A couple escaped death on Wednesday after a container fell on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway, Lagos state. In a statement on Thursday, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, stated that the incident occurred in the evening after a distress call. According…
The death toll in the Wednesday accident in Ebonyi State involving some prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has risen to four. The corps members were heading to the NYSC orientation camp for their three-week orientation course when the 14-seater bus they were in rammed into a parked truck. They are part…
The Kwara state Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA) says 18 people have died in a road accident involving a trailer and a mini truck in the Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin west LGA. Olawuyi Gani, spokesperson of KWARTMA, confirmed the incident in a statement sent to TheCable on Thursday. Gani said the accident happened on Wednesday…
At least one person, a prospective member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), was killed in an accident in Ebonyi on Wednesday. GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered that 11 other prospective corps members alongside other passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. All the passengers were in a 14-seater bus belonging to the Enugu…
Five persons have reportedly died in a lone accident involving a Mercedes Benz jeep at Fatgbems Bus Stop along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday night. Omolola Odutola, the Ogun Police Command Spokesperson, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday. Odutola explained that the accident which occurred at about 11:30p.m, was caused by reckless driving…
The Benue Command of the Nigerian Police Force says a truck ran into a residential compound in Okete Village, Otukpo Local Government Area, and killed nine members of a family. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Sewuese Anene confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Makurdi. Anene said…
An auto crash involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi on Tuesday left six persons dead and 60 persons injured, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official has confirmed. Samuel Oyedeji, FRSC Kogi sector commander, disclosed this to journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday and attributed the accident to high speed. Mr Oyedeji said the accident occurred…
The Kwana Macji area of Pankshi Local Government Area of Plateau State has been thrown into mourning as a tragic accident has claimed the lives of 19 and 11 others who went for a wedding ceremony in the state. John Dasar, the Chairman of the Parkshin LGA emergency management committee confirmed that the victims came…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed nine people dead and 21 others injured in a road crash in Dankama, Kaita LGA, Katsina State. The casualties were announced in a statement on Thursday. FRSC said the incident occurred when a trailer carrying cows and humans separated from the head and fell on a pavement. According…
A family of four, who had spent the Christmas and New Year holidays in Benue State, tragically lost their lives in a fatal car accident at Akwanga, Nasarawa State, on Sunday while returning to Abuja. Eyewitnesses report that Victor Tyohemba, an Abuja-based accountant, his wife, a lawyer, and their two children were traveling back when…