A vehicle powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) reportedly exploded at NIPCO filling station located at Ikpoba Hill, along the Benin-Auchi Expressway on Wednesday. As seen in a video making round on social media, the vehicle scattered, while people around the vicinity ran for their lives as the loud sound of the explosion created panic. Three persons, who sustained various …

The death toll of the petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, on Wednesday, rose to 147. President Bola Tinubu, his wife, Oluremi, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, governors and many other Nigerians expressed grief over the incident. The Chairman of Taura LGA, Shu’aibu Hambali, confirmed the latest causality figure on Wednesday evening while speaking live …

Six persons have lost their lives while five others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a road accident in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Monday morning. A school pupil and her mother were among the victims in the road accident. The tragic incident, which involved a trailer conveying tiles and a lorry loaded with soft drinks, occurred at Oke Eleshin, …

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) have rescued a truck driver who was trapped in a life-threatening accident while driving along Mobolaji Johnson Avenue along Alausa in Ikeja. This was disclosed in a statement made available to our newsmen by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq on Friday. According to the statement, …

A lone crash on Saturday, at about 2:58 pm around Saapade, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, claimed one life while 10 others were reported to have been seriously injured. The white Mazda bus with registration number GGE 858 XY involved in the accident was said to have been travelling at high speed when one of its tyres burst, causing the driver …

A Catholic missionary priest working in Gambia, Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has advised Nigerians to prioritise their safety as Sunday, September 1, ushered in what the people popularly call the ’ember month’. Ugwu said vehicle owners should make every effort to do the necessary maintenance on their vehicles before praying against accidents and blood-sucking demons. The statement is coming at a …

Barely 24 hours after a truck rammed into a vehicle and a pedestrian in the Lafenwa area of Ogun State killing four persons and injuring two, another truck has crushed two persons to death in the Papalanto area of the state. The accident according to the spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, happened in the early …

At least 25 people have been reported dead on Tuesday along Ojo-Iwo Road of Ibadan-Lagos expressway, around Agbowo/Ajao area when a trailer loaded with roofing sheets collided with 18 seaters hummer bus, a Micra taxi and Honda CR-V car. Some of the motorists that witnessed the accident told our correspondent, Oluwasemillore Ige that the trailer lost it’s break and rammed …

No fewer than 20 persons lost their lives when the engine of a wooden boat popularly known as ‘Denghe’ exploded in the middle of the river and sank in Ezetu I community river in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the Bayelsa State. The sole survivor of the tragic incident, which occurred Wednesday evening, said to be in critical condition …

A fatal road traffic crash involving a truck loaded with cement occurred on Tuesday at Green Energy Oil and Gas filling station at Eke Awgbu in Orumba North local government area of Anambra State, killing five people. The truck belonging to BUA, with no registration number, hit many vehicles as the driver lost control and eventually crashed. A commercial tricycle …