LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of at least 14 worshippers after a trailer ran into Jumaat congregation worshippers in Kano. It was learnt that the accident occurred at Imawa town, Kura Local Government Area on Kano-Kaduna highway shortly after Friday prayer around 13.50 pm when the driver…
A hit-and-run truck driver, on Friday, reportedly lost control and rammed into a bus carrying students who had just finished their WAEC examination, killing many and several commuters and motorists at the busy Agbara Bus stop along the Lagos Badagry expressway. Report from BigPen revealed that the tragic incident occurred around Agbara and neighbouring communities…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) today rescued 3 accident victims in a multiple accident at Anthony inward Obanikoro area of Lagos. Lastma Lawal Hammed Babatunde ‘Eagle Bravo’ (Zone 11 Anthony) who led the rescue team confirmed that the multiple accident involved a 40ft container, 2 Toyota Camry cars…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than fourteen passengers were reported dead and forty injured when a trailer conveying passengers and cows from Illela LGA of Sokoto State heading to Lagos State hit a stationed truck parked by the shoulder of the road side at Dada village, Koko/Besse LGA of Kebbi State. The fatal accident occurred…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people died on Thursday as a trailer driver lost control at Ogbor Hill (WaterSide) Bridge in Aba, Abia state, and rammed into a busy trade centre. Five people have been confirmed dead: among those feared dead is a twin brother who sells plastic buckets around the market. One has been seen,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 10 people were feared dead in Akungba Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday night when the driver of a trailer lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a market. The driver of the trailer which was loaded with bags of rice…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten cars and a trailer were razed by fire on Friday when the yard belonging to the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency (LASTMA) in the Oshodi area of Lagos State where seized vehicles are kept went up in flames. According to a statement issued over the incident by Nosa Okunbor, Head, Public…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An accident Thursday involving two-heavy duty vehicles resulted in an interminable traffic gridlock on a section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Channels Television can confirm. According to our correspondent, a tipper vehicle whose brakes failed had rammed into a gas-loaded tanker, effectively shutting down traffic on the inbound-Ibadan, Kara-axis of the expressway. Emergency…