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, …

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Sunday rescued an injured driver and a motor boy from an empty articulated 40ft flatbed truck that fell off from the bridge by Ijora Olopa inward Apapa area of the state. In a statement, the spokesperson for the Agency, Adebayo Taofiq said the incident occurred as a result of overspeeding …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has directed the prosecution of the owner and driver of the truck involved in Sunday’s accident in Ojuelegba in which nine people died. The casualties, as reported by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are made up of five males (including a boy) and four females (including a girl). On Monday, the state …

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has stated that nine persons died in a truck accident at Ojuelegba bridge on Sunday. The casualties are made up of five males (including a boy) and four females (including a girl). LASEMA said that one of the victims was “extricated alive and taken to the trauma centre”. According to a situation report …