At least 143 persons have reportedly died, and 843 others injured in Edo state. The deaths were due to auto crashes which occurred in the state in 2017, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC. Samuel Odukoya, the FRSC Sector Commander, said this on Tuesday. Odukoya said 226 auto crashes were recorded in the state during […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that five persons died and 13 others injured in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Sunday. Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria in an interview in Ota, Ogun, that the accident occurred at Wazobia, at about 9.00 a.m. Oladele said […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said that no fewer than 158 persons were killed in road accidents in Katsina State in 2017 as against 183 in 2016. Mr Godwin Ngueku, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Katsina. “One […]
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The only son of President Muhammadu Buhari, Yusuf, is currently in the hospital following a Tuesday night bike accident. Garba Shehu, spokesman of the president, confirmed this, saying the president’s son broke a limb and had a head injury in the accident which occurred in Abuja on Tuesday night. “Yusuf Buhari had a bike accident last […]
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Seven persons reportedly died while eight others sustained varying degrees of injury in a multiple auto crash involving three vehicles and 26 travellers, including drivers. The incident occurred around 5.30am on Saturday at Olorunpodo, J3, along Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Expressway of Ogun State. Traffic report indicated that the driver of a DAF truck with the number […]
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Two persons died on-the-spot on Sunday in an accident which occurred on the Ajaokuta/Ayangba Road in Kogi State. The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Olusegun Martins, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria. He said that the accident, which involved a car and a mini-bus, occurred at the Ogbabo/Ojodu-Idah […]
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About 30 people have been confirmed dead in an accident that happened on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Thursday night. Bisi Kazeem, spokesman of the federal road safety corp, who confirmed the incident said the it occurred at about 8 pm at kilometer 95 around the Elebolo Quary Area on the Ibadan axis of the road. According to […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 19 persons have died in a ghastly auto crash along Kano – Katsina Road. The Public Relations Officer of the FRSC Sector Command in the state, Kabir Ibrahim-Daura, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday. Mr. Kabir-Daura said that the incident occurred […]
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No fewer than 2, 673 people died in road accidents in Nigeria between January and June, according to National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. This implies an average of 15 people died each day in the first six months of 2017 in road accidents across the country. The NBS Road Transport Data for first and second […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC) on Saturday said the death toll in the Friday petrol tanker accident in Felele area of Lokoja, has risen to 13. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Olusegun Martins, told journalists in Lokoja that three other victims died Friday night. He said a staff of the Kogi state Polytechnic […]
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