Accident

12 dead, four injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway crash

4 months ago1155 min

No fewer than 12 people were reported dead on Tuesday while four others were injured in a lone crash which occurred at about 3:15 pm around Ogere along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The lone accident involved a White Mazda Bus with registration number DDA733XA. The crash was adduced to wrongful overtaking after which the bus lost control, hit the road divider, somersaulted and burst into flame. Scene of the accident The Spokesperson for the Ogun State...

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Four dead, many rescued in Sokoto boat accident

4 months ago844 min

Four persons have died in a boat mishap at Dundaye community in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Head, Sokoto Field Operation Office of the National Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Aliyu Kafindangi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Sokoto. He said that the incident occurred on Sunday evening. He explained that a combined rescue team from NEMA, Nigerian Red Cross, Fire Services and the State Emergency Management Agency...

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Three killed in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident

5 months ago787 min

No fewer than three unidentified passengers were confirmed dead late Thursday following a multi-vehicle crash on the Kara section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. PUNCH Online gathered that an unidentified truck driver transporting sugar, lost control and collided with another vehicle, triggering a chain of collisions around 7 pm along Isheri-Olofin, outward bound from Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt that the other vehicles involved in the accident included an SF3000 truck, a Toyota Camry car with...

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Five dead, 15 missing in Jigawa boat accident

5 months ago973 min

A boat accident on Thursday claimed the lives of no fewer than five persons around Gamoda River in Nahuce village, in the Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Confirming the tragedy in the Dutse area of the state, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, in a statement on Friday, said the boat was conveying 20 passengers when it capsized around 12 pm. He said, “Upon receipt of the report, a team...

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Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident kills three passengers

5 months ago814 min

Three yet-to-be-identified passengers on Thursday lost their lives following a multi-vehicle crash on the Kara section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Saturday PUNCH gathered that an unidentified truck driver transporting sugar, lost control and collided with another vehicle, triggering a chain of collisions around 7 pm along Isheri-Olofin, outward bound from Lagos State. Our correspondent learnt that the other vehicles involved in the accident included an SF3000 truck, a Toyota Camry car with the number plate...

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Accident, not shooting, caused Katsina NSCDC officer’s injury

5 months ago975 min

The Police Command in Katsina State said there was no loss of life recorded in the state during the nationwide hunger protests. The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, made this known in a statement issued in Katsina on Saturday. “The command wishes to address a misleading viral video circulating on social media platforms of a security agent lying motionless on the ground alleged to have been shot dead by a police officer while trying to...

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Eight Kogi schoolchildren escape death in auto crash

5 months ago905 min

There was a great relief on Thursday when eight schoolchildren returning from an end-of-term party escaped death as a truck loaded with tractors fell on the two cars they were travelling in. The accident occurred in the Lokongoma market along the Okene-Kabba Road in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the accident reports that all eight schoolchildren were successfully rescued from the two crushed vehicles, one Mitsubishi with registration...

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BREAKING: Famous Nollywood Actor, Junior Pope Dies In Boat Accident

9 months ago2694 min

The 39-year-old actor reportedly drowned while attempting to cross the River Niger during the making of a movie. Famous Nollywood actor Pope Odonwodo, aka Junior Pope, is dead. The 39-year-old actor reportedly drowned while attempting to cross the River Niger during the making of a movie. Popular Nollywood Actor, Jnr Pope has died after drowning during a movie shoot today. Sad Day! pic.twitter.com/bisZsNd3f1 — Dumebi Ifeanyichukwu (@dumebi_ifeanyi) April 10, 2024 The...