Tag: tanker
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Enugu tanker explosion: Death toll rises to 18
The death toll in the tanker explosion on Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway has risen from 11 to 18 people as confirmed by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday. The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Enugu State Command, Mr Franklin Agbakoba, confirmed t
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SAD ! Tanker fire reportedly engulfs popular Lagos police station
Tanker fire has engulfed a section of Okokomaiko Police Station, Lagos State Police Command. The tanker reportedly caught fire while discharging diesel into the storage tank of a hotel that shares same fence with the police facility, reports Daily Trust. The incident created a stampede as both the staff of the hotel and policemen attached…
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Reps dole out N100m to victims of Jigawa tanker explosion
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, on Thursday, led a delegation from the House to sympathise with the people and government of Jigawa State over last week’s petrol tanker explosion, which led to the death of over 170 persons. This is even as members of the House from the North-West zone,…
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FRSC gives update on Lagos -Ibadan Expressway tanker explosion
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that no life was lost in Wednesday’s tanker explosion in the Ibafo axis of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, said this in a statement in Abeokuta, on Thursday.
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Tanker carrying PMS explodes on Ibadan-Ife Expressway [VIDEO]
A tanker conveying petrol has exploded on Ife/Ibadan expressway way within Egbeda environ in Ibadan, Oyo State. Unconfirmed account by eyewitnesses has it that the tanker filled with Petroleum Motor
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Gridlock as petrol tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
A tanker conveying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on Saturday morning exploded after falling on its side at Ibafo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, causing gridlock. Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to NAN in Abeokuta.
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Group hails CNS, Nigerian Navy on protection of National Assets, Maritime Safety
Foremost pro-democracy and development group, known as Niger-Delta Development Initiative (NDDI), has given pastmark to the effort of the Nigerian Navy in its effort to get rid of oil bunkers and illegal oil merchants in the South South region. The group specifically acknowledged the bravery of the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla…
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Tanker crashes on Jos-Abuja road, many commuters stranded
A heavy-duty truck, carrying bottled water, on Saturday crashed at Hawan-Kibo, on the Jos-Abuja highway in a lone accident, leaving scores of motorists and commuters stranded in an unusual gridlock. Mr Peter Longsan, the Public Education Officer of the Plateau Command of the Federal
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FRC imposes N500m penalty on NIMASA for noncompliance with financial reporting standards
The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has suspended the 2018 audited financial statement of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for non-compliance with financial reporting standards. In a public notice on Thursday, the FRC management directed NIMASA to begin the process of restating its audited financial statement for the year ended December…
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“I initiated Health Insurance Scheme for Petroleum Tanker Drivers on wheels,” PTD Nat’l Chairman, Osesua tells NUPENG scribe
… insists he was the brain behind scheme The National Chairman of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG, Comrade Lucky Osesua, has cautioned drivers across the 4 zones of the union not to be taken in by the gambit of the General Secretary of NUPENG, Afolabi Olawale, on the reintroduction and launch of the…