By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) AWKA — Five persons, including a woman and her daughter died in an accident at Enugu Agidi, on the Awka-Enugu expressway in Anambra State. The crash which occurred around 7.20pm on Sunday involved a Red Truck and a black Lexus RX330 Jeep with five persons on board. An eyewitness said the truck driver was speeding when he suddenly lost control and rammed into the Lexus Sports Utility Vehicle( SUV)....
Following the heavy downpour within the week, the Katarko bridge that links three states in the Northeastern part of Nigeria has collapsed, forcing motorists to take alternative routes. The bridge linked many parts of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe states. It was gathered that as of now, motorists coming from Biu to Maiduguri divert, and pass through Darazau or Bakoka towns of Gombe state before reaching Potiskum to Damaturu due to the inaccessibility of the...
LAGOS — The captain of a commercial boat, Elebiju Happiness has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Eti-Osa for causing the deaths of 13 passengers. Justice Josephine Oyefeso said Happiness was charged with manslaughter by the police and found guilty of the 11-count charge. Earlier, the police told the court that Happiness committed the crime on July 29, 2020, after loading passengers from the Kirikiri waterside and heading...
ABUJA — The National Bureau of Statistics has released a report that a total of 1,834 Nigerians died from road crashes in the first three months of 2022. The report blamed speed violations with 2,561 cases; wrongful overtaking, 290 cases and sign light violations, 243 cases The report shows that 24,192 persons were involved in 5,316 road accidents during the period with 12,124 casualties recorded. “On a zonal basis, the North-Central recorded the highest number...
By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) Two-person said to be passengers in a commercial bus have lost their lives, after the vehicle they were traveling in was involved in a crash at Umuokpu, Awka, Anambra State. A source said the commercial bus ferrying the duo crashed with another vehicle and burst into flame, leaving two persons dead, while other passengers escaped unhurt. Anambra fire service confirmed the incident, saying that some of the vehicles involved in...
KANO — No fewer than 120 people have been hospitalized after inhaling suspected toxic chemicals that contaminated air from an expired industrial gas cylinder that spread to the neighborhood of Mundadu, a suburb of Kano. It was gathered that most of the victims were women and children, though no life was lost in the incident. It was learned that the incident occurred Friday evening when one Saifullahi gathered scrap metals and crushed them for recycling....
The Mississippi State House of Representative, United States, has honoured renowned multi-business tycoon and serial entrepreneur, Dr. Helen Oritsejafor with a congressional commendation and recognition for her outstanding and laudable philanthropic feats to millions of lives through her non-profit organisation, ‘Dr. Helen A Hand to the Needy’ Foundation. Dr. Oritsejafor, the wife of Papa Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor, a one-time CAN and PFN President in Nigeria, was celebrated at a conference held at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja,...
By Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporter) AWKA — A road accident close to Anambra State Government House, along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Awka has claimed one life whose identity could not be immediately ascertained. According to an eyewitness at the scene of the road crash, the victim was on a motorcycle, with registration number QB 804-NSK on the right lane leading to Aroma junction from the Government House when a car trying to maneuver its way hit...
By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) A yet-to-be-identified Bus Conductor, Tuesday, died in a fatal crash that occurred along the Ihiala—Owerri Road, Anambra State. The Ag. Sector Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Anambra State Command, RC Margaret B. Onabe, in a statement issued to newsmen, explained that the incident occurred close to the Ihiala Local Government Secretariat, at about 05:00hours. According to her, 22 people (comprising 17 male adults and 5 female adults)...
KANO — President Muhammadu Buhari has, on Monday, met with the families of victims of the explosion in Kano, expressing his condolences and that of the country. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President visited Kano to officiate at the Nigerian Air Force Day and 58th Anniversary Celebration, and made a sudden move at the official programme by starting with a condolence visit to the...
