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 …

No fewer than 14 worshippers lost their lives while several others sustained varying injuries when a trailer ran into Jumuat prayer worshippers in Imama town, Kura Local Government Area of Kano State. The accident occurred shortly after the Friday prayer when the driver of the trailer coming from Kaduna axis with registration number MKA 537XN lost control and ran into …

A fuel tanker on Saturday morning fell and caught fire at the Ibafo/Aseese axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) said that no life was lost. Newsmen, who went to the incident scene, met emergency responders—men of the Fire Rescue Services, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and others working to put out the …

The people of Taraba State were thrown into mourning on Sunday following a motor accident that claimed the lives of six members of the state chapter of the Women Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN). The accident occurred on Sunday while they were on their way to Jalingo, the state capital, from Gembu, the administrative headquarters of Sardauna …

The management of Dangote Groups has denied the report that one of its trucks was responsible for the accident that claimed no fewer than 19 lives along the Okene-Lokoja bypass in Kogi State on Sunday. The Chief Branding and Communications Officer of Dangote Groups, Tony Chiejina, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday. In a statement on Sunday, …

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara has described as very unfortunate the fire incident caused by a tanker conveying premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol which burnt motorists and commuters beyond recognition and destroyed several vehicles on Friday night. The incident occurred between the Indorama Petro-Chemical Company Gate and the Aleto Bridge on the popular and ever busy Eleme …

Two people have died while 13 other passengers sustained injuries on Saturday in an accident which occurred at about 1:21 pm around Ajede, after J3 Junction along the Ijebu-Ode-Ore-Benin expressway. A Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Iyare Motors with number plate GUE59ZY was said to have rammed into a stationary truck with number plate BGT94LG leading to the fatal crash. …