The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmed Makarfi, was involved in auto-crash earlier today (Friday) along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Dayo Adeyeye, spokesman of the party, who disclosed this in a statement, said the chairman and other occupants of the vehicle escaped without injuries. The Statement “Earlier today, July 28, 2017, a vehicle […]
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A tragic accident occurred on Ife-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday as 11 persons, including children, were burnt to death after an 18-seater bus collided with a fuel tanker. THE PUNCH reports that the accident, which caused gridlock on the expressway, reportedly happened around 11am at a roundabout opposite Moremi Estate, in front of Energy Filling Station […]
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Not less than three persons were killed, while 23 others sustained injuries after a luxury bus with registration number Anambra GDD 386 YE plunged into a lagoon at Owode-Elede in the Mile 12 area of Lagos state. Adebayo Kehinde, spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), confirmed this, saying the ill-fated bus was returning […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Zamfara State Command, has confirmed 15 persons dead in a ghastly accident which occurred along Gusau-Tsafe road in the early hours of Sunday. The sector commander, Amos Thilizer, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident was caused by a Dangote cement trailer driver, who lost control and […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, on Wednesday said it had recorded 187 deaths in 289 crashes during the last Christmas celebrations. Bisi Kazeem, Head Media Relations and Strategy of the commission, disclosed this to journalists in a statement. According to Mr. Kazeem, the crashes involved 2,185 people with 1,000 people injured, while 998 people […]
Continue ReadingFive persons were on Sunday reported dead in an accident which occurred on the 3rd Mainland Bridge inward Iyana-Oworoshoki by UNILAG waterfront. Michael Akindele, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEPA, confirmed this in a statement he made available to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Lagos. He said the accident involved […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), in a statement at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday, said it has reached a final date for the commencement of implementation of speed-limiting device on commercial vehicles in the country. Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, said he was happy to formally announce the commencement […]
Continue ReadingAlhaja Zainab Asari Dokubo, who is the first wife of Mujahid Asari Dokubo, founder of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), is dead. She was said to have died in a motor accident alongside her friend while on her way to Ibadan, Oyo state capital. Her death was confirmed in a statement issued on […]
Continue ReadingSix persons have been confirmed dead in a ghastly motor accident which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday on the Lokoja-Abuja road. Ten other people were seriously injured in the accident, which occurred at about 4:a.m., at a bend at Ohono village located on the ever-busy road. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in […]
Continue ReadingSome seventeen lost their lives, while 74 others were left seriously injured in an accident, that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway yesterday morning. The accident, which occurred shortly after Ibadan, involved two vehicles, with the vehicles having 96 persons aboard. The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) gave the cause of the accident as over speeding, […]
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