Three traditional rulers from Orire Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo state, Southwest Nigeria lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident. The monarchs were going to the funeral party of the mother of a brother to a traditional ruler, Oloolo of Oolo, Oba Oyebunmi Ajayi, when the accident occured in Arinkinkin area of Ogbomoso. It was gathered that the Read More
Bayo Ohu, a journalist with The Guardian Newspapers, died from gunshot wounds inflicted by assailants who invaded his Lagos residence in September 2009. He was quickly rushed to the hospital, but medical staff on duty refused to admit him for treatment. Their reason? The relatives did not come with a police report. While his relatives were making efforts to take Read More
An accident involving a commercial bus with number plate MUS 753 YD claimed three lives on Sunday after the vehicle caught fire along the Lekki expressway of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed this in a statement made available on its Facebook page on Sunday. The Agency said the bodies of the deceased have been transferred to Read More
Nigerian actor, Kelechi Udegbe has survived a car accident. The actor shared pictures and videos of the aftermath of the accident on his Instagram page on Sunday. The photos show his car in a mangled state. A video also shows Udegbe in the hospital with a neck brace. In an accompanying caption, the actor expressed gratitude to God for saving Read More
A car wash attendant, whose name is yet-to-be-identified has crashed a client’s vehicle while test driving. He crashed the vehicle in Rumueme area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Facebook user, Justice Ori who posted photos from the scene said the incident happened on Sunday afternoon, October 29, 2023. “Happened this afternoon in Rumueme area of Port Harcourt. A Man drove his car Read More
A 40-foot trailer with a faulty brake system on Thursday evening killed a middle-aged female pedestrian along the Ezeiweka axis of the Onitsha-Owerri Road, an official of FRSC has confirmed. FRSC’s Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Awka, the state capital. “According to eyewitnesses, the trailer was Read More
A fatal accident in Nangere, a community in Yobe state has claimed not less than 40 lives. The accident, Blueprint correspondent gathered, occurred around 10:30 am on Wednesday along Nangere – Potiskum road in the state. Eyewitnesses further told blueprint correspondent that the accident happened when a trailer loaded with cattle from Buduwa village of Jakusko local government area on Read More
A boat carrying 50 people has capsised in Yauri local government, Kebbi state with 40 passengers unaccounted for. The boat capsised Monday at about 12 noon while it ferried passengers to the Yauri weekly market. The boat was coming from Kasabo in Agura local government in Niger state to Yauri in Kebbi. The two states share an expansive boundary covering Read More
Fuel tanker explosion reportedly left unspecified number of persons dead on Sunday along Warri-Benin Expressway. The explosion occurred after a 33,000- litre tanker had fallen on the highway, spilling its contents. Among those who lost their lives in the incident which occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Koko junction along Warri-Benin highway in Warri North council area of Read More
Some 500-level Accounting students of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Oyo State lost their lives in a fatal accident. The students were involved in accident around Ilobu-Okinni-Osogbo road in Osun State while returning from an excursion to Erin-Ijesa Waterfall in Osun state. The bus which conveyed the students reportedly caught fire while the cause of the accident is unknown as Read More
Four security personnel were injured as the speaker, Osun state House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, escaped death in a car crash. The convoy of the speaker had been involved in an accident while leaving Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday. Sources close who revealed that bad tyre led to the accident further disclosed that, “The vehicle hit that of speaker Read More
Kwara state Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Thursday handed at least 1,000 life jackets to the people of Patigi to prevent drowning and death in the event of boat mishaps during water travel. Governor AbdulRazaq handed the life jackets to the Etsu Patigi, Alhaji Umar Bologi II, shortly after a meeting with some first class monarchs who had come to brief him Read More
No fewer than 14 persons, including a four-month-old baby, died on Sunday morning in an auto accident along Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Lagos. Mr Williams Manga, Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry on Sunday. Manga said that nine other persons sustained injuries in the accident, which occured at Agemowo axis Read More
About 15 persons were feared dead, Saturday, after five vehicles collided at Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State. The fatal crash which occured at about 12.40pm at Odumodu junction by Nteje-Awka expressway, involved four commercial vehicles and one private car with registration numbers – ENU 32 XD, LSD 339 XA, KSF 646 BZ, BAU 305 ZE, and ABN 64 Read More
At least 10 people have died when a bus “carrying wedding guests” was involved in a crash overnight in Australia’s wine country two hours north of Sydney. Reports suggest 10 people were killed and roughly a dozen hospitalised with 18 passengers escaping without injuring after the incident on Wine Country Drive near the Hunter Expressway. The Hunter Valley wine making Read More
Five burial guests have reportedly died after a car they were travelling in veered off the road and plunged into Omi river in Yagba West Local Government of Kogi state. The accident happened on Saturday between Omi and Ejiba town. After several efforts by the people, five lifeless bodies of the victims were picked from the canal. The victims were Read More
Tragedy on Friday struck on the Okordia/Zarama section of the East-West road with a VIP vehicle crushing some traders and killing three persons. The vehicle, identified as a green Mercedes Benz jeep with registration number SAG420JP was reported to have crushed a commercial tricyclists popularly known as Keke Napep with registration KMT346VP and killed the traders on board. The incident, Read More
A petrol tanker exploded and killed 10 persons at the Bauchi Road Junction area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau. The Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Jos. Alabo said that the vehicle, which lost control, crashed and burst into flames, burning three other Read More
The Lagos state government has announced compensation for victims of the train-bus collision incident of March 9, 2023 which resulted in deaths and injuries of passengers and staff of the state. In a statement, Tuesday, the state promised to provide employment to one employable child of each of the dead victims of the accident and a concessionary scholarship to one Read More
An underwriting firm, Mutual Benefits accident Plc, has provided personal accident insurance cover for 33 members of the Guild of Photojournalists with a total assurance of N99 million and supported the family of the late Photo Editor of The Guardian, Femi Kuti, with N250,000. With the policy, members of the association will paying yearly premium of N930,000 and are entitled Read More
A video has captured moment a train crushed a yet to be identified woman and her car as she tried to drive across the train track in the Kubwa area of Abuja on Thursday December 15, 2022.
Three persons have been reported dead in a fatal crash along Lagos -Ibadan expressway in the early hours of Monday November 7, 2022. The lone crash involving six persons, according to the Superintendent Route Commander, Florence Okpe, was caused by excessive speed which led to loss of control. Okpe added that three other persons were injured in the lone crash Read More
An accident has occurred at the Obafemi Awolowo way, Jabi Business district in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. No casualty involved as many at the scene were seen assisting the driver of the truck involved.
Four persons have escaped death in Kubwa axis of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after a truck crushed their vehicle They escaped death by whiskers in Abuja on Saturday when a truck crushed a Toyota Corolla along Kubwa expressway. The incident occurred around 1pm near the popular “Charlie Boy” bus stop involving the Toyota Corolla with registration number BWR 420 Read More
A middle-aged woman has lost her life while trying to get her husband red-handed with his ‘side chick’. According to the sector commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Cross River, Maikano Hassan, the woman was in a hot chase of her husband on the Muritala Mohammed Highway in Calabar over his “mistress” when the incident occurred as a result Read More
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