The Ondo State Police Command has clarified the ownership of the articulated truck that crashed in Akungba Akoko, in Akoko South West Local Government Area of the state, killing many people. In a statement on Friday in Akure, the police said DeGreat Rismub Company owns the truck and not the Dangote Group, as earlier reported…
The National Association of University Students (NAUS) has pledged full support for ongoing protests against heavy-duty truck movements in student-heavy areas following a fatal Dangote Cement truck accident that claimed eight lives on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, near Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA). The crash, which involved a cement-laden vehicle losing control and smashing into a…
A Director at the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA), Serifat Olubukola Talabi, has died barely four days to her retirement from the civil service and 60th birthday. She was reportedly knocked down in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. It was learnt that late Talabi was knocked down by a vehicle on October 18,…
At least six people were killed on Friday morning in a road accident in Ebonyi State, Nigeriaās South-east. The accident occurred near the Nkalagu Flyover along the NkalaguāEnugu Expressway when a commercial bus collided with a tipper truck. Our correspondent gathered that apart from the six deceased victims, 14 others were injured during the accident,…
A Dangote Cement truck has crushed five people to death at the Alapoka axis of the PapalantoāIlaro Road, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the accident occurred at about 8:30 p.m. on Friday. The TRACE spokesperson noted that the…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the death of five operatives in September 2025 after they were struck by motorists while on duty. Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed directed the immediate prosecution of all drivers responsible, emphasising that such actions would serve as a deterrent against future incidents. The fatal accidents occurred across different…
A fatal accident at Ijora Causeway, Lagos, on Tuesday claimed the lives of two people, including a serving police officer, after a fully loaded 40-foot container truck overturned onto a commercial tricycle. The crash, which occurred inward Ijora 7Up beneath the Ijora Bridge, involved a truck with registration number XP 368 AKD and a tricycle…
A bus taking part in wedding celebrations fell into a river in northern Nigeria, killing at least 19 women and children among the passengers, a union official and residents said Sunday. The driver stopped the bus on a bridge that had partially collapsed on Saturday evening but it rolled back into the river, Abubakar Muhammed,…
No fewer than 15 members of the Jehovahās Witness congregation were killed in a fatal road crash on Monday evening at Awomama Bridge in Imo State. The victims, all from the Agwa community in the Oguta Local Government Area, were returning from the annual Jehovahās Witness Assembly Convention in Uli, Anambra State, when tragedy struck…
The city of Enugu was thrown into mourning on Wednesday after two separate road crashes involving cement-laden trucks claimed 10 and left 10 others hospitalised along the busy EnuguāPort Harcourt Expressway. Among the victims was an entire family whose car was crushed beyond recognition in one of the accidents that occurred at the Four Corner…