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 […]
A road accident involving a trailer and a Marcopollo bus killed eleven passengers, on Sunday in Ore, Ondo State. All the victims were passengers on the Marcopollo bus. According to an eyewitness, the truck driver, who drove against traffic while on speed caused the accident. The eyewitness said the truck rammed into the Marcopollo bus […]
…….sold 10.5 million vehicles in 2022. Japan-based Toyota Motor Corp continues to be the world’s top-selling automaker, defending its title for a third straight year, selling 10.5 million vehicles in 2022. Second to Toyota is the Volkswagen Group, which reported its lowest-ever sales in over a decade earlier this month. The automaker sold 8.3 million […]
Nine passengers, inclusive of two children, died when a container fell on the bus they are travelling at Ojuelegba in Lagos on Sunday. According to a witness account shared by @PoojaMedia on Twitter, the truck fell while trying to prevent a bus from overtaking it. “A container just fell on a bus at Ojuelegba bridge. “There […]
A Kaduna bound train, on Friday derailed at Kilometres 30, Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. This happened barely a week after similar accident happened when the Warri-Itakpe train detailed into a forest in Kogi State. The NewsZenith gathered that about 148 passengers and 30 crew members on board were left stranded in […]
The Federal Government has given five primary lenders in the disbursement of the $350 million Caboge Fund 72 hours to draw up modalities for the fund. Director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, gave the directive at a meeting with the banks in Lagos on Tuesday. The NewsZenith reports that […]
The Lekki Deep Sea Port, inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, will contribute over $8 billion to the Nigerian economy annually. The inauguration is part of the president’s activities during his two-day official tour of Lagos State. The president, at the end of the state visit, will depart for Dakar, Senegal today (Tuesday). […]