Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has banned heavy-duty trucks from using the one-way route through Dikko Bridge following a devastating tanker explosion on Saturday, January 18, The governor announced the directive during a visit to the explosion site at Dikko Junction, expressing deep sorrow over the tragic loss of lives and describing the incident as “pathetic.” Bago …
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Police arrest four officials for stealing Akwa Ibom fire service trucks and leasing them to multinational companies at N560,000 per day
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested four firefighters who allegedly stole four fire trucks belonging to the State Fire Service. The state commissioner of police, CP Baba Azare, disclosed this during his maiden briefing held at the command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo, the state capital on Monday, January 13, 2025. Azare said the suspects were arrested …
Read More »Autonomous vehicles: How mines control driverless trucks
Zoe Corbyn Fifty of these giant driverless trucks work in the Greater Nammuldi iron ore mine It doesn’t get much more remote than this. I’m in inland Western Australia, at Rio Tinto’s Greater Nammuldi iron ore mine. It’s about a two-hour flight north from Perth in a region called the Pilbara. No-one lives permanently here. Around 400 workers are on …
Read More »Six d£ad, five injured as trucks crush tricycles in Ibadan
Six persons have lost their lives while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident in Ibadan, Oyo State. The accident which involved a trailer conveying tiles, a lorry loaded with soft drinks, and two tricycles occurred at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko on Akanran Road, in the Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state on Monday …
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