Tag: Car
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Police arrest car thieves, recover vehicles in Benin
The Zone 5 Police Command, Benin, has arrested a syndicate of five, who specialised in stealing cars, using master keys and two suspected armed robbers. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5, Benin, Mr Rasheed Olatunde, made this disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Friday. Olatunde said the arrest was in…
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Mr 2kay flaunts new car worth N10m
‘Belema’ sensation, Mr2kay has joined the league of Nigerian entertainers who have acquired expensive automobiles in recent times. The svelte singer shared the pictures of his newly acquired 2015 Lexus 250 sedan car on his Instagram page over the weekend. Clearly, the soft-spoken singer has been smiling to the bank lately because this car is…
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Three mechanics remanded in prison over alleged N2.7m car robbery
Three auto mechanics, who allegedly robbed a man of his Toyota Camry saloon car valued at N2.7 million with a toy gun, were on Monday remanded in prison on the orders of an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The accused are: Nelson Fidelis, 41; Emmanuel Ogbara, 45; and Mathew Ogbara, 36. The Chief Magistrate, Mr A.A.…
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Truck rams into parked car in Ogun, kills five
Tragedy struck on Thursday night when a truck rammed into a parked car along the Sagamu – Ogijo road, Ogun State, killing five persons and leaving two others seriously injured. An eyewitness said the incident occurred on Thursday night and involved a truck with number plate KNA 346 XA and a Toyota Camry,with registration number…
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BMW to recall 11,700 cars after installing wrong engine software
German carmaker BMW said on Friday it would recall 11,700 cars to fix their engine management software after it discovered that the wrong programming had been installed on its luxury 5- and 7-Series models. “In the course of internal tests, the BMW Group has discovered that a correctly developed software update was mistakenly assigned to…
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Masari’s aide kills own daughter with car
There was pandemonium in Katsina on Friday as Governor Aminu Masari’s Special Assistant on Religious Affairs, Abdullahi Darma, accidentally crushed his daughter, Aisha, with his car. The incident occurred at Darma’s Katsina house while he was reversing the vehicle. Sources confirm that the governor’s aide did not know that the toddler was behind the car.…
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APC spokesperson, driver die in car crash
The spokesperson of the Bauchi State chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Auwal Jallah and his driver Shamsudden Mohammed has died in a car crash. The spokesperson and the driver were involved in a ghastly motor accident on Monday along Azare/Gamawa road. The accident which instantly claims the life of his driver…
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[See photo]Married woman, lover die inside car during sex
Panic gripped residents in Ogba, Ikeja area of Lagos on Sunday following the mysterious death of two lovers inside a car. According to a witness, the man and his alleged mistress, said to be a married woman with kids, were engaging in sex when the sad incident occurred. The duo were reported to have driven…
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JUST IN: Several injured as car rams into crowd outside Natural History Museum in London
There was pandemonium in on Saturday as vehicle driver rammed through a crowd of people outside the Natural History Museum in London’s South Kensington. Many feared injured after the vehicle round through the pedestrians. The police confirmed the incident while noting that the driver of the car had already been arrested. He was pinned to…
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JUST IN: Three killed, several injured as car rams into Eid-El Kabir prayer ground in Ogun
There was pandemonium on Friday as two people were killed after a vehicle crashed into a large crowd of Muslim worshippers at the Eid-El Kabir prayer ground in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State. A witness said the driver lost control of the car and plowed into the crowd leaving scores of other worshippers injured. An angry mob…