•Road safety officials at scene of accident It was weeping and wailing at the Ijetu area of Osogbo, capital of Osun State, today afternoon after a yet-to-be-identified driver crushed a pupil to death. The victim, a boy simply identified as a pupil of Oxford Nursery and Primary School in the area, wanted to cross the […]
•N1million fake currency The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested a male driver, (name withheld), allegedly in possession of N1,000,000 fake currency. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Adewale Osifeso, made this known in a statement he issued in Ibadan yesterday. Osifeso stated that the suspect was arrested b...
•Gunmen The management of Benue State Transport Company, popularly known as Benue Links Nigeria Limited, has confirmed that one of its buses travelling from Abeokuta to Makurdi was intercepted by gunmen yesterday evening in Benue State. In a statement issued today by the company’s Information Officer, Johnson Daniel, the company said the attac...
•Scene of the accident A minibus driver, alongside his passenger, was hospitalised after sustaining severe injuries in an accident that occurred along the Lekki-Ajah Expressway yesterday. It was learnt from a statement by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofiq, that...
A driver was injured after a trailer rammed into a truck on the Karu Bridge yesterday. Videos of the accident trended on social media, with fears that many may have died from it, reports Channels TV. But in a statement, the FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) said no casualty was reported in the accident. “No […]
•Lagos Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin A private driver employed by renowned Nigerian political activist, Hon Olawale Okunniyi, has allegedly run away with the owner’s vehicle, a Nitro Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Blue Colour with registration number AKD 767 JC. The incident happened in Lagos last Friday morning. •The missing vehicle Accordi...
•Boko Haram terrorists Boko Haram terrorists have demanded a ransom of $500,000 for the release of the wife, police orderly, and driver of Justice Haruna Mshelia, a High Court judge in Borno State. A family source told our correspondent that the terrorists rejected an initial offer of $50,000, insisting on the full $500,000 before releasing [&...
Six students of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and a driver lost their lives this afternoon when an articulated vehicle rammed into a FUL shuttle bus conveying them to school at Felele, Lokoja. An eyewitness account stated that the accident occurred at about 2:30 pm today. He further disclosed to our correspondent that six students, [&hel...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to pay N1.12 billion in compensation to the family of one Mike Madu, killed by an INEC driver in Imo State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, ordered INEC to pay the N1.12bn with 10 […]
•Soldiers Four soldiers attached to the Myoung Barracks in the Morocco area of Shomolu in Lagos are feared dead, and others were injured after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them. It was gathered that the driver rammed into the soldiers during their monthly road jogging outside the barracks in the early hours of today, […]

