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  • Kogi: Two killed in Ajaokuta/Ayangba road accident

    Kogi: Two killed in Ajaokuta/Ayangba road accident

    Two persons died on-the-spot on Sunday in an accident which occurred on the Ajaokuta/Ayangba Road in Kogi State.
    The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Olusegun Martins, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

    He said that the accident, which involved a car and a mini-bus, occurred at the Ogbabo/Ojodu-Idah junction on the road.
    Martins explained that it was due to a head-on collision between the car, with vehicle registration number (Abuja) ABJ 647 KC, and the mini-bus with vehicle registration number (Abuja) RSH 931 HF.
    The FRSC Sector Commander said that the two victims, a man and a woman, were among the 13 persons involved, saying that 11 others sustained varying degrees of injuries.
    He said that the injured were taken to the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, for treatment, while the corpses were similarly deposited in the morgue of the same hospital.
    According to him, the road has been cleared of the obstructions by FRSC personnel, to allow for free flow of traffic, while investigations into the cause of the accident will commence soon.

  • Three killed, eight injured in Kogi accident

    Three killed, eight injured in Kogi accident

    Three people on Wednesday lost their lives when the driver of a cement-laden articulated truck lost control, ramming into a taxi cab and a commercial tricycle (Keke NAPEP), at the Nataco junction, on the Abuja-Lokoja highway.

    Among those that lost their lives were two school-aged children, while eight others sustained varying degree of injury in the accident which occurred around 9:00 am in Lokoja, Kogi State.

    The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Olusegun Martins attributed the incident to brake failure.

    He explained that the trailer was coming from Obajana when the driver lost control due to brake failure and rammed into the commercial tricycle (Keke NAPEP) and one Nissan taxi, at the Nataco junction.

    He added that a female student of the Kogi State Polytechnic and two others were killed on the spot, while eight others who sustained injuries were evacuated to the state Specialist Hospital Lokoja for treatment.

    While appealing to the Federal Government to construct a flyover bridge at the Nataco junction, to reduce the incidence of accidents around the area, he charged drivers to maintain and ensure the good condition of their vehicles, to prevent brake failure and other unforeseeable vehicular faults.

    An eyewitness account had it that the driver of the truck which was heading northwards lost control around the polytechnic gate.

    Students of the school subsequently went on the rampage on confirmation of the death of their colleague, barricading the highway and making bonfires, leading to a gridlock along the corridor.

    An eyewitness, Mr Emmanuel Adams called on the state government to intensify effort in sending away people who sell by the road side of the highway, saying the casualties could have been more if it was a market day.

    Also speaking the head of the emergency unit of Specialist Hospital, Lokoja Mr Okpanachi Stephen, confirmed that at about 10:00 am on Wednesday, eight people were brought to the hospital from NATACO junction where the accident occurred.

    He noted that some of the victims have head injuries while others were bleeding from the cut they sustained on their bodies.

    Stephen added that Doctors and Nurses on duties have attended to them and they were responding to treatment while the corpses of the deceased are deposited in the morgue.

  • Driver dies, two injured as car collided with truck in Ogun

    Driver dies, two injured as car collided with truck in Ogun

    Aid driver of a Toyota Sienna has died at Ogbere stretch of the Sagamu – Ore expressway when his vehicle collided with a truck on Wednesday morning.

    Two persons were also injured in the accident, The Nation learnt.

    The driver of the Toyota Sienna marked AGL 141 EL which was conveying poultry products at the time, drove against traffic and crashed into a Volvo truck with registration number FKJ 27 XT. 

    He is said to have died at the accident scene.

    According to the Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Tunde Akinbiyi, the remains of the driver were deposited at the morgue of the state General Hospital, Ijebu Ode.

    “Our operatives at the scene of the accident said the driver of the Toyota Sienna drove against the traffic and rammed into a Volvo truck coming on its rightful lane. 

    “The driver who was only one in the car died instantly due to the impact of the head-on collision.

