Messi exchanges tax sentence for €250,000 fine
Messi Lionel Messi has had his 21-month prison sentence for tax fraud lifted and exchanged for a €250,000 fine. The Barcelona star was previously sentenced to 21 months in prison,…
Late to the Battery-Car Race, VW Says It Can Still Blunt Tesla ..Electric Cars Seen Dominating by 2040
Herbert Diess with VW’s electric automobile at the Paris Motor Show Volkswagen AG will start deliveries of its first standalone battery-powered models in 2020, around the time that Tesla…
China Southern Passenger Throws Coins Into Plane Engine ‘For Good Luck’
A China Southern Flight 380 was delayed at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Tuesday after an elderly woman threw coins into the engine for luck. The passenger on the…
Blind man sues blind friend for ‘enticing his wife’ … It’s a case of the blind suing the blind.
Shaibu Ibrahim, a blind man, on Tuesday took his best friend, another blind man, to court for allegedly “enticing his wife” according to the News Agency of Nigeria. Ibrahim,…
Bus Driver Traps Robber Who Snatched Passenger’s Phone With Door, Drags Him To Police Station
According to the Daily Mail, the driver reportedly watched the activities of the thief who robbed a bus passenger but while he was about alighting from the bus, the driver…
IMO Member States Back HFO Risk Mitigation Measures in Arctic
IMO Scribe, Kitack Lim Member States of the International Maritime Organisation IMO .have supported a proposal to identify measures aimed at mitigating the risks posed by the use…
Port charges suit: We are open to amicable settlement–Bello
Bello, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers Council The Nigerian Shippers Council, the nation’s economic regulator for the port industry has said it is not opposed to an amicable and out…
Flood takes over Apapa as gridlock worsens
Part of the flooded Otunba Ayodele Soyede Lane (former Park Lane), which houses the Directorate of Military Intelligence DMI, the Nigerian Shippers Council and Apapa Shopping Mall on Wednesday. The…
Electronic auction of seized goods will enhance transparency-CG Customs
The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service NCS, Col. Hameed Ali has said that the decision of the service to adopt the electronic option for the public auction of…
Investments: Transport Ministry, Shippers’ Council Truck Transit Parks hold summit
Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transport The Federal Ministry of Transport and the Nigerian Shippers Council are putting finishing touches to plans to hold a two-day national summit on the…
