South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma survived a road crash Thursday night, local media reported Friday. Zuma and his bodyguards were traveling from Nkandla to Eshowe, in KwaZulu-Natal Province, to campaign for the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party when the crash happened. It is not clear whether Zuma and...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, has said that Saturday’s accident on the Asaba axis of the River Niger Bridge claimed the life of a nine-year old boy. The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that an accident claimed a mother and injured three of her children in Ikorodu area of Lagos. Hundeyin confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. He said that Ikorodu Police...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that no fewer than 10 passengers were killed in a lone traffic accident involving a DAF trailer on Abuja-Kaduna expressway. The Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, said in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja that the Monday crash was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), has said its Super Mushshak trainer aircraft was involved in a minor accident at about 2.35 pm on Thursday, with no casualty. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM Edward Gabkwet, made this known in a statement in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has directed its Commanding Officers to step up nationwide enforcement against overloading of vehicles and night trips. The corps also said it would engage stakeholders to educate them on the dangers inherent in the acts. The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali-Biu gave...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – One person has been killed in a lone fatal crash that occurred on Sunday at Nahuta village on the Bauchi – Darazo Federal highway, in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi State Command,...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said no fewer than 12 persons died and 28 sustained injuries in a road crash along Zaria-Kano expressway. The Kaduna State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna that the fatal...
Five persons were confirmed dead in an accident at Fidiwo bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Four others sustained injuries in the accident. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun , confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Thursday. The accident which occurred...
Thirty-one people were killed in Mali on Tuesday and 10 others wounded when a bus travelling toward Burkina Faso fell off a bridge in the country’s southeast, the transport ministry said. The accident occurred at around 5:00 pm (1700 GMT) at a bridge crossing the Bagoe River, it...
Two persons died while three others sustained injuries when an articulated vehicle shoved a car into Iju River on Ota-Idiroko Road in Ogun in an accident on Friday. Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Mr Anthony Uga, told the News Agency of Nigeria...
Two persons died while two others sustained injuries in a lone accident at Iyana-Ilogbo on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Friday. Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mr Anthony Uga, confirmed on Saturday that there were three males and a female in the...
No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead on Friday in a lone accident involving a Toyota Camry car at Area J3 on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. The Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta . Okpe...
An unidentified driver of a mini commercial bus ” Korope”, on Wednesday, died in an accident that occurred on the Olaiya overhead bridge in Osogbo. An eyewitness, Mrs Funmi Adeyemo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident, occurred when the bus driver allegedly slumped while...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has dismissed as false the claim that its operatives caused an accident in Jibia town, Jibia Local Government of Katsina State. The spokesman of the unit, Mr Isa Suleiman, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – No fewer than 4 people have lost their lives in a lone accident that occurred in the early hours of Tuesday around Sandcrate area on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Public Education Officer in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, who confirmed this...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A two-year old baby girl and a 60-year old man have been killed in two separate motor accidents in Isolo area of the Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incidents in a statement on Friday. Hundeyin said...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Jigawa, on Thursday, said 10 persons died while 12 others sustained injuries in an auto crash on Ringing-Dutse road, in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relatiins Officer (PRO), Mr Ibrahim Yahaya, confirmed the incident to the News...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kwara Command, has confirmed the death of three persons in an accident involving four vehicles on the Olooru/Okoolo axis of the state. The State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Stephen Dawulung, who confirmed the accident to newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin, said...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Monday, confirmed that three persons were burnt beyond recognition in Anambra when their vehicle went into flames along Ezinano-Nkwo on Agulu road in Anaocha Local Government Area. Sector Commander, FRSC in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, told newsmen that the incident which...