The Ablekuma Central Municipal Assembly has issued a five-day ultimatum to individuals who leave vehicles along the roadside under the guise of repairs, warning that such vehicles must be removed or face strict penalties. The directive forms part of a larger decongestion initiative led by Municipal Chief Executive Frank Nkansah, aimed at reclaiming public roads and restoring order in the municipality. “We are set to launch a decongestion exercise to address the unauthorised occupation of stree...

Canada commends NCS over stolen vehicles recovery, Ooni of Ife’s GAC GN8 Minivan, Dangote Cement rewards distributors with 28 CNG Trucks, news in the past week. Canada Commends Nigeria Customs For The Recovery Of 65 Stolen Vehicles Worth Millions Of Dollars The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) International Special Services has commended the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for its commitment to safeguarding borders and disrupting transnational organised crime. In a statement on Monday May 26...

Several private-hire vehicle (PHV) drivers are rallying to raise funds for the family of a Grab driver who died suddenly from a stroke, leaving behind two teenage children. Gavin Neo, a 49-year-old single father, died on Thursday (May 29), according to an obituary notice shared within a Facebook group for PHV drivers. According to user Lambo Lee who first made the announcement, Neo had suffered a stroke on Tuesday, two days before his death. In their posts, several other drivers also appe...

Forensic Crash Unit are investigating after a man died in a single vehicle crash in Maryborough this morning. Preliminary inquiries indicate at 10.10am a 4WD was travelling on John Street when it left the road and hit a light pole near North Street. The driver, a 76-year-old Maryborough man, died at the scene. Investigations are ongoing. The Queensland Police Service is committed to reducing the number of lives lost on our roads. Data shows that serious crashes can be significantly reduced when...

A third arrest has been made in connection with the death of a Kansas City sports reporter who died in a New Orleans hotel room while in town to cover the Super Bowl. On Friday, police arrested Christian Anderson, 33. Anderson is accused of renting the vehicle used during the crime and providing “logistical support.” Text messages reportedly show Anderson played an “active role” in the heist that led to the death of Adan Manzano, 27, according to NOLA.com. As CrimeOnline previously repor...

At least 21 members of the Kano State delegation returning from the 22nd National Sports Festival have died in a tragic road accident in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. The victims, mainly athletes and officials, were travelling in one of the vehicles conveying the state’s contingent from Ogun State, where the festival had just concluded. The accident occurred around 9:00 a.m. on Saturday when their vehicle fell off a bridge near Dakstalle town, approximately 50 kilometres from their...

Sporty and stylish: The GAC Emzoom is a refreshing addition to the compact SUV market. It might come to the point where we lose track of how many Chinese brands there are in South Africa.  We might even begin to lose track of how many compact SUVs are in the market because it has become congested with them. Chinese brand GAC Motor entered two SUV models into the South African market in the middle of 2024: the Emzoom and the Emkoo.  In typical fashion, both cars looked good and came with all th...

In Inner Mongolia, a convoy of haul trucks rumbles across the dusty, jagged terrain of the Yimin open-pit coal mine. It is a familiar scene in this part of northern China, home to some of the country’s biggest mineral deposits, but a closer look reveals a futuristic twist to this age-old trade: the vehicles operate without drivers. Yimin is one of the five largest open-cast coal mines in China. During peak season, it used to require about 300 trucks, operated by around 1,200 drivers working sh...

A Minnesota teenager was drunk and showing off a new noise modification on the exhaust of his pickup truck this week when he rolled the vehicle over, killing his classmate passenger. Izak Schermerhorn, 18, was charged in Thursday with three counts of criminal vehicular homicide in the crash that killed 18-year-old Blake Unger, who was ejected from the truck and pinned beneath it, KMSP reported. Unger was pronounced dead at the scene, the Minneapolis Star Tribune said. A criminal complaint said t...

The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has called on the federal government to suspend the activities of Amnesty International in the country, warning that the organization’s reports could incite sectarian tensions and destabilize national unity. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, the CNG’s National Coordinator, Comrade Jamilu Aliyu Charanchi, alleged that Amnesty International has been involved in actions that could fuel discord between Northern Nigeria’s Muslim and Christi...