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Two students of Borno State University were killed on Wednesday in an accident involving a school bus and a trailer. The bus, carrying 30 students, was hit by the trailer, leaving three students critically injured and 15 others with various injuries. Eyewitness says about ten students escaped unharmed. University spokesperson Umar Garkuwa said the injured…
5 Dec
About 12 passengers have been killed in a multiple auto crash along the Bayamari-Geidam road in Yobe State. The incident, which occurred at kilometre 20, Chelluri village, involved three vehicles, including a stationary truck, and happened at about 10:00 p.m. Confirming the crash in Damaturu yesterday, the State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety…
4 Dec
A tragic road accident claimed the lives of twelve individuals, including ten men, one woman, and a female child, on Tuesday night along the Bayamari-Geidam road in Yobe State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Yobe, Corps Commander Livinus Yilzoom, confirmed the incident in a press release issued in Damaturu, the state…
3 Nov
A road accident in the Oko Afo area of Badagry, Lagos, has claimed one life, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, said the agency’s Dolphin Response Team responded to distress calls and arrived at the scene to find a DAF truck, a Cross Country…
2 Oct
No fewer than 10 persons lost their lives in a road accident in the late hours of Tuesday when the bus they were commuting in collided with a truck. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) revealed this, stating that in response to distress calls received via the 767/112 Toll-Free Lines at 11.07pm, LASEMA activated…
4 Sep
Eight people lost their lives in a traffic accident on an infamous road in western Cameroon, local authorities said on Wednesday, with 62 more taken to hospital with injuries. READ ALSO:Cameroon: President Biya to contest again at 93 The accident in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday took place on the…
14 Jun
With return tickets for players and officials to venues of 15 away matches costing over N2 billion in a season, the prohibitive cost of air travel has forced football clubs in the country to stick to gruelling and hazardous road trips, which compromises not only players’ health but also their performance on the pitch, and…
25 May
The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has called on tanker drivers to install speed limit devices and obey traffic regulations, to stem road crashes. Mr Anthony Uga, FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, in Ota. Uga was reacting…
17 May
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the deaths of seven people in a road accident that occurred on the Ibadan-Iseyin road on Thursday.
12 Apr
A bus ran off a highway in northeastern Brazil and overturned Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring over 20 more, authorities said.
25 Mar
At least 13 people were killed in the southern Philippines on Monday after a collision between a dump truck loaded with sand and a passenger van, local authorities said.
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