A tanker explosion in the early hours of Tuesday claimed the lives of two persons in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, which occurred around Gabster Mega Petrol Station, Orita Challenge, in the Oluyole Local Government Area, happened at about 5:00 am. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the victims, identified as the driver of the tanker and his motor boy, were burnt …

Two yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives in an accident on Saturday night along the Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway. PUNCH Online gathered from a traffic update by the Commandant General of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Seni Ogunyemi, that several people were injured in the crash. According to Ogunyemi, a DAF truck suffered a brake failure, causing it to hit …

No fewer than nine persons were confirmed dead by the Federal Road Safety Commission, Ogun State sector in an accident that occurred around Ayetoro on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, in the early hours of yesterday. Vanguard gathered that three others sustained injuries in the crash. The accident, which occurred about 5:30a.m., involved a Toyota bus with number plate, UYY165ZY, and a …

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 …