Another tanker laden with 40,000 liters of fuel had an accident and burst into flames in Niger state yesterday. The accident occurred along Agaie Lapai road a few kilometers after Bida town. However, tragedy was averted as the road leading to the accident spot was closed immediately for traffic. The accident occurred in the night. While no life was lost, …

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 fleeing robbery suspect, Amos Daniel, 36, who snatched his employer’s vehicle on the same day he was employed as a driver, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command. The suspect confessed to have taken the car to his church to give testimony of God’s miraculous provision. This is just as two dismissed soldiers, Akeem Suleiman and Abdulau …

A male Nigerian civil servant who left the country for the United Kingdom in 2022 has revealed that he still receives his monthly salary despite not showing up at work. The 36-year-old UK taxi driver, who will be referred to as Daniel due to the sensitivity of the matter, told the BBC as reported on Sunday that he receives N150,000 …

The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the abduction of a popular traditional ruler’s police orderly and driver by suspected kidnappers in Rivers. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that gunmen had invaded the residence of Chief Cornwell Ihunwo, the Paramount Ruler of Rumu-Elechi, Nkpolu Orowurokwo around 8pm on Saturday. The gunmen had invaded the place with the intention of …

The Ondo State Police Command said it has arrested a driver who crushed a policeman to death at a checkpoint along the Benin-Owo Expressway at the Ifon area of Ose Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. According to the police, the driver whose identity was yet to be revealed allegedly hit the cop who is an Assistant Superintendent …

A Sienna car driver bit off the ear of a Vehicle Inspection Officer (VIO), identified as Papu Prosper, during a heated argument, while on patrol in Warri, Delta State. The incident followed an argument over expired particulars, along Eagle Roundabout, by Federal Government College, in Warri. According to Prosper: “I am a Vehicle Inspection Officer, VIO. We went for a …

The driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that recently collided with a train, Oluwaseun Osibanjo, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja High Court. The collision, which occurred on 9th March at the PWD railway crossing in Ikeja, the state capital, left six persons dead and others injured and hospitalised across government hospitals in the state. The bus, …

A 13-year-old American boy became a hero by managing to safely stop a school bus carrying dozens of kids when the driver lost consciousness. The drama unfolded Wednesday in the northern state of Michigan, United States when a teenager named Dillon Reeves got up and grabbed the steering when he saw the driver had fainted, and brought the vehicle to …

An unidentified commercial bus driver died on Wednesday in an accident involving his bus and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in Ogudu, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, in Lagos. The commercial bus was said to be coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred. According to witnesses, the commercial bus …