The Lagos State Police Command has commenced manhunt for a fleeing truck driver who allegedly ran over a yet-to-be-identified revenue collector on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The truck driver and his conductor reportedly fled from the scene following the severity of the accident on Sunday. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, who confirmed the…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Police Command in Jigawa State has confirmed 10 people dead in an accident that occurred at Yanfari village in the Taura Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, Lawal Shiisu, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday in Dutse. Mr Shiisu said that a Toyota Hummer…
Tragedy struck in Lagos on Monday as separate fatal accidents claimed the lives of at least three people, including two students, in two different locations. The first incident occurred at the Ayeyoro traffic light in Epe, where a truck, suffering a brake failure, crashed into a commercial tricycle and a stationary Toyota Camry car before…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of two persons in a road crash on the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. Ten others were injured in the crash. On Monday, the sector commander, Ngozi Ezeoma, in Umuahia, said the crash occurred at the Ntigha junction axis of the expressway on Sunday at 5:02 p.m. Ms…
At least 15 persons have been confirmed dead in a road crash on Funtua-Gusau road, Funtua, Katsina State, by the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The FRSC sector commander, Aliyu Ma’aji, confirmed the accident in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Shamsudeen Babajo, on Saturday in Katsina. He said the accident…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna sector command, has said that 13 persons died in a road crash on Kaduna-Abuja expressway on Friday. The sector commander, FRSC, Kabir Nadabo confirmed the incident to journalists in Kaduna. Mr Nadabo said, “The road traffic crash occurred near Olam farm on Kaduna-Abuja highway…
No fewer than six persons died and several injured in an accident involving a trailer conveying tiles and a lorry loaded with soft drinks on Monday at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko along Akanran Road, Ibadan. Among the injured was a pupil whose mother reportedly died in the crash. Four of the injured who were conveyed to…
No fewer than six people have lost their lives in an auto crash at Second Rainbow in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred about 4 pm on Sunday. An eyewitness who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity narrated that the incident occurred after…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of Faisal, the son of the former Kaduna State Governor, Ahmed Makarfi, in an auto-crash along Kaduna to Kano highway on Saturday. The FRSC’s Kaduna State Sector Commander, Kabir Nadabo, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaduna. Mr…
Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, son of former Governor of Kaduna state, Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, is dead. A family source who did not want to be mentioned confirmed his death to our correspondent, saying the deceased was involved in an accident. Daily Trust gathered that the accident happened along Kaduna-Zaria highway on Saturday evening. “The accident…