagos State Govt. gets approval to upgrade Int’l Airport Road to 10 lanes

The Lagos State Government has been given the go-ahead to reconstruct and upgrade the Muritala Muhammed International Airport Road to a 10-lane dual carriageway. The Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is said to have granted the permission in what has been described as a birthday present to the State which ...

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Nigeria Police Force personnel to own houses on retirement – DIG Inyang

All Officers and Men of the Nigeria Police Force are to own personal residential houses on or before retirement under a new Housing Scheme introduced by the Force. The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Training and Development, DIG Emmanuel T. Inyang, stated this in Sokoto during an ...

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Kenya inaugurates Chinese-built Mombasa-Nairobi railway, replaces ‘Lunatic Express’ with Madaraka Express

    President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built railway, linking the capital Nairobi with the port city of Mombasa. It is Kenya’s  biggest infrastructure project since independence. The boxy red-and-white diesel train, Madaraka Express, left from a gleaming new terminal in the port city,  carrying Kenyatta, Chinese dignitaries and ...

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