An unidentified ambulance driver lost his life on Sunday after colliding with a truck near TREM Church, inward Gbagada, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, Lagos. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred at about 1:30 am, and involved an ambulance with registration number JBD-405HA, and an articulated truck with an unknown registration number. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management …

A fatal crash which reportedly happened on Wednesday, at about 8.05 pm around Ibafo village along the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu expressway claimed two lives while two others were injured. The accident involved a red colour Mercedes-Benz truck, with no registration number and a wine colour Mitsubishi space wagon with registration number AAB 255AE. The Spokesperson for Ogun State Transport Compliance and Enforcement …

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 …

Son of a former governor of Kaduna State, Faisal Ahmed Makarfi has died in a road crash on Saturday evening. It was gathered that the accident occurred along Kaduna-Zaria dual carriageway in Kaduna State. Faisal’s father, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi was governor of Kaduna State between 1999 and 2007. He represented Kaduna North district in the Red Chamber between 2007 and …

A rescue team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has rescued three accident victims and recovered N8,620,000 at the scene in Kaduna State. The accident occurred around 7 pm on Monday, September 30, at Area G Samaru, along Zaria-Funtua road. Spokesman of the FRSC, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday, 1 October, …

Search and rescue have commenced for a male and female passengers who were thrown from an 18-seater bus into the Lagos lagoon, causing significant impact on on the newly reconstructed Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos on Wednesday. The 12-kilometre bridge, which is the major link between Lagos Mainland and the Island, was reopened six days ago. In a statement in Lagos. …

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola (popularly known as Portable) has survived a ghastly auto crash. The incident happened at the Osapa London axis of Lagos State, on Wednesday. Confirming the accident in a video message shared on his Instagram page, Portable said he was driving in the rain when he crashed his brand new G-Wagon Brabus. He urged his fans …

A crash involving three vehicles – Mazda commercial bus, a tricycle, and a white Camry car – has claimed the life of a man around Mosalasi roundabout, inward the Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State. While on top speed, the driver of the Camry car with number plate KJA 351 HG was said to have rammed into the tricycle, causing the …

Twenty people lost their lives on Saturday in both Ogun and Plateau States during road crashes. In Ogun, 10 people died in a pre-dawn auto crash that occurred at the Oniworo stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident, which happened around 4.30 am, also left two persons with varying degrees of injuries, while seven others came out of the wreckage …

No fewer than seven persons were confirmed dead on Sunday while 16 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Toyota Hiace bus and Mack tanker a few meters from Gofamaint on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ahmed Umar told newsmen in Abeokuta that the accident occurred at 4:10 pm …