At least 25 persons perished in a multiple auto crash at Peke village along Oko-Olowo-Bode Saddu expressway in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The accident, which occured on Tuesday, involved a petrol tanker (a heavy-duty truck) with registration number JJN 17 XW and an 18-seater bus at about 3:18 pm. In a statement on Wednesday in Ilorin, the …

A fatal accident involving a tanker claimed the life of an unidentified boy at Oke, inward the Gbagada axis of Lagos on Saturday while the tanker driver was rescued by operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA). This was disclosed in a statement made available to Newsmen by the Public Relations Officer, LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, on Saturday. It …

Four persons were confirmed dead following a tragic road accident near Dinyar Madiga village in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State. Several other persons were said to have sustained injuries during the accident, which occurred late Friday evening. The Public Relations Office, Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Sunday. He explained …

Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, on Monday, condoled with families of victims of a boat accident in the Ibi Local Government Area of the state that claimed over 20 lives. The Special Adviser on to the Governor on Media and Digital Communication, Mr. Emmanuel Bello, quoted the governor as describing the incident as most worrisome since it came barely …

The acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs. Caroline Adepoju, on Monday, ordered an immediate investigation into the cause of Sunday’s auto accident that killed at least four personnel of the service. This is as seven injured personnel are undergoing treatment at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano and burial arrangements are underway for the departed persons. Briefing …

Five people on Sunday morning were reported dead in a crash that occurred at the Ososa junction end of the Ijebu-ode-Ore expressway leaving one injured and two other people escaped unhurt. The accident involved an unmarked Mack truck and a Honda Accord car with no registration number. According to a statement from the Spokesperson of Ogun State Sector Command of …

A staff member of Dangote Refinery identified as Joseph Ameh has died after being hit by a vehicle in a hit-and-run accident in the Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos state on Thursday. It was gathered that the victim was walking along Golf Bustop along Lekki Epe Expressway when the yet-to-be-identified driver rammed into him and sped away. Attempts to apprehend …

At least 35 people were killed and more than 50 others injured Saturday in a “horrific collision” on an Egyptian highway involving a bus and several cars, state media reported. Traffic accidents are common in Egypt where roads are often in bad repair and the highway code is frequently disregarded. “A horrific collision on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road near Wadi …

Not less than 18 persons on Wednesday narrowly escaped death in a motor accident that occurred on the Longbridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the white 18-seater Mazda bus with registration number, FKJ285Y, was conveying passengers from Maryland, outward Lagos State, when the accident happened. The driver of the bus refused to speak with our reporter …

The Osun Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that seven people died in an accident that occurred on the Osogbo-Gbongan highway on Friday. In an interview on Saturday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, FRSC Sector Commander Henry Benamaisia said a Sharon Nissan vehicle with plate number WW D574 AE lost control due to excessive …