Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State, has expressed deep sorrow over a tragic road accident along the Kano-Katsina highway that claimed the lives of several passengers on Sunday night. The governor described the incident as devastating and painful, saying that the state has lost valuable citizens under an unfortunate circumstance. Radda extended his condolences in…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, has confirmed the death of four persons in a lone accident in front of Christopher University on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Afolabi Odunsi, in a statement issued on Monday in Abeokuta, said that eight others sustained injuries. Odunsi said the accident involved…
A Magistrates’ Court in Sagamu, Ogun State, has postponed the trial of a driver accused of causing a road accident that resulted in the deaths of two aides of former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua. The defendant, Adeniyi Kayode, 45, is standing trial on four counts and appeared in court on Tuesday for further proceedings….
Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), Zamfara Command, says 17 persons died, when a commercial bus rammed into a collapsed bridge in Gwalli area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Public Education Officer of the command , Isah Aliyu in Gusau on Monday. According to him, the 17 persons, mostly women,…
What was meant to be a joyful return from a religious convention ended in tragedy for the community of Agwa in Oguta, Imo State, after fifteen members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses lost their lives in a road accident. The incident occurred at about 6:45 p.m. on Monday in Awomama, when a trailer driving against traffic…
No fewer than 10 persons have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained injuries in a lone crash involving a Mitsubishi bus on Ijebu-Ode–Ibadan Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. Akinbiyi said the accident occurred at about 8:30…
No fewer than 21 persons lost their lives while three others sustained various degrees of injury in an auto crash at Kasuwar Dogo in Dakatsalle, along the Zaria-Kano Highway. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Muhammed Bature, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran on Sunday in Kano. Bature said…
A helicopter deployed by an African Union peacekeeping mission has crashed at the international airport in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, resulting in the deaths of five passengers, as reported by a Ugandan military spokesperson. Three of the helicopter’s eight occupants survived the incident on Wednesday, though they sustained serious injuries and burns, the spokesperson,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned motorists against speeding and traffic violations in order to reduce road crashes, loss of lives and property. Dr Samuel Ibitoye, Sector Commander, FRSC, Ondo State Command, gave the advice on Sunday in Ore while confirming a fatal accident which occurred in Ore in Odigbo Local Government area…
