•Road safety officials at scene of an accident An auto crash during the annual Eggon Carnival in Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State has claimed the lives of four people and injured several others. The accident involved three trucks, one of which rammed into the carnival procession, reports Daily Trust. Those injured are cur...
•LASTMA boss, Bakare-Oki A truck driver assistant was crushed to death while attempting to stabilise a moving truck by placing a wooden plank beneath its tyres in the Ogolonto area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. This is just as the driver was arrested by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, who were on a […]
•Dangote truck Dangote Group has denied ownership of a truck in a road accident that killed several people in Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. The company, in a statement released today, said reports linking it to the incident were incorrect. It said the truck with registration number JJJ 365 XB does not belong to Dangote Group or […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has apprehended a truck fully loaded with suspected vandalized street light poles in Abuja. The truck was on its way to Kano when it was intercepted by the Command’s Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI) team around Jabi axis of Abuja, t...
•A truck loaded with rice A police inspector, Afolabi Adeola, was reportedly killed after he was hit by a truck at a checkpoint along the Abeokuta–Sagamu Motorway in Ogun State. Our correspondent learnt yesterday that the incident occurred on Sunday, around 12:30 p.m. near the Judiciary Complex checkpoint in Abeokuta, reports The PUNCH. The tr...
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 […]
A fully loaded truck has fallen off a bridge and landed on two commercial buses in the Agege area of Lagos. Our Correspondent learnt that the two vehicles were completely damaged in the accident that occurred around 11am yesterday, reports Sunday Trust. Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Federal Road Safety Cor...
•Scene of the accident An accident that occurred at the weekend in Akure, Ondo State capital, has claimed the lives of three persons, among whom was a couple. The fatal accident involving a truck and commercial tricycle occurred at the Itagbanja axis, Oke-Aro, along Idanre Road, Akure South Local Government Area, reports Sunday Guardian. Accor...
•A petrol tanker accident At least six people narrowly escaped death when an articulated vehicle, loaded with 33,000 liters of fuel, collided with a tipper at the notorious Ugwu Onyeama axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in Enugu State. The accident occurred as the tanker was descending from the Ninth Mile end of the road, while […]
•Truck rams into vehicles The Anambra Police Command has confirmed that six people died in a multiple vehicle accident on Saturday at Upper Iweka axis of Onitsha. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Tochukwu Ikenga, a Superintendent of Police, said in a statement yesterday that the police had taken over the accident scene to maintain...

