•Scene of the accident An articulated truck has crushed three people, including a toddler and two adults, to death at the Toll-Gate section of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. It was learnt today from the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, that the accident occurred this afternoon, repo...
•BRT on fire Passengers narrowly escaped death on Tuesday when a moving Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus caught fire on the Mile-12 Bridge along Ikorodu Road, Lagos. Eyewitnesses reported that the high-capacity bus burst into flames today while in transit, reports Vanguard. Passengers quickly evacuated the vehicle and moved to safety following the ...
•Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Coroner sitting at the Yaba Magistrate Court has adjourned till April 14, 2026, the commencement of the inquiry into the death of 21-month-old Nkanu, son of renowned Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Dr. Ivara Esege. Magistrate Atinuke Adetunji fixed the date today when the matter came up before the cou...
•The ill-fated Jeep A mother and her teenage son narrowly escaped death in a lone accident involving a Lexus Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) that somersaulted multiple times at the NYSC Bus Stop corridor along the LASU–Isheri Expressway in Lagos State. Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred at about 7:00 a.m. today, reports Vanguard. The General ...
•Condemned Winners Chapel Pastor, Prince Emmanuel Umoh An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward. Delivering judgment yesterday, Thursday, February 19, 2026, Justice Gabr...
•Scene of the accident Two people have died following an accident in the Cele Bus Stop area, inward Mile 12, of Lagos today. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the accident, which happened in the early hours of the day, involved two 40-foot containerised trucks, reports Channels TV. “Preliminary investigations revealed t...
A four-year-old boy, his mother, and 12 other passengers narrowly escaped death today after a fully laden Mazda commercial bus (AKD 509 XL) overturned along Coaster Road, opposite Lafiaji inward Okun Ajah, Lagos. Eyewitnesses described the crash as severe, with the vehicle somersaulting violently before coming to rest on its side, trapping pas...
•Thugs and APC flag Suspected political thugs today disrupted a stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akure, the Ondo State capital, injuring several members and forcing party leaders to flee. Eyewitnesses said the assailants, armed with broken bottles, planks, machetes, stones, and other dangerous objects, stormed th...
Three South Africans appeared in court today charged in connection with the death of a 22-year-old Nigerian student and e-hailing driver whose killing in Pretoria West last week has drawn widespread attention and renewed concerns over driver safety. The accused, a 25-year-old woman and two men aged 26 and 30, were arraigned before the Pretoria...
•The derailed train in Goppenstein, southern Switzerland, today A regional train derailed early today in southern Switzerland, police said, injuring five people, with more than two dozen evacuated. The accident near the town of Goppenstein occurred as the region is under its second-highest avalanche warning, a level four out of five, reports ...
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