No fewer than 90 people were confirmed dead, following a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Mr Shi’isu Adam, the Police Spokesperson in Jigawa, confirmed this in an interview with the…
Woman, 101, dragged along platform after coat got caught in Tube door
Two women were injured when their coats got trapped in Tube doors, an investigation has found. In one incident in February, a 101-year-old woman had to be treated for serious injuries when she was dragged along the platform on the…
Tinubu’s slip: ‘It’s normal to fall’ – Nigerians react
Nigerians have taken to social media to react to the video showing the moment President Bola Tinubu slipped while boarding the presidential parade vehicle at Eagles Square in Abuja. PUNCH Online earlier reported that the President slipped while climbing the…
Truck, bus collide on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, causes gridlock
An accident involving multiple vehicles occurred along the Berger-Kara axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. It was gathered that the accident which happened in the wee hours of Thursday involved a luxury bus, a truck and a small car.…
Many feared dead as truck rams into bus at police checkpoint in Abia
Many passengers were feared dead at a security checkpoint at the Lokpanta axis of the Enugu Port Harcourt Expressway on Thursday morning. An 18-seater bus was said to have been on the queue at the checkpoint when a trailer allegedly…
17 injured in multiple accidents on Ota-Idiroko road
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no fewer than 17 persons were injured on Saturday in an accident that involved three vehicles and a tricycle. The accident occurred on Iju Bridge on Ota-Idiroko Road. The…
Drake accidentally called ‘raper’ by TV news anchor
Drake was accidentally referred to as a “raper” instead of a rapper by a New York City news anchor this week. During ABC7’s Eyewitness News segment on Tuesday (May 7), two broadcast journalists discussed the shooting that occurred outside Drake’s…
No plane crash landed, it’s runway excursion – NCAA
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has debunked rumours that an airplane operated by Dana Air crash landed at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Tuesday, saying it was a runway excursion. NCAA described the occurrence which affected a…
18-seater bus accident on Third Mainland Bridge flings 2 passengers into Lagoon
Two passengers were flung into the lagoon when an LT 18-seater bus with registration number FKJ 872 YA, at a very high speed swerved off the road and hit the Third Mainland Bridge rails. The accident occurred by Adeniyi Adele’s…
1 dies in Lagos-Abeokuta expressway lone crash
An early morning accident that occurred at the Ago Adura axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Saturday claimed one life. The spokesperson for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed this to PUNCH Online in a telephone conversation…