LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen passengers were yesterday burnt to death at President Muhammadu Buhari Estate on Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway, on the outskirts of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital in a lone auto crash. The fatal crash, according to the Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), which occurred at about 1:00pm involved a white Mazda bus…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was around midnight a decade ago when some dare-devil robbers broke into the home of Eye Ayo Samuel in Erusu Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hoodlums broke into his apartment through the kitchen window and shattered his sleep. “The incident occurred on January 24, 2014….
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following Sunday’s killing of 18 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, has directed that such vehicles conveying humans and animals together be impounded. Apart from those who died in the Sunday crash, 27 other passengers sustained injuries in the accident that…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A crash involving two vehicles in the early hour of Tuesday 2nd August, 2022 along Alaro City, Epe, Lagos State has claimed sixteen lives with five others injured. The crash occurred at 0300hrs due to impaired visibility as a result of reckless driving within the construction corridor. Statement signed by Route Commander…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday, as a tanker caught fire on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, before Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, Florence Okpe, explained that…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three athletes were confirmed dead, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries in a road accident involving the operational van of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zuru Unit Command, Kebbi State on Thursday. It was gathered that the FRSC van was overloaded with athletes conveying them to…
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 JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 10 persons reportedly died in a lone auto crash involving an 18-seater commercial Hiace bus, in a town near Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, yesterday. It was gathered that the accident occurred at a location called Iyemoja along the Olooru-Okolowo area of the Ilorin-Jebba expressway in the Moro Local…