Four persons were burnt to death and 10 others injured after a 44-seater passenger bus caught fire in Jigawa State on Sunday. A statement by Lawan Adam, the public relations officer of the Jigawa State Police Command, said that the incident occurred near the Government Girls Unity Secondary School in the Gwaram Local Government Area…
Haunted by fears of road accidents and kidnapping, Grace Afangideh decided that air travel was the safest option for her journey. The young lady took a flight from Lagos to Enugu, planning to continue the rest of her trip to the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Ebonyi State by road. However, fate had…
An auto crash involving an articulated vehicle in Kogi has claimed the lives of seven people, including four students from the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), while another student sustained injuries. Mr Samuel Oyedeji, the FRSC Kogi Sector Commander, revealed the details to our correspondent in Lokoja on Monday, attributing the accident to brake failure. The…
Thirty passengers were burnt to death in a road crash along Benin-Ore-Ijebu Ode expressway on Sunday. The tragic accident occurred in Onipetesi community in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Confirming the incident, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Samuel Ibitoye, said preliminary investigations revealed that one of the…
A Hilux Van carrying two company workers, including an expatriate, has plunged into the Okulu river in Rivers State. The incident happened while the driver was reportedly trying to escape from kidnappers who targeted the van along the Eleme section of the East-West Road. Our reporter learnt that the vehicle lost control after the suspected…
A family of four returning from the Christmas and New Year holidays in Benue State met a tragic end in a fatal car accident on Sunday at Akwanga, Nasarawa State. Victor Tyohemba, an Abuja-based accountant, his wife, a lawyer, and their two young children were en route to Abuja when their vehicle reportedly suffered a…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that 90 passengers were killed in 188 road accidents that occurred across Edo State in 2024. The state Sector Commander, Cyril Mathew, who disclosed this to journalists, said the accident happened between January and December 2024. He said 471 passengers were injured within the period under review….
The National Hospital Abuja has appealed to the public for assistance in identifying an unconscious patient. The middle-aged man was brought unconscious to the hospital’s Trauma ICU on December 21, 2024 by a good Samaritan and has been receiving medical treatment. The hospital’s spokesperson, Dr. Tayo Haastrup, in a statement on Sunday, December 29, said…
At least 13 people lost their lives in a road accident along Ikare-Akoko/Owo Road on Saturday in Ondo State. The State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Samuel Ibitoye, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Akure, the state capital. “FRSC regrets to inform the public about a road traffic crash…
