At least seven people have died in a canoe accident while travelling between the villages of Gidan Hussaini and Gwargawu in the Kambama ward of Shagari Local Government Area, located in Nigeria’s north-western Sokoto State. According to local accounts, the victims were undertaking a routine river crossing when their canoe capsized under yet-to-be-confirmed circumstances. Authorities…
A ghastly accident involving an articulated vehicle has claimed seven lives with 16 others injured along Agaie-Badegi Road, in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger. The Director-General of Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Minna. He attributed the accident to a bad portion of…
The police command in Ogun says it is hunting for a driver involved in a lone accident in which one died, two injured at Odo Awele, along Lisa Road in Ogun. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, said, in a statement on Wednesday in Ota, Ogun that the driver, one Dapi Ajala, had not been…
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the death of four people in a road accident on the Agaie-Lapai Road on Sunday. Alh. Abdullah Baba-Arah, Director-General of NSEMA, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday in Minna. He said the crash involved three trailer trucks. One of the trucks was transporting cattle…
More than 22 people died and another two dozen were injured when the bus they were traveling in fell into a deep gorge in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand on Monday. The local police officer said over phone. The mishap occurred in Marchula area of the state’s Almora district at around 08:30 a.m., said the…
Eight people have been killed in a boat accident in eastern Afghanistan, including children and women, local media reported on Wednesday. The incident occurred in the Kuz Kunar district of Nangarhar province. According to the local authorities, a boat carrying 14 people capsized due to strong winds. Residents of Kuz Kunar district have long faced…
