A petrol tanker explosion in Koko, Warri North local government area of Delta State has claimed several lives estimated to be 20. The incident happened yesterday morning when residents of the area rushed to the scene to scoop fuel from the burning vehicle. Unofficial sources put the death toll at 20 with several others affected with severe degrees of burnt. …

Tragedy struck on Sunday, in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, as a hit-and-run driver killed a 400 level student of the Taraba State University. The incident, which occurred on the day Nigeria marked its 63rd independence anniversary, was described as tragic by eyewitnesses. The student, whose name was given as Joseph Afara, was said to have been on his way to …

Family members of a 34-year-old groom-to-be in Ibadan, Oyo state, identified as Bosun, are currently mourning the loss of their son, who died on the eve of his wedding. The groom, Bosun, and his best man were killed along Idi-Ape Road when they were returning from his bachelor’s eve party. Two other people, including the groom’s friends, were also killed …

A young man died in a traffic accident on Tuesday morning, which involved an upturned loaded truck at Otedola Bridge, Ojodu Berger, Lagos State. The accident resulted in traffic congestion inward Lagos/Ibadan Expressway and Ojodu Berger as the bridge is flooded. In its situation report, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said that the “young adult male, who happens to …

A fatal accident involving a towing van belonging to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and a Dangote truck has resulted in the death of one person and critically injured three others. The accident occurred on Friday at about 3 am on the Kugbo-Nyanya Expressway, near Karu Bridge. The VIO Area Commander in Kugbo, Walter Amechi, told the News Agency …

The President of the Lagos chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), Mr. Lekan Akinwumi has commiserated with the family of Dr. Vwaere Daiso, the victim of the lift accident at the House Officers’ Quarters of the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island recenly. “We all wish the accident never happened as it has claimed the life of a promising …

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Monday, said it rescued seven motherless children in a domestic fire that engulfed an orphanage on Sunday afternoon in the Aguda area of the state. In a statement by its Public Affairs Unit Head, Mr. Nosa Okunbor, the agency said that seven male children, aged between one and seven, were rescued by …

Four persons have lost their lives while 11 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a Foton bus at the Aiyetoro axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Public Relations Officer for Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday. Akinbiyi said the accident which occurred …

An unidentified female hawker was on Saturday crushed to death by a diesel-laden tanker at Otedola bridge inward Berger area of Lagos State. The truck, with number plate GME 483XD, also reportedly rammed into three moving vehicles. In a statement. the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said the accident happened after the tanker …