A mango laden truck rammed into a mosque in Barade House, opposite Old Licencing Office in Kontagora, Niger State, in the wee hours of today. Sources told our correspondent that worshipers had just dispersed after Tahajud prayers when the incident happened, reports Daily Trust. The mosque was filled to capacity during the prayers which fell [&...
A truck conveying food items was looted by some residents of Ondo State amid the current hardship ravaging the country. It was gathered that the driver of the truck was overpowered after his vehicle developed a mechanical fault at the popular cultural centre junction on Ondo express road, reports Daily Trust. However, remnants of the […...
•Accident scene Three persons have lost their lives in an accident that occurred along Ondo-Ore highway, in Ondo State. It was gathered that one brewery truck, fully loaded with beer, fell on a Volkswagen Golf vehicle, with registration number BUR 852 TS, conveying passengers to Ondo, at Liyetu area of the town, reports Vanguard. It […]...
•Accident scene A yet-to-be-identified tricycle rider has been crushed to death after the compactor of a refuse truck fell from a bridge in the Surulere area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the incident happened on Tuesday evening, reports The PUNCH. The truck, owned by the Lagos Waste Management Authority, was said to be […]
Truck drivers brought traffic on Zaria Road to a standstill yesterday after a confrontation with officials of the Nigeria Customs Service. The incident occurred at Kwanar Dawaki after customs officers reportedly shot at the tyre of a truck, forcing it to a stop, reports Daily Trust. An eyewitness stated that the shooting of the tyre […]
•Scene of the accident A lone accident has claimed the lives of a truck driver and his conductor in Anambra State. The accident happened at Azia Junction along Owerri-Ihiala Expressway in Ihiala Local Government Area of the State. The State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the [&hell...
•Scene of the accident The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority yesterday disclosed that it found two corpses under an empty diesel truck at the Barracks Bus Stop along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway. In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, yesterday, the accident occurred at the same location where a soldie...
Two students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, have been crushed to death. It was gathered that the incident happened yesterday, few metres away from the school’s premises, near Ikot Inyang village junction, along Aba Road in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area. It was learnt that the truck driver lost control of the vehicle […...
•Hisbah officers The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested a truck loaded with over 24,000 bottles of assorted alcoholic beverages confiscated from smugglers at midnight. The board’s Director General, Alhaji Abba Sufi, disclosed this today at the board’s headquarters while inspecting the truck confiscated from smugglers along Zaria Road last ni...
•FRSC The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun Command, said a truck crushed a woman to death at Dalemo area on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway last night. Mr Anthony Uga, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent today in Ota, said the accident occurred at about 11:00 p.m, reports NAN. Uga explained […]...