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A businessman, Tosin Salako, has crushed a property agent, Akinola Ademola, to death in the Kola area of the Ifako-Ojokoro Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, off the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Newsmen gathered that tragedy struck when the 45-year-old Salako, who drives a Camry car with number plate MUS 335 FJ, lost control of the vehicle while struggling for space ...

Eight persons were confirmed dead, while a pregnant woman and a child sustained injuries in an accident involving a blue Toyota Corolla Sports car around Ewekoro area of Ogun State, on the Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway. Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr. Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to the newsmen in Abeokuta on Sunday. Akinbiyi explained that the accident, which occurred ...

Traders at Ladipo Market in Lagos have appealed to Lagos State government to construct pedestrian bridge at Toyota Bus Stop to put an end incessant loss of lives and traffic snarl often caused by huge pedestrians crossing Oshodi/Apapa Expressway. Every morning and evening, pedestrians, especially traders at the popular Ladipo market have to cross the dual carriage express road and ...

No fewer than nine persons were feared dead on Tuesday in an accident involving a Mercedes-Benz Marcopolo bus and an Iveco truck at Aseese area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr. Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the figure to a news correspondent  in Abeokuta. READ ALSO: FRSC records 145 road crashes in Adamawa, 65deaths, 328 ...

We often think of our homes as our safe havens, but that’s not always the case. Hundreds of thousands of accidents in and around the home occur each year, with close to half of all injuries and deaths happening right under someone’s roof. This article talks about what we can do to prevent accidents in our homes. There’s no need ...

The rescue team of the Abaji Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recovered N589,950 cash from a vehicle that crashed at Gada- Biyu village on the Abuja-Lokoja Road. Abaji Unit Commander of the FRSC, ACC Olasupo Esuruo, who disclosed this to our reporter yesterday in his office, said two persons lost their lives in the crash. ...

At least, four persons have been confirmed dead in three different auto-crashes along Lokoja-Abuja road between Sunday and Tuesday this week. Two persons were crushed to death by a hit-and-run truck on Sunday night at Gada Biyu village, on Abuja- Lokoja road A witness told Daily Trust that the incident happened at about 9:12 pm when an unmarked truck coming ...

The convoy of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki was yesterday involved in an accident along the Benin-Lagos Express Road. The accident occurred in front of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) but no live was lost except for three persons who sustained injuries. When The Guardian visited the scene of the accident, some private vehicles were seen damaged alongside ...

No fewer than five people escaped death Tuesday afternoon on Ibadan road, the Oyo State capital after a passenger bus collided with a sport utility vehicle and later hit a pole at David Hotels Junction, along Awolowo Avenue in the new Bodija area of Ibadan. The accident which occurred around 2.pm involved a passenger bus with registration number XC 246 ...

A middle aged woman was killed on Monday while no fewer than ten others were injured in a road accident along the Enugu Onitsha expressway, Awka in Anambra State. The ghastly motor accident which occurred around 2.30pm involved three cars: a Honda CRV jeep with registration number HTE 140 AA and some motorcycles. An eye witness, Uzoma Oji said the ...