LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mother and her child have died after two heavily laden 20-foot container trucks overturned at Mile 2, near Freeman Market, inward Apapa, Lagos. The victims were trapped beneath the overturned trucks and their containers during the incident, which occurred over the weekend. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, said its…
Chaos erupted in the Alaba Rago area of Iba, Lagos State, on Sunday following a violent scuffle between road transport workers, popularly known as agberos, and supporters of a local monarch. The clash, which reportedly began in the early hours of Sunday, led to the death of a yet-to-be-identified passenger who was crushed by a…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female staff member of the University of Ilesa in Osun State, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, on Wednesday, died as a container filled with cashew nuts being conveyed by a truck fell on her car. The accident, which happened along Ilesa/Ibodi Expressway, a few meters away from the university’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular private school owner, Kehinde Omotosho has been crushed to death by a hit and run commercial bus driver in Lagos, reports thegazellenews.com This medium learnt that Kehinde Omotosho was about to cross the BRT Lane at Pleasure bus stop in Ilepo area of Alimoso Local Government Area of the state when…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman has died following the stampede that occurred on Saturday at the flag-off rally of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State at the Onikan Stadium. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the deceased, from Agege, is a member of the Arewa Women Humanity Forum and a strong supporter of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four occupants of a Toyota Camry car crushed by a 40ft containerized truck were rescued alive from the battered car. The Federal Road Safety Corps Lagos Sector Command in a statement sighted by NewsRangers said the crash occurred around 1838hrs at Ojuelegba inward Stadium on Funsho Williams Avenue, adding that it involved…
LAGOS AUGUST Family and friends of a bride-to-be, Immaculate Okochu, who was killed by a truck, have taken to their various social media handles to mourn her demise. Immaculate mounted a motorcycle on her way to work on Wednesday when a truck rammed into her and the motorcyclist at Badore in the Ajah area of…
