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A police sergeant, Johnson Okediji, has died after he was knocked down and dragged underneath a vehicle during a stop-and-search operation in the Egbeda area of Lagos State. The incident occurred at about 2:20 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, 2026, along Olugbede Street, Egbeda, where police officers were conducting a stop-and-search operation. The Lagos State…
Tragedy struck along the Yola-Girei Federal Highway in Adamawa State on Friday when a sand-laden truck collided with a commercial tricycle, leaving six people dead. The Adamawa State Police Command confirmed the fatal crash. The victims comprised the tricycle operator and five passengers who were travelling in the three-wheeled vehicle, popularly known as Keke NAPEP….
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A major fire disaster was narrowly averted in Ilorin, Kwara State, after a fully loaded petrol tanker crashed into YTK Filling Station, opposite the Youth Camp in the Apata area of Eyenkorin, on the outskirts of the state capital. The incident occurred at about 6:02 a.m. on Monday when the 45,000-litre tanker, bearing registration number…
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A fresh wave of multiple road crashes around the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has triggered severe traffic congestion, leaving thousands of motorists and commuters stranded along one of Nigeria’s busiest transport corridors. The latest disruption, reported on Friday, July 24, 2026, came after separate overnight crashes occurred on both the Lagos-bound and…
No fewer than 15 people lost their lives while 17 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a tragic road accident that occurred in the early hours of Monday at the Oko-Olowo axis of the Ogbomoso–Oloru Highway in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State. The fatal crash, which happened around 2:32 a.m. near…
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A potential catastrophe was averted in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Saturday after firefighters successfully prevented a petrol tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) from exploding following a mechanical fault. The incident occurred at about 2:31 p.m. at the Olumo Filling Station area in Oko-Olowo, along the Ilorin–Jebba Expressway, when the…
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No fewer than 11 persons have been confirmed dead after a vehicle reportedly somersaulted and plunged off a bridge along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State. The tragic accident occurred late Sunday night, according to the Ogun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). In a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson,…
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A tragic road accident in Lagos has claimed the life of a dispatch rider after he was fatally crushed by a tanker along a major highway, further highlighting the persistent dangers posed by heavy-duty vehicles on the state’s busy roads. The incident occurred around the Motorways axis inward Estate, Alapere, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, where…
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A compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered bus explosion has caused significant destruction at a busy transport terminal in Kaduna, raising urgent questions about safety standards in Nigeria’s rapidly expanding gas-powered transport sector. The incident occurred at a motor park in the Mando area of the city, where a CNG-fueled luxury bus reportedly exploded, triggering a fire…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking were the primary causes of the fatal motor accident involving British-Nigerian boxing star Anthony Joshua on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. The incident occurred on Monday around the Sinoma area, near the Sagamu axis of Ogun State, when a Lexus SUV conveying Joshua…