Tragedy struck in Kaduna on Sunday as 15 persons, including six national women leaders of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ, perished in an auto accident in the state.
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CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN GHASTLY MOTOR ACCIDENT WHILE CHASING SMUGGLERS (PHOTOS)
Some Customs officers were involved in an accident that left them severely injured.
Continue reading »21 KILLED AS TRUCK HITS MINIBUS IN GUINEA
At least 21 people, mostly women, were killed in a head-on crash between a truck and a minibus packed with passengers in Guinea, police said on Sunday.
Continue reading »LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESS ACCIDENT UPDATE: POLICE CONFIRM 26 DEAD, 11 INJURED
The Oyo State Police Command said that 26 people died in the early morning ghastly motor accident, which occurred at the Ibadan end of the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway (READ IT HERE).
Continue reading »TWO DIE, EIGHT INJURED IN OGUN AUTO CRASH
Two persons were confirmed dead, while eight others sustained injuries in an accident along the Ilo-Awela Road, at the Tollgate area of Sango-Ota, Ogun State, on Thursday.
Continue reading »MAY 1ST DISASTER: 4 BURNT TO DEATH IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY ACCIDENT
Four persons were burnt to death this morning on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway following an accident involving an IVECO Truck and a Toyota bus belonging to………
Continue reading »6 KILLED, 12 INJURED IN AUTO CRASH IN KOGI
Six persons on Monday lost their lives while 12 others were injured in an auto crash at Osara village on Lokoja-Okene road in Kogi. Villagers told newsmen that the accident, which occured at about 9am, involved three vehicles – a truck, a Toyota Hiace bus and a Nissan Primera car. According to the eyewitnesses, the truck and Toyota bus had […]
Continue reading »TWO DEAD, POLICEMAN, SCORES INJURED IN GHASTLY LAGOS ACCIDENT
Two persons were yesterday killed in a series of fatal accidents along the Oshodi Expressway that also left a policeman and scores of persons with varying degree of injuries. The accident caused a heavy gridlock on the busy road which took the combined efforts of emergency workers from the Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA), state Fire Service and other agencies […]
Continue reading »FATHER, CHILDREN, SISTERS-IN- LAW KILLED BY SPEEDING CONVOY IN ANAMBRA
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 […]
Continue reading »SEVERAL INJURED IN THIRD MAINLAND BRIDGE ACCIDENT
An accident that occurred on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos has left many people severely injured. The accident happened on Saturday morning and involved a Toyota Hiace commercial bus and a Camry car. Witnesses said both vehicles were headed from Lagos Island towards the mainland. Emergency workers from the Lagos State Fire Service and the Federal Road Safety Commission […]
Continue reading »EASTER TRAGEDY: SEVEN KILLED, 19 INJURED IN LAGOS ACCIDENTS
No fewer than seven people lost their lives on Monday in two separate accidents in the Gbagada and Surulere areas of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that while two passengers died and 14 sustained varying degree of injuries in the Gbagada crash, five died and five others were injured in the Surulere incident. Our correspondents gathered that the Gbagada accident […]
Continue reading »PROFESSOR, BABY, PREGNANT WOMAN, THREE OTHERS DIE IN CAR CRASH
A Professor of Human Physiology and Dean, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Prof. Robert Nneli, and five others on Thursday died in a multiple auto crash that occurred along the Ezzamgbo axis of the Abakaliki/Enugu Expressway. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ebonyi State, Mrs. Stella Uchendu, who […]
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