No fewer than 14 persons have died in a head-on coalition involving two Toyota buses on Sunday in Kogi State. Thirteen persons survived in the accident which occurred at Aloma community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. An eyewitness told NAN that the accident involved a...
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No fewer than 11 persons lost their lives while 16 others were injured, with one person rescued unhurt in an auto crash at Gaya junction along the Kano – Maiduguri road. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Ibrahim Sallau-Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Connand’s spokesperson,...
Two persons died while three others were injured in an auto crash on the Ijebu Ode-Ore Road on Friday. On Saturday, two persons died while five others were injured in another auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mrs Florence...
A Volvo truck (unregistered) carrying loads of food items overturned in the Ojota area of Lagos on Friday, leaving its occupants with serious injuries. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Adebayo Taofiq, made this known in a statement on...
Two people were reported dead while 13 others sustained injuries in an accident at Ajede, after J4, on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode expressway on Saturday. The Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Okpe explained that the accident...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has directed the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to rehabilitate and widen the Ibodi-Ilesa road in Ilesa area of the state to forestall incessant accidents that have claimed lives in recent times. A statement by his Spokesman, Malam Olawale...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the recovery of the body of a male passenger that drowned having fallen into the Lagoon from the bus that crashed on the Third Mainland Bridge on Wednesday. Lagos Territorial Coordinator, NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, made the confirmation in a...
The Coordinator, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said the hope of rescuing the two passengers who fell off a bus into the Lagos lagoon following an accident on Wednesday has become dim. He spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) at the scene of the accident in...
Three persons were confirmed dead while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a Toyota jeep on Fidiwo bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Wednesday. According...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Dauda Ali-Biu, has said that Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs), were not caused by spiritual manipulations or ay other form of evil spirits. “The crashes are caused by physical errors; there’s nothing spiritual about them,” Ali-Biu said at the Flag-off...
A female pedestrian has been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck along Onitsha-Asaba Bridge Head, Anambra, on Thursday. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka, on Friday. He said: “The crash involved an articulated Mercedes...
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said four persons died, while 40 others were injured in 11 road crashes during the Easter celebration in the state. Mr Anthony Uga, the State Sector Commander of the corps, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma survived a road crash Thursday night, local media reported Friday. Zuma and his bodyguards were traveling from Nkandla to Eshowe, in KwaZulu-Natal Province, to campaign for the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party when the crash happened. It is not clear whether Zuma and...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has said that Saturday’s accident on the Asaba axis of the River Niger Bridge claimed the life of a nine-year old boy. The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that an accident claimed a mother and injured three of her children in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Hundeyin confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He said that Ikorodu Police...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that no fewer than 10 passengers were killed in a lone traffic accident involving a DAF trailer on Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the Monday crash was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has said its Super Mushshak trainer aircraft was involved in a minor accident at about 2.35 pm on Thursday, with no casualty. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed its Commanding Officers to step up nationwide enforcement against overloading of vehicles and night trips. The corps also said it would engage stakeholders to educate them on the dangers inherent in the acts. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali-Biu gave...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – One person has been killed in a lone fatal crash that occurred on Sunday at Nahuta village on the Bauchi – Darazo Federal highway, in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi State Command,...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said no fewer than 12 persons died and 28 sustained injuries in a road crash along Zaria-Kano expressway. The Kaduna State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna that the fatal...