Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited his Security Aide, Inspector Gambo Joseph, who was injured in the Wednesday’s accident at the vicinity of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Jonathan expressed joy that the injured officer, Joseph was responding to treatment and recovering fast. He also stated that the...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Project ReNew Nigeria, a group supporting the presidential aspiration of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State, has sympathied with former President Goodluck Jonathan over the ghastly accident that claimed the lives of two policemen in his convoy. In a statement released to...
Former Nigerian President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has, Wednesday, escaped death when his convoy got involved in an accident earlier today in the vicinity of the Abuja airport, while on his way out of the airport. The crash resulted in the loss of two police officers attached to him....
Tragedy struck on Saturday in Lagos State after a trailer fell off the Ojuelegba bridge and landed on a car under the bridge. It was learnt that the sad incident happened on Saturday night, April 2, at a time when the road was busy. A crowd gathered at the scene...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Babangida Yaro, a staff of the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC), Yelwa Office, in Bauchi state, and his wife have been reportedly killed in a ghastly auto crash that happened along Bauchi-Gombe road on Thursday. The vehicle the couple was traveling in was said to...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – At least 12 persons have been killed in a ghastly accident that occurred on Saturday along Ilorin-Ogbomoso road. It was learnt that 6 other persons also sustained various degrees of injuries in the crash Confirming the incident to newsmen, The Kwara Sector Commandant of...
Singer BurnaBoy was reportedly involved in a car accident in Lekki, Lagos on Saturday evening, February 26. The singer was driving in his $282,000 Ferrari when the crash happened. In a post shared on his page, Burna stated that he feels a little pain in the leg, but he...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of three persons from an accident involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Anambra. The corps said the accident occured along Onitsha-Ayamelum Road in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra on Monday night. Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, the Sector Commander...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says over 300 lives were lost in various road accidents in Ogun State in 2021. Mr Ahmed Umar, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday and signed by the command’s Public Education Officer,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Tragedy was averted on Tuesday as a 40-feet container fell at the Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of the Ogun State. It was gathered that the accident, which occurred at about 7. 00 a.m., was as a result of over speeding and reckless driving....
At least seven people have died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, the fire department said. A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall and came crashing down...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his sadness over the death of 19 passengers who met their tragic fate on Thursday in a road accident that occurred on the Kano/Zaria Road. The president expressed his grief in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesman,...
One person is said to have died Monday when a passenger bus plunged into a canal at the Iyana-Oworo area of Lagos State. Eyewitnesses say the commercial vehicle was conveying people believed to be attending a party in the area when the driver lost control on the narrow bridge...
No fewer than 49 migrants were killed on Thursday after a trailer truck overturned in southern Mexico, authorities said. The trailer illegally transporting migrants, mostly from Central America, overturned on the highway nearing Tuxtla Gutierrez, capital of southern Chiapas state, said the state’s civil protection agency. Another 58 people...
Several pupils have reportedly been killed by a hit-and-run truck driver along Ogunnusi Road, Grammar School bus stop, Lagos State. According to reports, the pupils were going home after closing from school and wanted to cross the road when the truck ran over them. The driver was said to...
By BARBARA KALU, Akwa – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident involving two vehicles at Ogbunike Hill, Onitsha-Awka Expressway, claimed the lives of two male adults. The Corps Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to newsmen in Awka, said the accident...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The remains of the 24-year old prospective corp member, Matui Esky, who was killed in a fatal crash on his way to Katsina State, for the three weeks mandatory orientation exercise, has been buried. The burial service and interment which was held at the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Matu Esky, a 24-year old prospective Corp member, was, on Friday killed in a fatal crash on his way to Katsina state, for his three weeks mandatory orientation exercise. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the crash occurred on Friday afternoon at Jigawa state on his...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command said that two persons lost their lives as a vehicle plunged into the Ososa River along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun. The Sector Commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
Many people were on Friday feared dead and others burnt beyond recognition while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a ghastly auto accident on the Ore-Okitipupa axis of Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accident which resulted into an inferno occurred due...