All posts tagged "Accidents"

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  2 UNIOSUN Graduates Die In Accident On Their Way To NYSC Camp

  The management of Osun State University, Osogbo on Thursday mourned the death of two of its former students who died in a road accident that occurred along Lokoja-Abuja Expressway. The Public Relations Officer of the University, Ademola Adesoji, who declined to release the details of those involved, said four former...

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  Aliyu Abubakar Dies In Car Accident: Aisha Abubakar’s Son Dies

  A ghastly road crash has claimed the life of the first son of Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, the former Minister of State, Industry, Trade and Investment. Two other sons of the minister and a daughter sustained injuries in the accident. They have all been hospitalised. The dead Aisha’s son was identified...

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  12 Die, Six Injured In Kaduna Road Accident

  Twelve persons have died with six others injured in a motor accident along the Kaduna-Abuja on Monday. The accident occurred around Nasarawa Doka, along the highway in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident to Channels Television...

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  World

  Lebanon Factory Explosion Kills Four

  A factory explosion in the Lebanese capital on Monday killed four people, the official National News Agency reported. The blast happened inside a factory in the Burj al-Barajneh area in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the NNA said. It did not specify the cause of the blast, but local media said a...

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  Truck Overload Major Cause Of Road Failure, Accidents – Fashola

  The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Friday said truck overload is the major cause of road failure and accidents in the country. He stated this during his tour of Federal Government assets in Lagos State, noting that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is making efforts to ensure...

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  Entertainment

  [Movie] Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed review – an intimate experience

  Netflix documentary Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed was released on the streaming service on August 25, 2021.  Bob Ross hosted PBS’ The Joy of Painting for 11 years, from 1983 to 1994, and in that time he filmed 403 episodes, creating beautiful pieces of art in under thirty minutes. What...

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  Security updates

  Dr Obafemi Committed Suicide After Attending To Yusuf Buhari After Accident

  Yusuf, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, had in Abuja in December 2017 led a doctor identified as Obafemi to commit suicide, SaharaReporters has learnt.   Yusuf, who got married to Zahra, daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano state last week suffered an injury to the...

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  Final Year Student Of Michael Okpara University Killed In Accident In Abia

  A first-class final-year student of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Blessing Kalu, has been killed by a truck in Umudike Oboro in the Ikwuano Local Government Area of Abia State.   The victim who is an indigene of Nkporo, in the Bende LGA of Abia State, had boarded a...

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  Policemen Caused Serious Accident in Delta While Trying To Arrest A Car Owner

  According to the witness whose car they were trying to arrest. He was stopped, and was asked for papers and to open his booth. Not satisfied, they asked him to hop in their van while two officers entered his car and started driving anyhow along with the Main van. The...

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  Many Feared Dead In Ebonyi Road Accident

  An unspecified number of passengers are feared dead as a vehicle skidded of the road and plunged into an excavation pit in Ebonyi on Saturday. The pit is about 32 feet deep. The accident, which occurred around 1:30pm, happened along Abakaliki-Ikwo expressway at Enyigba-Izzi community in Abakaliki local government area. Officers...

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  Customs Orders Probe Into Katsina Border Town ‘Accident’

  The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hamed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd) has ordered an investigation into the Katsina border town accident involving one of its vehicles which claimed eight lives on Monday. A statement by the spokesman of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), DC Joseph Attah, says the service is deeply saddened by...

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  SAD! How Truck Drove Into A Building At Ijebu-Ode Killing Mum, Daughter, Others (Photo)

  Three persons, including a mother, her daughter and a motorcyclist were killed on Monday afternoon, at the Imepe area of Ijebu-Ode. The incident happened when the driver of a Mack Truck loaded with granite reported to be travelling from Ago-Iwoye, lost control of the vehicle due to overspeeding. The ill-fated...

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  Multiple Road Crash In Osun State Ten People Injured – See Details

  Ten persons have sustained varying degrees of injuries as two vehicles were involved in a multiple road traffic crash along the Ikirun-Osogbo road on Sunday, according to information obtained from the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC), Osun Sector Command. The accident which occured at Ayepe Area of the road involved...

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  NYSC Condole With Families Of 5 Corpers Who Died In Fatal Accident In Kastina

  The National Youth Service Corps(NYSC), has commiserate with families of five Prospective Corps Members that lost their lives in a ghastly motor, while on their way to the orientation camp, Newspremises reports. In a statement issued by the scheme on Wednesday, the Director-General and Management also condole with the Governments...

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  Man dies in Anambra multiple crash

  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra has confirmed that a man was killed in a road traffic accident involving three vehicles at Upper Iweka in Onitsha on Tuesday night. Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, FRSC State Commander in Anambra, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...