Tag: accident

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August 5, 2013

Sad: Mass burial scheduled for Plateau accident victims

by Oge Okonkwo The 15 persons who were killed in Saturday’s automobile accident in  Barkin Ladi local government area of Plateau state ...

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August 4, 2013

NUJ car crash: Kafayat Odunsi, journalist who died in accident is laid to rest

by Oge Okonkwo Kafayat Odunsi, one of the three journalists who lost their lives in a car crash in Ilesha, Osun ...

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August 3, 2013

Awful: 15 people die in Plateau as vehicle runs into a group of 40 joggers

by Isi Esene A commercial vehicle ran into a group of youth observing their morning routine exercise in  Barkin Ladi Local ...

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July 25, 2013

Patience Jonathan returns home from Geneva following news of mother’s death

by Rachel Ogbu The First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan has returned home from a three-day trip to Geneva to ...

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July 23, 2013

Report: Patience Jonathan’s mother dies in a car crash

by Isi Esene There are reports that the mother of the First Lady, Patience Jonathan has lost her mother in ...

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July 3, 2013

Narrow escape: This man got knocked down by a moving train in Lagos (PHOTO)

by Lucas Togan Pictured above is a young man that had a deadly brush with a moving train over the ...

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June 29, 2013

Temie Giwa: Blood donors – The givers of life (Y! FrontPage)

by Temie Giwa Blood from volunteer donors is often the difference between life and death yet Nigerians hardly donate blood ...

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June 25, 2013

Tragedy: 2 dead as trailer rams into building in Rivers

A truck rammed into a building along Airport Road, Igwuruta, Rivers State Tuesday leaving two dead and one wounded. The ...

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June 21, 2013

Sad news: OOU lecturer, 2 others die in car accident (PHOTO)

A Senior Lecturer at Ogun State-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Dr. Gbenga Dally and two other persons lost their ...

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June 15, 2013

False alarm: Panic in Lagos over alleged disaster on 3rd Mainland bridge

by Akan Ido There was panic in many parts of Lagos today as rumours spread that a two vehicles, a ...

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June 4, 2013

Tragic news: Babcock graduating student loses 8 family members in auto crash

by Akan Ido Margaret Okwuikpo, one of the best graduating student from Babcock University’s School of Nursing Science lost eight members ...

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May 10, 2013

Who goes dare: Try me if you think I’m impotent – Singer, Yinka Ayefele

by Akan Ido Yoruba artiste, Yinka Ayefele who was paralysed from the waist down after a serious accident in 1997 ...

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May 3, 2013

Accident on Ikorodu Road causes traffic gridlock (PHOTOS)

by Isi Esene An accident occurred around the Fadeyi end of the ever busy Ikorodu Road around 4pm, Friday evening ...

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April 28, 2013

Rochas Okorocha leaves UK, flown to Israel for medical treatment following car accident

by Isi Esene Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha may not be back in the country soon as reports say he has ...

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March 13, 2013

Zubair Abubakar: Live, love, give back and stay happy (30 Days, 30 Voices)

It’s interesting how as humans we hardly think of death which apparently is the only really inevitable thing after birth. ...

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January 28, 2013

3rd Mainland Bridge crash: “Suddenly, everything went blank…” – 43-year-old survivor, a pastor, narrates his experience

by Akan Ido Olusola Oladimeji, the man whose vehicle, a Toyota Sienna skidded off the Third Mainland Bridge and plunged ...

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January 13, 2013

‘Affliction shall not rise a second time…’ – Ojia Adamolekun’s tribute to her late brother

by Isi Esene The killing of Irawo Adamolekun, the medical doctor who was shot in the head on Friday at ...

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January 8, 2013

Tragedy: 6 killed in Abuja-Lokoja road accident

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi has confirmed the death of six persons in an accident which occurred ...

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January 6, 2013

Tragic Sunday: 13 dead as petrol tanker and commercial bus collide and burst into flames in Osun

by Funso Ajewole 13 people are feared dead after a petrol tanker rammed into a commercial bus at Odo Oba ...

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January 2, 2013

Paparazzo killed after photographing Justin Bieber’s car

Police say a paparazzo was hit by a car and killed after taking photos of Justin Bieber’s Ferrari sports car ...

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January 1, 2013

Idris Wada: Deputy governor cuts short Christmas holiday trip abroad and returns to Kogi

by Isi Esene Yomi Awoniyi, the Kogi State deputy governor, has cut short his 12-day Christmas break to return to ...

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December 29, 2012

It’s a miracle: Woman brought back to life after being hit by the car she was driving

A Vancouver Island woman who was brought back to life after a bizarre accident at a McDonald’s drive-thru last month ...

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December 27, 2012

Tragic: 2 boys and their aunt die in Christmas Day crash on the way to a family wedding

The family of two young brothers and their aunt who died in a Christmas Day crash have spoken today of ...

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December 25, 2012

Tragic: Christmas Day road accidents claim 3 lives, injure 11

Three persons were confirmed dead and 11 injured in separate road accidents on Christmas Day across the country. A statement ...

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November 29, 2012

Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobby Kristina involved in yet another car crash (PHOTO)

by Akan Ido Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, has reportedly been involved in another car accident after ...

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November 24, 2012

Sad Friday in Ogun: 4 die, others injured in auto accident

by Isi Esene An accident which happened on Friday at Onihale in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State reportedly ...

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November 16, 2012

Tragedy: 4 reported dead in multiple vehicle accident in Lagos

by Isi Esene Reports say four men yesterday lost their lives in a multiple accident around Otedola Bridge on the ...

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November 4, 2012

TICKER: Tragedy: Entire family, 20 other Jehovah’s Witnesses die in road accident

Tragedy struck weekend in Akwa Ibom State as a man, his wife and all their children, along with  more than ...

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October 21, 2012

Terrible: More bodies recovered from bus which plunged into river in Ogun

by Isi Esene The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recovered 12 bodies out of the 21 passengers believed to ...

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October 20, 2012

Tragedy: Scores of passengers drown in Ogun as bus plunges into river

by Isi Esene Thirty three bus passengers were reported to have died on Friday along the J4, Ogbere-Ijebu stretch of ...

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