No fewer than 21 persons lost their lives while three others sustained various degrees of injury in an auto crash at Kasuwar Dogo in Dakatsalle, along the Zaria-Kano Highway. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Muhammed Bature, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran, on Sunday in Kano. Mr Bature said…
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, has said no fewer than 10 persons have lost their lives and three others were severely injured after an 18-seater bus plunged off the Omu bridge located at Awa along the Ijebu-Ode–Ibadan Expressway. The accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The TRACE spokesperson, Babatunde…
Barely 48 hours after 10 people died in a road crash in Ogun State, at least eight people have lost their lives in another road crash that occurred at the Atura Bus Stop in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Sunday. This is just as eight other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries after…
A police inspector has died following a fatal accident involving two trucks at a checkpoint along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State. The incident, which occurred around 12:30 p.m. on June 29, took place near the Judiciary Complex checkpoint. According to preliminary reports, a FAW truck transporting 900 bags of cement approached the checkpoint at…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Road Safety Corps in Gombe State has confirmed the death of three members of the Boys Brigade Nigeria in a car crash that occurred along the Gombe-Billiri Road on Tuesday. The victims were reportedly travelling to Tal in Billiri Local Government Area for the funeral of a fellow Boys…
A fatal auto crash along the Gombe–Yola Federal Highway has claimed the lives of eight persons, including a senior police officer, following a high-speed accident at Kaluwa village in Kaltungo Local Government Area. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday at about 3:00 p.m., involving a Hummer bus driven by 67-year-old Usman Ibrahim of Damilu, from…
Over 10 people were reportedly feared killed in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Oyo State, on Tuesday morning. According to reports, three Nissan Micra taxi cabs and three articulated vehicles popularly called trailer were involved in the accident. Our correspondent learnt that all the ill-fated vehicles were coming from Iwo Road…
Tragedy struck in Ibadan as three children of the same parents were crushed to death in the early hours of Wednesday in Ibadan. According to Vanguard, the tragic incident occurred along the Celica Kukumoda area of the Ife-Ibadan express road. Our correspondent gathered that a heavy truck carrying goods lost its brakes and crushed the…
The Kano State Government has announced N1m support each to the families of 22 young athletes who lost their lives in a fatal motor accident while returning from the National Sports Festival held in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The announcement was made on Saturday by the state deputy governor, Aminu Gwarzo, during a condolence visit to…
Tragedy on Saturday struck as 20 members of the Kano contingent died in a fatal auto crash while returning from the just concluded National Sports Festival (NSF) in Ogun State. It was gathered that the vehicle conveying the contingents was involved in the crash in Dakatsalle town, 50 kilometres into the ancient city of Kano….