A driver who transports food items like yams, Tomatots, plantain, watermelon has been reportedly robbed in Ajao area in Lagos. The driver was said to be taking the food items to the market when some unknown persons attacked the driver in Ajao Estate area on the Lagos Airport road in Lagos and made away with […]
A 27-year-old driver, Olayinka Taiwo, who allegedly damaged five truck tyres worth N520,000 belonging to his employer on Thursday, appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court. The police charged Taiwo with theft and malicious damage. He pleaded not guilty. READ ALSO: Driver in court for reckless driving, causing death of pedestrian The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Christopher […]
According to a post published by AIT News Nigeria on facebook claiming that the man who drove the first person to test positive to coronavirus in Nigeria to Ogun State escaped from a hospital where he was receiving treatment after he also tested positive to the virus. READ ALSO: Coronavirus patient says Lagos isolation centre has […]
Badagry (Lagos State) – A driver, George Augustine on Friday appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly driving recklessly and causing the death of two customs officers on lawful duty. The police charged Augustine with three counts of manslaughter, reckless driving and driving without driver’s licence. He, however, pleaded not […]
A driver, George Augustine on Friday appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly driving recklessly and causing the death of two customs officers on lawful duty. The police charged Augustine with three counts of manslaughter, reckless driving and driving without driver’s licence. He, however, pleaded not guilty. READ ALSO: The […]
A 46-year-old driver, Monday Olumilo, on Monday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, for allegedly stealing 50 litres of diesel belonging to Primero Transport Service Limited. The police charged Olumilo, whose address was not provided, with two counts theft and breach of public peace. READ ALSO: Boat driver, applicant docked for allegedly […]
A 37-year-old driver, Popoola Olajide, on Friday, appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, for alleged reckless driving. Olajide, whose address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of reckless driving, unlawful damage and driving without a licence. READ ALSO: Court remands 5 for allegedly robbing at gunpoint He, however, pleaded not guilty to the […]
A 29-year-old driver, Taiwo Olumekunwa, on Friday appeared in an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ondo State, for allegedly defrauding a man of N108,000 on the pretext of helping him to buy a car. Olumekunwa, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a two-count charge bordering on Advance Fee Fraud and conversion of other people’s […]
Ikeja – Prince Chinecherem, a 32-year-old driver, was on Wednesday arraigned at an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for forcibly sodomising a 16-year-old sales representative at his home in Lagos. Chinecherem of No. 42, Araromi St., Ejigbo, Lagos, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of sexual assault by penetration. Mrs Arinola Momoh-Ayokanbi, […]
Unknown gunmen have killed three persons, including one soldier from the 16 Brigade in Port Harcourt, a Mobile Policeman and a civilian driver in a failed attempt to kidnap two expatriate workers of an oil company in Rivers state. The incident happened at about 12:45hrs last Friday in Ogbemakoku Town in Abua/Odual Local Government Area […]
Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said that the original Driver’s License (DL) in the country costs N6,350 and can be obtained from any DL office by applicants after a bio-metric capturing. Oyeyemi while speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at a one-day workshop organized by the commission for […]
“My friend, an Uber Driver who resides in Apapa with number plate APP 78 EZ had this meted on him by officers of the Nigerian Police Force. I was passing through Soloki Street, Surulere, Lagos. I wasn’t aware i drove through a One Way Street as I’m not conversant with the area; The police officers […]
They are common sights on major roads across the country. They are vehicles with divine messages of hope, faith, righteousness, piety, patience, love and fairness. The messages are printed in such colourful and attractive fashion that easily attracts attention. At first, the general presumption about such vehicles is that, with such unambiguous godly messages, the […]
A tipper driver identified as Benedict Odianosen Marcelo Matthew is reportedly on the run to avoid the wrath of owner of the vehicle after angry youths in Benin allegedly burnt down his vehicle . It will be recalled that the tipper driver who is a member of Edo State tipper drivers association St.Saviour chapter was […]