Six students of Federal University Lokoja, FUL, and a driver have been feared dead as an articulated vehicle rammed into the institution’s shuttle bus on Monday. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred at about about 2.30 pm on Monday. It was gathered that six students including the driver of the FUL shuttle bus lost their lives during the accident. …

A fire outbreak at an Islamiya school in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State has claimed 17 lives. All the victims were said to be Almajiri students who were burnt beyond recognition while their charred bodies littered the building. Eyewitnesses say the fire started late on Tuesday night and raged for about three hours, leaving 16 others injured. A …

The Adamawa State Police Command has stated that no life was lost in a fire incident that occurred at the MRS filling station at Batchure junction, along Numan road, on Tuesday. According to a statement via the command’s X handle, an investigation has been launched to ascertain the level of damage and circumstances behind the incident. It added that the …

About 30 passengers have died in an auto crash at the popular Onipetesi area on the Ore/Lagos highway in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the accident occurred on Saturday. . Witnesses said that the accident involved two articulated vehicles that collided after the drivers drove against traffic to avoid traffic on the route. …

A couple on Wednesday escaped death after a container fell on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. 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. According to her, the agency received a distress call at about 6:35 …

Eleven people were killed Wednesday after rumours of a fire on their train caused them to jump off and were crushed to death by another incoming train, officials said. The incident in the western Maharashtra state is the latest to hit India’s creaking rail network, which carries millions of passengers each day and has seen several disasters over the years. …

A devastating tanker explosion at Dikko Junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State has claimed the lives of 86 people, according to the Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Abdullahi Baba Arah. Arah said on Sunday that 80 victims were buried in a mass grave located at the Dikko Primary Health Care premises, while …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo State on Tuesday confirmed the death of two persons in a road accident that occurred on the Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway. The sector’s Public Relations Officer, Mayowa Odewo confirmed this to newsmen in Ibadan, the state capital. He said the victims were one male adult, one female adult, and a male child who also …

A tragic incident unfolded in the French Quarter of New Orleans, United States, on Wednesday afternoon when a vehicle ploughed into a crowded area, leaving 10 people dead and 30 others injured. The attack occurred on Bourbon Street, a popular tourist destination when the vehicle sped through a dense crowd. Witnesses told CBS News that the driver exited the vehicle …

The Vice Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Prof Ayodeji Agboola, on Saturday, expressed his heartfelt sadness and shock over the demise of three students of the university in a fatal lone accident which occurred on Friday, along the Ilisan-Ago-Iwoye road. The students who died in the tragic accident included Nifesimi Dada, 300 Level Geology; Opeyemi Joshua, 200 Level …