•A fuel tanker explosion Policemen and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) prevented looting and explosion at the scene of a petrol tanker accident in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, today. The incident occurred along Jalingo-Wukari road in the early hours of today, reports Daily Trust. It was gathered that soon after [&...
•Roadblock As the holiday season sets in, the usual extortion and inconveniences caused by motorists and passengers on the highway are at their peak. Nigerians are once again forced to confront the harsh reality of rampant extortion by different security agencies on the nation’s highways, reports Vanguard. Despite official claims of ignorance,...
•Bandits Armed bandits have blocked the ever-busy Gusau – Funtua highway, kidnapping unspecified number of travellers. Yusuf Tsafe, a commuter who is still stranded around the area told our correspondent that the bandits stormed the highway in the early hours of today and mounted a roadblock around the Tazame axis of the road, reports Channels...
•Gunmen There is tension in Takum town as seven passengers and a driver were killed early today by gunmen along Takum-Wukari road in Taraba State. A source in Takum told our correspondent that the passengers, all from Takum town, were travelling from the area to Wukari when they were attacked by gunmen at a location […]
•Governor Bala Mohammed visits the damaged federal highway connecting Kano to Maiduguri A heavy downpour has severely damaged the federal highway connecting Kano to Maiduguri, particularly between the Malori and Guskuri villages in the Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The flood has created a large crater in the middle of the road...
•Hunger protest Some #EndHunger protesters have blocked the Keffi-Abuja highway preventing motorists from plying the road. Nigerians are holding protests from today August 1 to 10, 2024 mounting pressure on the government to tackle hunger, bad governance, and high cost of living in the country, reports Daily Trust. It was earlier reported that...
•Boko Haram terrorists At least five civilian JTF members have been killed and unspecified others sustained varying degrees of injury when they stepped on landmines along the Maiduguri/Gomboru Ngala highway in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State, sources said. It was learnt that the incident occurred around Gajibo village about 12:30pm ...
•Bandits Scores of residents of Wurna village yesterday blocked the Katsina-Dutsinma highway in Katsina State, to protest the alleged incessant bandits’ attacks on their community. The villagers stormed the highway as early as 9 am where they set up bonfires made up of dried items, reports Saturday PUNCH. The development made many road users e...
•Kaduna-Abuja highway Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, today, barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway while protesting the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area. The residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attack...
•Terrorists Bandits, on Sunday, attacked travellers on the Abuja–Kaduna highway and abducted over 30 people, witnesses and community leaders said yesterday. The abduction took place at Dogon-Fili near Katari, along the Kaduna- Abuja highway in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, reports Daily Trust. This is the first time in more tha...
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