Eight passengers were killed in an auto crash in Delta State while an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps was crushed to death at the foot of the Niger Bridge in Onitsha, Anambra State on Tuesday.
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A mob on Thursday attacked and killed a policeman over the death of a woman and two children on Owerri Road, Onitsha, Anambra.
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A 24-year old mother in Nnewi, Anambra State, Oluchi Emeobi, has allegedly sold her two-month old baby and used part of the proceeds to buy a motorcycle.
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Work has finally commenced on the Otuocha-Ibaji Road after years of abandonment by successive governments.
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No fewer than eight persons were reportedly killed in auto crashes in Anambra, Lagos and Ogun states, while about 12 persons sustained varying degrees of injury. In the Anambra incident, which occurred on Awor Road, Oraifite village, in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state, a man identified as Chinedu Nwannem, his two children and two sisters-in-law were killed […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Anambra has described accidents and injuries involving commercial motorcyclists as alarming. Mr Sunday Ajayi, the Sector Commander in the state, expressed the view when he addressed some 800 motorcyclists during a sensitisation programme in Awka on Sunday. He said the operators were lucky that Anambra government had not outlawed their operations in the […]
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The Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, could not control his emotions on Friday night when he witnessed a ghastly lorry accident that crushed a middle-aged woman and her granddaughter. The accident occurred near Chief Eugene Obiagwu Bus-stop, Awka-Etiti, along Nnobi-Ekwulobia road of the state. The 911 articulated lorry crashed into shops in the area.
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has said that it will no longer condone the recklessness of tipper drivers in Anambra State. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr. Sunday Ajayi, made this known while briefing newsmen at the end of a meeting with the leadership of the Tipper Owners and Drivers Association (TODAS) on Tuesday in Awka.
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The Anambra State Government on Thursday announced its plan to restrict articulated vehicles from plying its roads between the hours of 6am and 7pm to prevent road crashes. The state Commissioner for Transport, Ifeanyichukwu Ejikeme, said this during an interview with our correspondent in Awka, the state capital. He explained that the state had earmarked N2bn to build truck parks […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps and the Anambra State Government have agreed to work together to ensure maximum safety on the road. This follows a recent fuel tanker accident that in the state that claimed several lives and valuable property. This was the outcome of a visit by the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, to the state […]
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