LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-A heavy-duty tanker has collided with a commercial yellow bus in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. According to early reports from bystanders, the bus allegedly suffered brake failure and, while attempting to move off the road, crashed into the tanker. Police officers and other personnel were immediately deployed to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRNAGERS0-Four soldiers attached to the Myoung Barracks in the Morocco area of Shomolu in Lagos are feared dead, and others were injured after a suspected drunk driver rammed into them. PUNCH Online gathered that the driver rammed into the soldiers during their monthly road jogging outside the barracks in the early hours of…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when a driver rammed a pickup truck into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early on Wednesday morning. The FBI is investigating it as an “act of terrorism.” The FBI has identified the suspect as a 42-year-old…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A truck carrying mangoes rammed into a mosque in Barade House, opposite the Old Licencing Office in Kontagora, Niger State, in the early hours of Friday. The driver of the truck was said to have taken off from Bida, Niger State, and was heading to Sokoto with four passengers when he dozed…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today disclosed that a passenger died and rider seriously injured as a reckless commercial Volkswagen bus (EKY 558 YG) driver rammed into a moving commercial motorcycle at Bolade Intersection inward Oshodi along Lagos-Abeokuta Expresswaya, Lagos. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many residents escaped death in Iseyin in the Oke Ogun geo-political zone of Oyo State when a truck rammed into houses in the town on Sunday afternoon. DAILY POST gathered that the truck, carrying bags of cement, lost control which led to the incident. Some shops in the area were also affected…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday. PUNCH Metro reports that another trader was injured as a bus rammed into some shops along the roadside opposite Toluwalase Hall, Governor’s Road, Ikotun. An eyewitness, who gave his name as Tayo, said…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trailer loaded with powdered milk rammed into a mosque at Suleja, Niger State, on Tuesday, leaving at least three persons trapped. The accident occurred around 6am when many people had left the mosque after morning prayers. According to eye witnesses, the trailer fell on the back section of the mosque…
