One person was killed with two others severely injured in a motor accident that occurred at Heavy Duty Park, North Bank in Makurdi, Benue State capital yesterday morning.

Many people were feared dead on Thursday in an accident involving two commercial buses, a car and a truck at Erin Oke area of the Osun/Akure Expressway. According to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Sector Commander for Osun State, Peter Oke, who confirmed the incident said FRSC operatives were at the scene of the…

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said 74 of its officers lost their lives to reckless drivers while performing their official duties across the country in the last 18 months. As part of measures to check the menace of reckless driving, the commission is seeking stiffer punishment for users of mobile telephones while on the…

Scores of people yesterday escaped death by the whiskers though they sustained varing degrees of injuries after a petrol tanker exploded on the Lagos-Badagry expressway and left many vehicles burnt and in carcass. Eyewitnesses present at the scene of the incident, which happened between the office of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Ojo military…

A small plane carrying US rapper Post Malone was forced to make an emergency landing at a New York state airport on Tuesday after two of its tires blew out during takeoff, aviation authorities said. The Gulfstream G-IV jet took off for London at 10:50 am local time at Teterboro Airport, located some 50 kilometres…

Three persons on Saturday were confirmed dead in an auto crash involving a commercial vehicle (Sharon) and a tractor, along Gumel Hadejia road in Jigawa. SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Police Spokesman in the state, who confirmed the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that four other persons sustained various degrees of…

One more person was recovered dead at the scene yesterday where a containerized truck fell on four vehicles at Ojuelegba on Tuesday night, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said.

Three women were killed and a dozen people seriously injured after a packed Italian commuter train derailed on Thursday near the northern city of Milan. Witnesses told the media the regional train began to shake heavily as if it were running over rocks, before braking suddenly and derailing. Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni promised that…

Khadija Hassan who lost two of her children, in a fatal accident that occurred along Kano/Zaria Express Way on February 2014, has demanded for N100m compensation from Dangote cement. Dangote Truck, driven by one Uzairu Iliyasu allegedly killed the deceased when he hit the rear of the Honda Civic Car with Reg. AT 89 FGE,…

Four persons were confirmed dead while 13 others were injured in a road crash that occurred opposite Christopher University, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway involving a white Innosson bus and a Toyota Sienna. The Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Clement Oladele, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Abeokuta,…

What could have been a major disaster was yesterday averted when a tanker loaded with Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) belonging to Total almost fell while climbing the bridge on Apapa-Oshodi expressway at Toyota bus-stop towards Airport Road. The tanker was negotiating to climb the bridge when it suddenly snapped and began to slip backwards following…

A 28-year-old deaf man, Isa Abubakar, is receiving treatment at the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital in Kano after being hit by a moving train in Sharada Saberi area of the metropolis. Abubabar, a petty trader, was said to have been pushed off the train’s tracks at a shop close to the rail line at Sharada.…