An 18-seater Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number KTG 283 XA has rammed into the busy Damagum market in Yobe State, killing a pregnant woman, four others and injuring 19 persons. Confirming the number of casualties, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Livinus Yilzoom, said the incident happened…
Four popular Nigerian gospel ministers, including Evangelist Ayodeji David, popularly known as Kekere Jesu, lost their lives in a fatal motor accident along the Ikorodu–Sagamu Road in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident in a statement issued by the Ogun State Commander and Public Information Officer, Florence Okupe on Monday. The…
No fewer than seven persons died in an early morning accident at NIPCO filling station axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. Florence Okpe, the spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta. Mrs Okpe stated that the crash, which occurred at 7:00 a.m., involved a Mack…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that nine persons lost their lives and 11 others injured in a lone crash on Malumfashi – Kafur Road in Katsina State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Aliyu Ma’áji, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday in Katsina. He said preliminary investigation indicated that the lone crash involved a…
Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara of an Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo has ordered the remand of a luxurious bus driver, Ibrahim Muntari, 35, for allegedly driving recklessly causing the death of six persons, including five students of Osun State University, UNIOSUN. Muntari was said to have driven a luxurious bus registered with LAGOS…
Five students of the Osun State University, Osogbo, have died, while five others sustained injuries in a tragic accident along the Ife-Ibadan Expressway. The university management confirmed this in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji, and obtained in Osogbo on Monday. According to Adesoji, reports from the Nigeria Police and the…
About 16 persons were reportedly burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus at the Buhari Estate axis on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway on Tuesday. The Spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, made the disclosure in a statement in Abeokuta. Mrs Okpe said that the accident which…
Two yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives in an accident on Saturday night along the Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway. According to a traffic update by the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, that several people were injured in the crash. According to Ogunyemi, a DAF truck suffered a brake failure, causing…
Tragedy struck on Saturday morning along the Benin-Auchi highway as 12 passengers were burnt to death in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and a truck. Cyril Mathew, Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), who confirmed the incident, said the crash occurred around 5 a.m. at Igueoviobo community, near an…
At least six people have lost their lives after a truck carrying foodstuffs lost control and overturned at the Ugwu-Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in Enugu State. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Enugu State Command, Franklin Agbakoba, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Enugu….