•Scene of the accident Tragedy struck this morning near the Secretariat inward Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a mini bus, popularly known as “Korope,” rammed into a moving long truck. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed that the accident resulted from brake failure caused by excessive speeding...
•Gunmen The kidnapped retired Archbishop of the Province of the Niger and Bishop Diocese of Nnewi, Most Rev. Prof. Godwin Okpala, has reportedly regained his freedom from his abductor. Most Prof. Okpala regained his freedom alongside his driver 25 days after his abduction in Umuchu where he had gone to attend the burial ceremony of […]...
•Governor Agbu Kefas Tragedy has again struck the family of Taraba State governor, Agbu Kefas, as the driver of the governor’s mother reportedly slumped and died upon hearing the news of the death of the governor’s sister, Atsi Kefas, who was a victim of accidental police gunfire. It was gathered that the incident occurred on […]
The driver of a Toyota Camry, registration number LSR 293 HJ, at Mile 2 escaped death after a 40-ft loaded container fell onto it at Mile 2, en route to Apapa, Lagos State today. In a statement by Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Adebayo Taofiq said […]
•The victim A commercial driver is on the run after causing bodily injuries to an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority in the Mile 2 area of the state yesterday. The LASTMA spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed the incident in a statement yesterday. According to Taofiq, LASTMA operatives had accosted the driver for violati...
•The assaulted Bolt driver and the federal lawmaker The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested a lawmaker for assaulting a driver in the nation’s capital. The Frontier had earlier published a lead story of the inhuman action of the House of Representatives member and the reaction of Nigerians. •The arrested federal lawmake...
•Youth Corps members A top official of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and his driver have mysteriously disappeared while travelling on the Onitsha-Owerri highway, sparking widespread concern. Eddy Megwa, Director of Information and Public Relations, who briefed journalists, yesterday, in Abuja, confirming that Mr. Okun Christopher, the NY...
•Ogun students protest Students of tertiary institutions today staged a protest at the Ogun State Police Command over an alleged killing of their colleague by a yet-to-be-identified hit-and-run driver. The victim, Idowu Pelumi David, was a student of the state-owned Gateway Polytechnic before he was allegedly killed, reports Channels TV. They ...
•Japa There was outrage yesterday over a United Kingdom-based taxi driver, who remained on the federal government’s payroll despite migrating to the UK in 2022. Civil society organisations who spoke to our correspondent yesterday said the report was an indication of how deeply-rooted corruption was in the Nigerian civil service, reports The PU...
A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 24-year-old commercial driver, Abdul Hudu, to life imprisonment for defiling and abducting a 10-year-old girl (name withheld) for three days. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt the two-count charge of adduction...
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