Tag: accident
Cement Truck Kills 3 Men On Auto-Bike
Three persons, all males from the same parents have died in a motorcycle crash, in Ilorin, the capital of the…
5 Die In Road Crash In Akure
Five men have died in a motor accident along Akure- Ogbese road. Mr. Sunday Ajayi, Head of Operations, Federal Road…
38 Die, 206 Injured In Road Accidents In Ondo —FRSC
At least 38 persons died and 206 were injured in various accidents in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, in the first…
9 JAMB candidates die in accident
No fewer than nine candidates going to sit for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations today were feared…
3 die in multiple crash
Three persons were on Friday killed and 20 others injured in a multiple accident involving an articulated vehicle and four…
Accident: Gov. Okorocha In UK for medical check-up
Governor Rochas Okorocha of the eastern Nigerian state of Imo is expected back soon after undergoing a successful head scanning…
Rescue officers abandon search for occupants of drowned truck
Kazeem Ugbodaga Rescue officers at the scene of a tragic accident on the outskirts of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos…
60 Lagos Civil Servants Escape Death
BAYO ADETU At least, sixty workers of the Lagos State Government escaped death early this morning after the brake of…
Nigeria: 18 Die In Auto Crash
At least 18 people were killed while nine others were seriously injured after an early morning crash that occurred at…
Kenyan tragedy: 11 killed by truck at ferry point
At least 11 people were killed Saturday morning when a truck lost control and rammed into passengers boarding a ferry…
Injured Governor Wada may have lost a leg
Governor Idris Wada of the Nigerian central state of Kogi, who was involved in a ghastly motor accident Friday, may…
50 vehicles smashed as granite truck kills 7 students
No fewer than seven students of Itori Comprehensive High School, Itori, were killed on Wednesday in a motor accident that…
3 die as van hits fuel tanker
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three occupants of a Toyota Hilux van were burnt beyond recognition early today when their vehicle ran…
Accident claims over 30 lives in Ijebu-Ode
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Over 30 people were confirmed dead Tuesday in a ghastly accident which involved a truck carrying fertilizer…
NNPC: Diezani’s convoy did not kill journalist
The Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Mr. Fidel Pepple has…
Oil minister Diezani’s convoy kills Nigerian journalist
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council, has expressed sadness over the death of Mr. James Momoh of Abuja…
4 Igbinedion Varsity teachers die in auto accident
The 78th birthday celebration of business magnate and father of Lucky Igbindeion, former governor of Edo State, Chief Gabriel Osawaru…
29 die as 2 speeding buses collide
Two speeding buses on Friday collided head-on and burst into flames killing at least 29 people and injuring 16 others…
Auto crash on Benin-Abuja Road kills 13
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Thirteen of the 21 passengers trapped in the motor accident that occurred along Benin-Abuja Road have been confirmed…
Accident rescues kidnap victim
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin It was one of those mysteries of life: a person is kidnapped; somewhere along the line the kidnap…
Multiple Accident On Obafemi Awolowo Way
An accident involving three vehicles happened today on Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. According to an eyewitness,…
4 members of Oyo Anti-robbery squad die
Four members of Operation Burst” die in motor accident. GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN A female soldier and three other personnel of the…
Truck crushes NDLEA officer
A truck in Sokoto has crushed an operative of the NDLEA, Assistant Superintendent of Narcotics, Sunday Ogunjemiluwa, and a motorist…
Disaster averted on expressway triggers calls for truck ban
Some residents of Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos have called on the state government to ban the movement of trailers…
Ajimobi’s wife, thousands trapped on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Mrs Florence Ajimobi, the wife of Oyo State governor and thousands of travellers were on Saturday, stranded for hours on…
Woman Dies In Auto Crash
An unidentified woman died this morning when a commuter mini bus painted in Lagos colour summersaulted on Third Mainland Bridge…
Mourners Besiege Edo NUJ Over Death Of Journalists
Out-pouring of grief and condolence messages have continued at the Edo NUJ Press centre by sympathisers who call daily to…
2 Die In Auto Crash
At least two persons have been confirmed dead while others were severely injured in a multiple accident that occurred Wednesday…
TASUED Student Dies In Auto Crash
One student from the scrapped Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, Ijagun in Odogbolu Local Government Council Area of Ogun…
8 Footballers Die In Auto Crash
Eight footballers who were based in Bauchi State in Northern Nigeria died instantly in a accident that occurred on Tuesday…