Tragedy struck on Saturday morning when seven persons died in a multiple road crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway with four others sustaining injuries. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta by the Route Commander and Chief Public Education Officer, Florence Okupe, on behalf of the Ogun State sector command. According to the statement, …

A 14-year-old boy died and four other people were injured in a knife attack in southern Austria on Saturday, police said, adding they have arrested a 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker. ‘A man randomly attacked passers-by with a knife,” police spokesman Rainer Dionisio told AFP of the incident in the city of Villach. ‘One victim, a 14-year-old boy, died,’ he added. …

A tragic collision involving a J5 Ford bus and a Mercedes truck on the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge has left one person dead and four others injured. The accident occurred early hours of Monday, 16 December, at Ilubirin, inward Sura, causing significant traffic disruptions along the busy route. Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), led by General …

No fewer than four persons were injured when a truck carrying a 40-foot container rammed into the Asaba Motor Park, near Oguta Road, by Upper Iweka in Onitsha, Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened around 11.15 am on Saturday. Eyewitnesses at the motor park said the truck driver was heading towards the River Niger Bridge before the …

A man said to be the pastor of Dunamis Church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, Benue State capital was reported to have died on Monday when the church building collapsed. According to an eyewitness, four others said to be praying with the pastor in the church sustained varying degrees of injury after the building collapsed on them. …