At least 12 people have died in a lone crash along the Zaria–Kano highway. The accident occurred around 2:40 am on Friday at Samawa village in Garun Malam LGA of Kano state. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the crash involved a DAF trailer (CF95 model) with registration number KMC 931 ZE, which […]
A lone accident at Malo, Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, on Tuesday left 12 people burnt to death, leaving four others sustaining injuries. The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the accident in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Okpe explained that the accident, involving […]
By Temitope Adebayo The Lagos state government has recorded a reduction in crime and accident rate of Motorcycle astronomically by 86 per cent and 63.7 per cent respectively, while a total of 7,500 motorcycles were impounded and crushed accordingly. The Commissioner of Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde said this while delivering his remarks at the stakeholders’ […]
Two nurses were killed and ten others were injured in a single crash on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Sunday. The accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus around Akinale Village in Abeokuta was reported by Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE). He said the crash, which happened at 9:20 a.m., was caused […]
A truck owner, Cyprian Arinze, and driver, Dominic Amaechi have been arraigned before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja by the Lagos State Government for allegedly causing the death of two persons and injuring seven Daily Times earlier reported that on August 21, 2020, around 8pm while driving a containerised Mack truck, with number […]
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Anambra sector commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, on Friday confirmed the death of a middle-aged man, who died in a motorcycle crash along the Ihiala-Owerri highway. Kumapayi, who confirmed the development in Awka, said the motorcyclist lost control of his bike and crashed into a culvert, hitting his head on concrete. […]
Many people have been feared injured and one killed after a tanker collided with a fully loaded commercial bus on Otedola Bridge, Lagos. The accident which occurred about 20 minutes ago at the lane inwards Berger, is said to have caused heavy traffic that stretches beyond the state Secretariat in Alausa. Already, emergency workers are […]
Gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo, is full of thanks to God after he was ”delivered from death” while driving on the 3rd mainland bridge on Saturday May 16. According to Okposo, the propeller shaft of his car pulled off while he was driving but thankfully nothing bad happened to him as he had already reduced the […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 15 persons died while 27 others sustained injuries from road accidents in Ogun state since the federal and state governments restricted movement in the state 45 days ago. Mr. Clement Oladele, FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in Abeokuta on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Reps okay Buhari’s […]
Ashley “Ms. Minnie” Ross has passed away at the age of 34. The Little Women: Atlanta star died on Tuesday, April 27, following a hit-and-run car accident, her management team confirms. “It is with profound sadness that we confirm on behalf of the family of Ashley Ross aka ‘Ms Minnie’ of Little Women Atlanta has succumbed to injuries from a […]
Father of former Governor of Borno State, and a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Ali modu Sheriff, has died in a fire incident. A source close to the family confirmed that Late Galadima Sheriff died in the early hours of Thursday in a fire incident that engulfed his home along Damboa road […]
Canberra – Five bodies have been found during the search for 27 people that were swept overboard from an inter-island ferry that was travelling during a weather warning in the Solomon Islands. The bodies which include three females and two males were recovered on Sunday from the sea near Malaita Province, Solomon Islands Police said in […]
Eighty four people died in road traffic crashes in Edo, Delta and Anambra from October to December last year. Mr Kehinde Adeleye, Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone Rs 5 of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) made the disclosure in Benin on Tuesday. READ ALSO: Nigerians react to Emir Sanusi’s speech on North destroying itself […]
Three persons died while 14 others sustained injuries in an accident around Saapade area on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Monday. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta.Akinbiyi said that the accident, which occurred around 7:15am, involved a Mazda bus marked AKD 53 XN travelling […]
Tragedy struck as a lorry loaded with sand crushed a 10-year old girl, Anuoluwapo Oguneso to death along Okitipupa main market, Ayeka Road in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The accident which happened on Wednesday evening caused panic among market women, passersby and residents of the area. An eye witness who preferred anonymity […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that four members of staff of Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation died in a motor accident along Uyo-Oron Road on Wedneesday. The Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Sunday Oghenekaro, made the disclosure to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Thursday. Oghenekaro said the accident which occurred […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger said that 12 people were killed in an accident on Friday in Gwacipe village of Gurara Local Government Area of the state. FRSC Sector Commander, Mr. Joel Dagwa, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Minna that the accident involved DAF Trailer with registration number […]
Minna – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger has said that an articulated vehicle accident and road collapse were responsible for the two days gridlock on Minna-Suleja road. Corps Commander Joel Dagwa, Sector Commander FRSC in the state, who made this known on Thursday in Minna, said the gridlock lasted from Wednesday to […]
K.Brule of Big Brother Naija ‘double wahala’ was involved in a car accident that left him unconscious, and he has been hospitalised since the incident. The reality show star was driving on Sunday morning, November 4, at around 6am when his car experienced a blowout. He instinctively applied his brakes but his car spun out […]
As more bodies were pulled Wednesday from a mountain of jagged concrete and twisted steel left by a highway bridge collapse that killed 39, prosecutors focused on possible design flaws and past maintenance of the heavily used span, and politicians squabbled over blame. Motorists, meanwhile, recounted miraculous escapes and the horror of seeing others plunge […]