Global sales of electric cars are set to soar by 35 per cent in 2023, expanding overall car market share to close to a fifth, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Wednesday. In its annual Global Electric Vehicle Outlook, IEA said it sold more than 10 million electric cars worldwide in 2022. It added […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N49 billion being the revised reimbursement for the old Enugu-Onitsha road project. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, announced this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the Council. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presided over the meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fashola said his […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos Sector, says it has deployed 1,416 personnel and 72 operational vehicles to ensure motorists’ safety during the Easter break. The Corps Commander, Mr Babatunde Farinloye, announced this in a statement issued on Thursday and mailed to The NewsZenith on Friday in Lagos. “The 1,416 personnel deployed comprised of […]
Four persons died in multiple accidents involving a tanker, a BMW car and a Nissan jeep in the Lafenwa area of Abeokuta in Ogun on Saturday. Florence Okpe, Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Okpe said excessive speeding by the tanker driver caused […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to always adhere to railway crossing rules when approaching rail lines. Sector Commander of the FRSC in Lagos State, Babatunde Farinloye, gave this advice when he visited the scene of the crash involving a moving train and the Lagos State staff bus. The crash occurred at the […]
Three persons died in the early hours of Thursday when a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) locomotive engine crushed a BRT bus at the PWD bus stop in Lagos. Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed the accident in a statement. ”On arrival at accident scene, our response team observed […]
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council has sent a congratulatory message to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice-President-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima over their victory at poll. Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Emmanuel Jime, conveyed the message in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos. Rakiya Dhikru-Yagboyaju, Deputy Director, Public Relations Unit of the […]
The Lagos Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), says its vehicle, involved in an accident in Abuja on Friday, was not carrying election materials. The NewsZenith reports that the media was awash in the earlier hours of Saturday that the NSCDC pick-up van was carrying election materials, contrary to reports in […]
The 2022 annual report of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, published on Friday, showed a modest increase in the German carmaker’s unit sales and profitability. Last year, Mercedes sold 2.45 million vehicles, against 2.32 million vehicles in 2021. The company’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) rose by 28 per cent year-on-year to $21.8 billion (20.5 billion […]
One person died in a multiple accident that occurred on the Kara bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. The NewsZenith reports that the accident involved an 18-seater commercial bus belonging to GUO motors, a MAC truck, an SUV car and others vehicles. The multiple accidents paralysed movement and left motorists and travellers on the ever-busy road […]