    “Why should someone drive against the traffic? It is a breach of the highway code, it is unacceptable,” Akinbiyi said.

  • 50 die in Niger boat accident

    A boat accident at Kiri village in Munya Local Government of Niger State has claimed the lives of 50 persons.

    The Nation learnt the victims were travelling to Zumba market in Shiroro Local Government on Sunday morning.

    Sixty people were said to have boarded the boat, including men, women, youth and children. Only 50 bodies were found last night. Divers have been engaged to search for the remaining bodies.

    It was gathered that the heavy rain in the early hours of yesterday might have cause the accident.

    The spokesman for Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Mallam Hussaini, confirmed the accident.

    The police command said a team of Police Marine had been sent to the area to search for the bodies.a

  • 19 die in Kano accident

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 19 persons have died in a ghastly motor accident along Kano – Katsina Road.

    The Public Relations Officer of the FRSC Sector Command in the state, Mr Kabir Ibrahim-Daura, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday.

    Kabir-Daura said that the incident occurred near Lambun Garban Bichi, on the outskirts of Bichi town, around 8:30 a.m. on Friday.

    According to him, the incident happened when a Peugeot J5 bus and a Toyota C20 bus had a head-on collision when one of the drivers of the vehicles wanted to overtake the other vehicle at a sharp bend corner.

    He said the two vehicles bust into flames as a result of which 18 out of the 34 passengers in the vehicles were burnt to ashes.

    “There were 34 passengers on board the two vehicles, so 18 were burnt to ashes, while the other one died later in the hospital, “he said.

    Kabir-Daura said the remaining 15 persons who sustained various injuries were taken to Bichi General Hospital by the Corps’ personnel for treatment.

    He attributed the accident to wrong overtaking and speeding, and urged drivers to always obey traffic rules and regulations to avoid road accident on the Highways. (NAN)

  • Sallah: 22 killed, 152 injured in Ogun

    Sallah: 22 killed, 152 injured in Ogun

    No fewer than 22 people were killed and 152 others injured in series of vehicle and motorcycle accidents that occurred in different locations on Ogun roads during the Sallah festive period.

    And of the 22 killed in 74 accident cases recorded in Ogun State during the festival, 18 of them are males while females accounted for the remainder.

    According to the Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency(TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, he gave 74 as the figure of crashes recorded during the 2017 Ileya Festival which were witnessed by the agency’s Operatives.

    “Motor vehicle cases 43,
    the injured;108 (85m and 23f), those killed;18 (15m and 3f).
    Motorcycle cases 31, those
    injured 44 (33m and 11f), those
    killed 4 (3m and1f).Total cases=74, total injured =152 and total killed; 22,” Akinbiyi stated.

  • Accident: 3 in coma, 7 injured as bus collide with taxi in Abuja

    Accident: 3 in coma, 7 injured as bus collide with taxi in Abuja

    Ten passengers were reported to have sustained serious injuries on Sunday in a ghastly motor accident which occurred at the Bolingo Junction Area 10, Abuja.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the accident involved a commercial bus heading for Ilorin and a taxi

    Two of the victims who spoke to NAN at the National Hospital where they were rushed to, said the accident occurred as a result of disregard to traffic rule by the driver of the bus

    They said said that the driver of the bus which they boarded from Nyanya to Ilorin was at fault as he did not obey the traffic light.

    One of the victims, Miss Mary Gambo a tailor, said she was on her way to Ilorin to visit her brother.

    She said that the bus driver was reckless and did not wait for the taxi driver who was passed by the light to drive through but ran into it.

    She said that the bus driver ought to have waited for the taxi driver to pass since he was stopped by the traffic light.

    Corroborating her statement, Mr Ahmed Mumuni, another victim, who work as security guard at the Federal Polytechnic Offa, said the driver of the bus they boarded was at fault.

    He said that the driver would not listen to complaints of his passengers when they pleaded with him to reduce speed.

