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  • Matawalle responds to allegations of dashing Zamfara bandits vehicles

    Matawalle responds to allegations of dashing Zamfara bandits vehicles

    Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has responded to allegations of gifting vehicles to bandits in the state.

    Recall that a former Local Government Chairman in the state, Abubakar Maradun had earlier made the allegation against the Governor, saying he supplied Hilux vehicles to bandits which they used to attack innocent residents.

    He said the bandits used two of the vehicles in an attack on Janbako community which led to the death of ten people.

    Maradun said, “They went to that village in two of the Hilux vehicles given to them by the Zamfara State Government. One of the vehicles broke down and was abandoned by the bandits.

    “These bandits have been using the vehicles to kidnap, kill and rape innocent people and the press has been silent,” he added.

    Reacting to the allegation, the Special Adviser to Governor Bello Matawalle on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Zailani Baffa, described it as wicked.

    He, however, admitted that the Governor did donate vehicles, adding that they were distributed to all the security agencies in the state.

    He said, “These vehicles were duly distributed to all security agencies in the state under the supervision of the Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police.

    “The beneficiaries included the military, the police, the customs and excise, the immigration services, the NDLEA, the NSCDC, the FRSC, among others.”

    His words were corroborated by the Governor while reacting to the allegation via his official Twitter handle.

    “The said vehicles, 200 of them were donated to security agencies in the state to boost their morale in tackling insurgency,” Matawalle tweeted.

    He described the allegation as “a display of quackery and sheer mischief targeted at disabusing the minds of law-abiding and patriotic citizens of the state.”

  • No NIN, No Registration Of Vehicles – FRSC

    No NIN, No Registration Of Vehicles – FRSC

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the issuance of the National Identification Number (NIN) is compulsory for all categories of vehicle registration.

    In a statement issued on Saturday, the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said the move, which is in total compliance with the presidential directives, would commence from the second quarter of the year.

    “Beginning from the second quarter of this year (2021), if you want to register your vehicle, it is going to be compulsory for you to provide your NIN. This is part of the security checks,” FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, was quoted as saying.

    “So once you provide your NIN, it makes the matter easier and helps the government in national planning, critical decision making and also enhance adequate Intelligence gathering for the security of lives and properties.”

    The FRSC had mandated all applicants of the National Driver’s Licence in the country to present their National Identification Number before they could be captured for any class of the licences produced by the FRSC.

    Earlier, the Nigerian Communication Commission ordered telecommunications companies to deactivate telephone lines of subscribers who failed to link their phones to their National Identity Number.

  • Exposed! How kidnappers use fish net to trap vehicles on Okene -Benin road [Video]

    Exposed! How kidnappers use fish net to trap vehicles on Okene -Benin road [Video]

    It has been exposed as to how kidnappers use fish nets to entangle tyres of vehicles traveling along Okene-Benin road via Anagbette in Edo State.

    TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports via a trending video online how suspected kidnappers use well woven fish net to trap vehicles.

    In the video clip, the narrator displayed the fish net and the arrested kidnapper who tried to stop a vehicle trapped with the net at Anagbette in Edo State unfortunately he was arrested by the vigilantes.

    In the video, the recalcitrant kidnapper said nobody can dare enter their camp in the forest because it’s fortified.

    He told the narrator during interrogation that he’s not scared of going to the police because nothing will happen to him if taken there.

    He claimed to be a a Nigerian but refused to identify his state in the video clip.

    Watch full video here: https://www.instagram.com/thenewsgurung/

  • FG agency sells three N49m vehicles to Buhari’s son-in-law for N4.9m few months after purchase

    FG agency sells three N49m vehicles to Buhari’s son-in-law for N4.9m few months after purchase

    The Senate has uncovered how the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria sold three vehicles worth N49 million to the then outgoing Managing Director, Gimba Kumo, at N4.9 million few months after purchase of the vehicles.

    The then MD was President Muhammadu Buhari’s son-in-law.

    This was reflected in the report of the Auditor General of Federation, Anthony Ayine, for 2015, being investigated by the Senate Panel on Public Accounts.

    According to Auditor General’s report, three vehicles bought by the agency disappeared from the premises of the FMBN and no report was made to appropriate authorities.

    But the incumbent Managing Director, Ahmed Dangiwa, while appearing before Senate Senate Panel, chaired by Senator Matthew Urohghide, said the vehicles were sold to Kumo at N4.9 million.

