About 40 passengers yesterday escaped being burnt when a luxurious bus conveying them reportedly went up in flames along the Enugu-Onitsha expressway in Anambra State. The bus belonging to one of the transport companies in the South East was said to be on its way to Lagos from Enugu when the incident occurred.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) community in Kogi State was thrown into mourning on Friday following the news that the Kogi State Coordinator of the Corps, Mrs. Oludolapo Ahile, died in a ghastly auto crash. The Assistant Director, Public Relations, Kogi NYSC, Mr Adedapo Tayo, told journalists in Lokoja on Friday that the coordinator was involved in…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday confirmed the death of seven persons in a fatal accident at Osi Bridge on the old Ilorin-Jebba-Mokwa road along Apado in Ilorin East council area of Kwara State. The Sector Commander, Uchechukwu Wihioka, said the crash, involving a Toyota Dyna with plate number FA 655 NAS and Toyota…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its Presidential Campaign Organisation (PPCO) have condoled with the families of its members as well as other Nigerians who lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident in Benue. The party expressed its condolences in a statement issued by its Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Kola…

An unknown drunk driver Sunday rammed into the official staff car of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai. The auto crash which was disclosed in some series of tweets on the Army twitter page occurred at the Jere area of Kaduna State. “The COAS’ official car had an accident in Jere on…

No fewer than nine persons were confirmed dead, while 12 persons sustained injuries in an auto crash on Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Enugu, SP Ebere Amaraizu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday. Amaraizu noted that the incident happened on Sunday evening at…

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…

Ten persons were feared dead in an auto crash involving a petrol tanker and a trailer in Zing town, Zing local government area of Taraba State on Wednesday. Twenty others, who sustained injuries in the accident, are receiving treatment at the General Hospital Zing and the Federal Medical Center Jalingo. According to eyewitnesses, a patrol tanker,…

The Zamfara State command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday confirmed the death of 10 persons in an auto crash. The victims included three biological children and seven other family members of Alhaji Saidu Yarkufoji, a member of Zamfara State House of Assembly, representing Bakura State Constituency. Other family members of the…

Barely one week after Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello was involved in an auto accident in Lokoja, which has left his left foot on plaster cast and forced him to walk with the aid of crutches, his Chief of Staff, Mr. Edward Onoja, was on Thursday also involved in an auto crash along Abuja-Lokoja road.…

The university community of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, was thrown into mourning yesterday as a trailer lost control and rammed into a roadside market.  An eyewitness, Mr. Muritala Rauf, recounted that the truck, which was coming from Ikare axis of the road, lost control while its driver was attempting to dodge a…

No fewer than five people including three secondary school principals, an account clerk and a driver were killed on Wednesday in a motor accident along Oyo-Ogbomoso road. One of the victims identified simply as Mr. Ogunremi, was said to be the Principal of Caretaker Community High School, Ogbomoso and was due for retirement next week.…