LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A speeding escort vehicle has crushed commercial tricycles on Ilorin-Old Jebba road in Kwara state, killing three people and injuring others. Witnesses at the scene of the crash in Ilorin said three passengers from two of the tricycles died on the spot, creating chaos in the area. Tricycle operators demonstrated at the…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A truck lost control in Imo on Saturday and ran into a market, killing at least 10 women. The accident happened at Nkwommiri Market, near Nwangele River in Umuozu community of Imo. The incident which happened around 12 noon at the intersection between Anara- Orlu and Amaigbo – Amaraku Expressway left many…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman simply identified as Funmi and another aged woman, Iya Isanlu, both of Kajola village lost their lives after a rainstorm in Oko-Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Monday. The incident, it was gathered, occurred on Sunday at Boluwarin Church in Kajola village during a torrential rainfall which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An articulated truck belonging to PHCN has reportedly rammed into #EndSARS Protesters destroying their cars in the process, NEWS DIRECT can report. According to one of the protesters, the trailer which is believed to have been driven by thugs ran into the cars in an attempt to use the Lekki toll which…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four adult males reportedly died on Sunday evening in Lagos, after a Toyota Camry crashed into a stationary tricycle. The incident occurred at about 5.19 pm, on Atlantic Road area of Epe. The Toyota Camry with number plate LSR-724 FW was said to have been on speed, skidded off the road and…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck, Friday night, at Odo-Olowu Bus Stop, Ijesha, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, when a container fell off a truck and crushed two young women to death. Both are yet to be identified. The incident, it was gathered, happened around 10.45p.m. Emergency responders have recovered the bodies and taken them to a morgue….
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said two persons died while three were injured when a 20-feet container fell on a commercial bus at Ilasamaja on the Oshodi-Badagry Expressway. LASEMA Director-General, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the accident on Sunday in Lagos, said the dead bodies and injured persons had been…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A container-laden truck has crushed two persons to death after it tumbled on motion. The crash occurred at the Akankan village, along Olodo on the Abeokuta-Ibadan Road in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident…
