At least one person has been killed after a passenger train derailed in the Netherlands early on Tuesday. About 30 people were injured, some of them seriously, a spokesperson for the security forces said. Nineteen people were taken to hospital, she said. No information was given about their condition....
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Thirty-five persons were killed in two auto crashes that occurred in Kebbi on Sunday and on Monday. FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Yusuf Aliyu-Haruna, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Binrin Kebbi on Tuesday that 40 other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that four people were killed when the vehicle they were traveling in crashed. Confirming the incident to NATIONAL ACCORD, on Tuesday, he said that five other people sustained various...
Four people were confirmed dead in a multiple accident involving a tanker and two cars at Lafenwa area of Abeokuta in Ogun on Friday night. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday. Okpe said that...
Tragedy struck on Thursday in Udobo village in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State when 25 people lost their lives in a lone auto crash. Sector Commander of the FRSC in Bauchi State, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Friday that...
Seventeen persons died and three others were injured in an auto crash in Yaura village, on Wudil-Bauchi Road, in Albasu Local Government Area. The Kano State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Ibrahim Sallau Abdullahi, confirmed the incident in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi...
A school bus conveying children of ages one to five, on Thursday in Lagos, summersaulted and injured the occupants. The accident occurred in the morning at Surulere. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who witnessed the accident, reports that the bus with registration number KTU-465DN hit a median...
A commercial motorcyclist and his passenger, on Wednesday, lost their lives after colliding with a truck at Bible College area on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, has confirmed that 17 people dead in two separate fatal crashes that occurred in the State on Monday, 13th March, 2023. He said that 17 others sustained various degrees of injuries, pointing...
The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) in Osun, said that four persons escaped death in an accident on Akure -Ilesa highway. The Osun Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamaisai , said this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Monday in Osogbo. Benamaisai...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Marshal, Mr Dauda Biu has expressed concern over recurring container crashes on Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos and called for barricades to stop articulated vehicles from using the bridge. Biu said this in a statement issued by the Federal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has directed that the party flags at the National Secretariat in Abuja be flown at half-mast in honour 16 members who died on Saturday in a motor accident in Plateau State. About 16 persons, according to the FRSC, were...
The Police Command in Kebbi has confirmed that 18 people died when a truck conveying passengers and cows crashed at Malisa village, Gwandu Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Plateau State has said two people were killed and 52 others injured when a trailer rammed into 14 vehicles around Zakaliyo on Jos-Bauchi road. Mr Peter Longsan, the Public Enlightenment Officer of the command disclosed this in a statement on Monday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Federal Road Safety Corps( FRSC) has said 17 passengers escaped death in an accident on Ilesa-Ipetu highway in Osun State. The Osun Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Friday in...
A woman, on Sunday, died on her way to church, after falling off her husband’s motorcycle at Fajol axis of Obantoko area in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident happened as the husband of the deceased lost control in the process of avoiding a...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun said no fewer than 20 passengers escaped death in a lone accident that occurred on Iwo-Ibadan expressway on Friday. The Sector Commander, Mr Paul Okpe, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, on Friday in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 18 people have been burnt to ashes in a multiple fatal crash that occurred a few kilometers to Nabardo village along the ever-busy Bauchi-Jos road. The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State Sector Command, confirmed the incident to newsmen on...
Four persons died while three others sustained injuries in a lone accident on Sunday at Nami village, Agai Local Government Area of Niger. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in Niger, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Monday that the accident occurred...
No fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead on Sunday while 16 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and Mack tanker few meters to Gofamaint on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun confirmed the...