    “We saw that the bus driver was speeding and begged him to be careful but he refused to heed our plea. See where it has landed everyone now,’’ he said.

    All efforts by NAN correspondent to ascertain the state of the victims who sustained serious injuries from staff of the National Hospital proved abortive.

    The doctor on duty said he was not in a position to speak on behalf of the hospital.

    However, a staff who did not want his name mentioned, said the victims in coma had been resuscitated, while those injured were being attended to.

    At the scene of the incident, officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), the Nigeria Police, Nigerian Army and some private security guards who were seen carrying out routine checks refused to give  official statement.

  • Two die in Ogun multiple road accident

    Two persons have died in multiple accidents in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.

    Fifteen others were reportedly injured, following a protest against alleged extortion by the cable television network providers – Dstv and Startimes, HiTV and Gotv.

    The accident, which occurred at the Ayedere-Obada Oko stretch of the old Abeokuta-Lagos Expressway, involved a truck carrying granite, marked 44F95FG; an Almera car, with registration TTD 88 4AA, and a bus (Lagos) FST 435 XD.

    One of the dead and some of the injured are said to be members of the People Against Corruption and Injustice (PACI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), in Abeokuta.

    They were said to have stormed the secretariat of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Abeokuta to protest alleged extortion by Dstv, Startimes and others.

    The Nation gathered they were returning home after the protest when the truck, conveying granite, rammed into the Almera car, carrying five persons, from the rear.

    The truck reportedly smashed the commercial bus carrying 10 PACI members.

    Two people were said to have died on the spot, while the others sustained injuries.

    PACI Founder Bankole Solomon, who led the protest, told reporters on the phone that one of the NGO’s members died in the accident.

    Also, spokesman for the state’s traffic agency, TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said two persons died in the accident while 15 others were injured.

    Akinbiyi added that their remains had been deposited at the morgue of Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Abeokuta while the injured were taken to Joseph and Christiana Specialist Hospital at Oke-Ilewo, also in Abeokuta.

  • Nine die in Edo accident

    Nine persons were on Tuesday morning killed in a road accident involving a tipper and a commercial bus driver.

    The accident occurred at about 6am along Upper Sokponba road near Oka market in Ikpoba-Okha local government area.

    All the passengers in the commercial bus marked BEN 435 ZN died.

    Six of the passengers including a pregnant woman died on the spot, while others died at the hospital they were rushed to.

    Eye witnesses said the tipper rammed into the commercial bus after it parked to pick a passenger.

    The incident sparked protest from family members, friends and other commercial drivers plying the route.

    Bonfire were set on the road while commercial drivers suspended work which made passengers to trek long distance.

    The protesters set the tipper ablaze but the driver was not seen.

    At the Central Hospital morgue, families were seen coming in to identify their relatives.

    It was not however confirmed whether the baby in the deceased pregnant woman was rescued.

    When contacted for comments, Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Samuel Odukoya, confirmed the incident.

    He said the protesters prevented his men from getting access to the scene.

    A bus driver who gave his name as Osas said they decided not to work to protest reckless driving of tipper drivers.

  • Three die, 50 injured in luxurious bus accident in Kogi

    Three die, 50 injured in luxurious bus accident in Kogi

    Three persons, a male and two females, died in an auto accident on the Auchi-Okene axis of the Benin-Lokoja road on Saturday morning.

    The spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

    Kazeem said that 50 others, including a child, were injured and had been taken to the hospital for treatment.

    He said a white Mercedez Benz Chisco Paradiso luxurious bus conveying 82 passengers was involved in the lone accident.

    “The crash occurred at about 4 a.m. at the Sharp Corner Checkpoint on the Okene end of the road.

    “It was caused by brake failure. A FRSC rescue team arrived at the scene 20 minutes later and took the injured and corpses to the General Hospital in Okene (Kogi),” he said.

    Kazeem reiterated FRSC’s advice to motorists to regularly check their vehicles and ensure they were road worthy before putting them on the highway.