    Dangiwa said the cost at which it was sold represented 10 percent of the net value in line with the bank’s policy, reflected in the calculation of Kumo’s severance package.

    The Chairman of the Senate Committee, who was visibly angry, wondered how vehicles bought at N49 million could be sold for N4.9 million in the same year.

  • Gunmen attack vehicles conveying prisoners at court premises, free six

    Gunmen attack vehicles conveying prisoners at court premises, free six

    Gunmen believed to be herdsmen have attacked a convoy of correctional officials near Plateau High Court, Barkin Ladi, freeing six criminal suspects.

    According to reports on Wednesday, the convoy was said to be conveying 14 suspects charged with crimes ranging from murder to kidnapping and rape.

    An eyewitness said as the convoy arrived the court premises, the gunmen, who had laid ambush by the entrance, opened fire and freed the suspects unchallenged.

    The Plateau State Commandant of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Mr. S.A. Musa, told Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka the Court did not notify him of a change in hearing date.

    However, Police have arrested four suspects and recovered two motorcycles believed to belong to the gunmen.

    Details later…

  • LASTMA officials empowered by law to arrest offenders, impound vehicles – CEO

    LASTMA officials empowered by law to arrest offenders, impound vehicles – CEO

    Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) officials can arrest erring motorists and impound their vehicles, the agency’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chris Olakpe, clarified on Thursday.

    Olakpe, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), was reacting to reports that the officials did not have such powers.

    He spoke while receiving in his office, members of the Humanitarian Voluntary Association for Community Development, who came to condole with him over the death of 18 LASTMA officials in the line of duty last year.

    Olakpe said the laws also stipulated penalties for neglect of traffic directions and disobedience of traffic control personnel.

    The LASTMA boss said: “One thing the people must know is that the purpose of laws in any state is to regulate human conduct and punish violators, to ensure safety and sanity on the roads and at the same time regulate the function and authority of traffic personnel.”

    LASTMA’s findings, he said, showed that gridlock was caused by the unusual driving behaviour of some motorists, adding that it was important for the public to cooperate with traffic officers while on the road.

    Instead of taking the law into their hands, motorists should take advantage of LASTMA’s open-door policy by reporting any erring officer, he said.

    Olakpe said : “From January to date, over 30 traffic officials have been brutalised by ill-tempered motorists. As an agency, we owe it to our officials and their families the responsibility of ensuring their security and safety while performing their duties,” he said.

    He said LASTMA would work with sister agencies and the public to deepen collaboration and cooperation and protect traffic officials.

    The vehicle of any motorist, who proved to be an agent provocateur, Olakpe said, would be impounded and taken to LASTMA yard in accordance with the law.

    The LASTMA CEO said his men would soon begin another training on civility, politeness and protocol of arrest with emphasis on respect for the public.

    He said measures had been put in place to reduce gridlock during Easter and beyond.

    The group’s president, Bankole Odunuga, acknowledged the sacrifice and courage displayed by LASTMA officials, despite the hazards of the job.

  • Four die, 13 injured as four vehicles crash in Abuja

    Four persons have lost their lives in an early morning crash involving four vehicles at Ushafa-Bwari road on Monday.

    It was gathered that three males and one female died, while 13 others were injured in the accident which involved a commercial bus, a 2001 Mazda 232 car, 2004 Toyota Corolla and another Toyota Corolla.

    The Federal Road Safety Corps Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, attributed the crash to dangerous driving, adding that the injured had been taken to the Bwari General Hospital for treatment, while the dead were deposited at the morgue.

    He explained that the FRSC personnel in Bwari and the Police got to the scene shortly after the crash and cleared the obstruction to enable free passage of vehicles.

    “The injured and the dead victims have been taken to Bwari General Hospital, the obstruction was cleared and traffic control handed over to Inspector Linus of Motor Traffic Division, Bwari Police outpost,” Kazeem explained.

  • 90% vehicles imported to Africa dangerous to public health – Study

    Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO says 90 percent of vehicles imported into Africa are old and are dangerous to public health.

    Priyanka Chandola, the Programme Manager, Clean Air and Sustainable Mobility Programme of CSE disclosed this after a study on used vehicles made available in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday.

    She said there was urgent need for global intervention to stop the unregulated dumping of used vehicles in Africa to reduce health and climate risks.

    She said that the action plan was to enforce stringent measures to stop end-of-life, unsafe, damaged and recalled vehicles from entering the market.

