No fewer than eight persons have been confirmed dead in a car crash in Enugu State. The accident occurred along the Enugu/Port Harcourt Expressway, by the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital junction, at Ituku-Ozalla.
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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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A trailer driver, Kabiru Ademola, has been arrested by the police for allegedly crushing a pedestrian to death in the Mushin area of Lagos State. The driver was reportedly speeding with another truck when he lost control around 2.30am on Sunday and killed the victim, identified as Kamoru Ibrahim.
Continue reading »The Ekiti State Government says the four persons who died during the week after their boat capsized at Egbe Dam in Gbonyin Local Government Area of the state were neither World Bank officials nor workers of the state government. It had been reported earlier that four World Bank Consultants drowned in Egbe River on Tuesday night.
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Ten people have been confirmed dead while nine others sustained injuries in a motor accident that occurred along Ibadan-Oyo Road on Saturday evening. Eyewitness said the accident, which happened at Itose village along the road, involved a Toyota Hiace commuter bus with number plate LSD 191 XK that was travelling from Sango-Ota in Ogun State to Ilorin, Kwara State.
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Tragedy struck on Thursday at the Onipanu end of the Ikorodu Expressway in Lagos State after a Toyota Camry crashed into a truck Our correspondent learnt that although the car driver escaped, the ‘motor boy’ of the truck was crushed to death. It took rescue agencies hours before the trapped remains of the victim could be removed from the wreckage.
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One person was on Wednesday feared dead when a tanker laden with fuel exploded at Upper Mission Junction on the Benin-Auchi Expressway, in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The explosion, which was said to have occurred at about 7am, left no fewer than four persons injured. It was also gathered that the fire destroyed property worth millions of […]
Continue reading »The Word of Faith Christian Centre, Kano, has denied reports that a member of its church, Gloria Okocha, accidentally crushed a fellow member, Remi Nwokolor, to death. The victim, who was rushed to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, was pronounced dead at the hospital. PUNCH had reported that the driver was trying to drive out of the church premises when […]
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Eleven South African military officials were killed on Friday when the bus transporting them fell down an embankment. A report from Johannesburg said that a total of 42 military officials were travelling in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in centrally located Free State province. It said that the officers were on their way to a cultural centre inside the […]
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One person died, while nine others were injured in an auto crash at Onipepeye village, along the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway on Sunday. The accident involved a Volkswagen bus with number plate AAB 318 AA travelling from Abeokuta towards Ajura, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, […]
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Tragedy struck at the Majidun end of the Ikorodu Road, Lagos State, after a 20-year-old driver, Seun Akinyosoye, was killed in a lone accident. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim was driving home together with a friend, Sodiq Teriba, when he lost control of the Hyundai saloon car, with number plate KTU 976 BL.
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An unidentified man was confirmed dead on Saturday, while three sustained varying degrees of injuries, following an accident on a bridge along the road between Flower-Garden and Kwara Mall in Kwara State. Our correspondent gathered that the accident, which occurred on Friday night, involved a Renault Scenic car with registration number SHA 630 TW (Kwara State) and a commercial motorcycle […]
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