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Some stakeholders in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe on Saturday linked the rising rate of auto accidents to the lackadaisical attitude of inexperienced underage drivers behind the wheels of most articulated vehicles. A cross-section of the stakeholders made the observation in a separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Maiduguri, Yola and Damaturu.…
13 Mar
A tragic incident unfolded on Wednesday in the heart of Benin City, where a two-year-old girl lost her life in a fatal crash allegedly caused by members of the Edo State Public Safety Response Team (PSR). The incident, which took place near Ring Road, has sparked widespread outrage, with many calling for an immediate response…
12 Mar
A fatal accident at Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday has been attributed to brake failure, leading to multiple collisions involving 15 vehicles. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in a statement issued by its spokesperson Olusegun Ogungbemide on Wednesday, confirmed that the accident claimed two lives and left five others injured. According…
4 Mar
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of four people in a lone accident involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi. The FRSC also said that two persons were severely injured in the accident. The FRSC Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, confirmed the incidence to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
28 Feb
No fewer than 60 people were burnt to death in an auto crash at Oko-Olowo, along Ilorin-Jebba expressway, Ilorin, Kwara State on Friday. Sources said the victims were traveling from northern part of the country. According to an eyewitness, the auto crash occurred when a trailer carrying fertilizer and petrol laden truck collided while overtaking,…
27 Feb
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, on Thursday expressed sympathy for victims of Wednesday's auto crash involving a government mass
23 Feb
Four people, including three children, were burnt beyond recognition, while 10 others sustained injuries after a commercial Hummer bus caught fire in Gwaram, Jigawa State. Security and emergency sources told Zagazola Makama, a competent security pundit in the Northern region, that the incident occurred on February 22, 2025, at around 4:00 p.m., near the Government…
16 Feb
At least 48 people were killed in the collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in western Mali Saturday, authorities and local sources told AFP. Mali is one of Africa's leading gold producers, and mining sites are regularly the scene of deadly landslides and accidents. Authorities have struggled to control unregulated mining of the precious…
14 Feb
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has signed a partnership agreement with the AB InBev Foundation, which has donated about 1,000 reflective jackets and installed 35 cautionary road signs across major highways to reduce road crashes in the country. IBPLC, the AB InBev Foundation, in a statement, explained that the initiative, in collaboration with the…
14 Feb
No fewer than 23 persons were killed, and 48 others sustained various degrees of injuries in a ghastly road crash on the Muhammadu Buhari Interchange Flyover, Hotoro, Kano. Eyewitnesses told The Guardian that the accident, which involved a heavy truck with an unknown registration number conveying goods and passengers, occurred Thursday night. It was…
14 Feb
Fourteen people were injured on Wednesday when a commercial bus crashed into a private car on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, authorities said. The accident occurred at Ilaje, inward Iyana-Oworonshoki, after the driver of the Mazda commercial bus lost control due to excessive speeding, according to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).…
7 Feb
The Police command in Ogun on Friday said they are on the trail of the truck driver that crushed three automobile technicians to death at Kemta, Abeokuta, on Wednesday. CSP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s Spokesperson disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Odutola explained that the driver escaped from…
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The Bank of Industry (BoI) has assured the Women Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (WCCIMA) of its commitment to unlocking financial solutions for female entrepreneurs with strategic funding initiatives aimed at driving economic growth and innovation among women-led businesses.
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Sokoto State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Nasiru Mohammed Binji, has submitted that Nigerians are not lawless as being perceived in some quarters, stating that pockets of highhandedness exhibited by a few should not be interpreted as lawlessness.
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The House of Representatives member representing Moba/llejemeje/Ido-Osi Federal Constituency, Akinlayo Davidson Kolawole, has congratulated Governor Biodun Oyebanji on his conferment as the Silverbird Man of the Year Award.