    “About 85 per cent of the vehicles in Ethiopia, 80 per cent in Kenya and 90 per cent in Nigeria are second-hand, while the vehicle ownership rate in Africa is lower than the world average, the growth rate has increased.

    “The global community which has, time and again, expressed its deep concern about the deteriorating air quality in the southern world, cannot look away from this problem of dumping anymore.

    “If this continues unchecked, without the exporting countries sharing the responsibility of addressing this problem, the poorer countries will not be able to meet their clean air and climate mitigation goals,” she said.

    Ms Chandola said that based on the affordability levels, an outright ban on used vehicle import might not be immediately possible in many importing countries.

    She said, however, that putting an age restriction along with higher taxes on older vehicles was needed to eliminate the dirty stream.

    According to her, though several countries have increased taxes on older vehicles, these are seen more as a revenue source than a deterrent for imports.

  • German city announces ban on diesel vehicles

    Hamburg will become the first German city to impose a partial ban on diesel vehicles as part of the country’s much-debated move to improve air quality.

    The port city is set to block portions of two streets for older diesel cars and trucks from May 31, the local environmental agency said.

    Pressure has been building on major German cities to improve their air quality, and diesel vehicles have been a key target of the authorities due to their nitrogen oxide emissions.

    The reputation of diesel cars took a further hit in 2015 when car giant Volkswagen admitted it had installed software in its diesel vehicles that cheated emissions tests.

    All diesel vehicles that do not meet the Euro-6 emissions standards will be affected by the Hamburg ban.

    Less than a third of the diesel vehicles registered in the city at the beginning of the year meet the standard, the Federal Motor Transport Authority said.

    The are exceptions to the ban however: in one of the streets affected, emergency vehicles, residents and visitors, rubbish trucks, delivery vans and taxis can all use the road.

    Signs marking the restrictions and diversions have been put in the place over recent weeks in the Altona-Nord district.

    The long-expected diesel bans have been closely-watched in Germany as they could carry consequences for the country’s large carmaking industry, which has relied greatly on diesel-powered vehicles.

    After a long-running legal battle, cities were given the green-light to impose diesel bans by a Constitutional Court decision in February.

    dpa

  • Ford recalls 1.4 million vehicles over steering wheel fault

    • CPC advises Nigerians who own, drive versions to contact it

     

    The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) says the Ford Motor Company has initiated a recall in the US of about 1.4 million vehicles due to faults.

    The Director-General of CPC, Mr Babatunde Irukera said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.

    He said that the recall was made on Wednesday.

    Irukera also called on Nigerians who owns or drives the Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ models of 2014-2018 to immediately contact it by sending an e-mail to contact@cpc.gpv.ng.

    ”The purpose of the recall is that on some models, steering wheel bolts could become loose and cause the steering wheel to potentially detach. This could lead to a serious accident.

    “Ford admits that it has become aware of two accidents and one injury that may have been caused by the problem.”

    He also said that the specific Fusion versions affected were the Fusion S, SE, Hybrid S, SE, Hybrid Titanium, Fusion Energi SE, Energi Titanium, Fusion Sport, Fusion Platinum, Fusion Hybrid Platinum and Fusion Energi Platinum.

    The director-general said that the recall applied to every version of the Lincoln MKZ, Lincoln MKZ Premier, Hybrid Premier and Black Label.

    ”In addition to the above, but on a separate note, Ford is also recalling another 6,000 Fusion and Ford Focus models due to a risk of fire from a fracture in the clutch pressure plate.

    “The relevant model years are 2013-2016.”

    Irukera said that although the recall appeared to be limited to North America, the council was in the process of contacting local Ford dealers to verify the batch, lot or group of individual vehicles involved and whether any was imported to and sold in Nigeria.

    He, however, said that the CPC recognised that some of the versions of the subject models were unlikely to have been manufactured for possible export to Nigeria.

    He added that considering that some could have been, and proceeding in an abundance of caution for the safety of Nigerian consumers, Nigerians who owned or drove the said models should contact the organisation.

    “The e-mail should include the specific model, year and version of the car, the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) which is located on the top left side of the dashboard and is in view from and through the windscreen of the vehicle.

    “The e-mail should also include the name, telephone number and any other contact information for the owner or driver of the vehicle. The subject of the e-mail should be Ford 2018 Recall.”

    Irukera added that the CPC would provide relevant updates, warning or advisories where applicable.