A 15-year-old schoolgirl and a coach driver have died following a motorway crash involving a school bus. Merseyside Police said a 14-year-old boy has suffered life-changing injuries in the crash on the M53 in Wirral on Friday 29 September. A…
Court remands Lagos driver for assaulting FRSC official
A truck driver, Olatunji Alade, has been arraigned before the Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly assaulting an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos State Command. PUNCH Metro gathered that the unnamed FRSC officer, while on a…
Driver docked over alleged damage to shop
The Police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned a 47-year-old driver, Emmanuel Shaibu, before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly damaging a shop. The defendant, whose address was not given, is being tried for reckless driving, damage and driving without…
Oga driver, respect ya sef – Lucia Edafioka
So, one Tuesday while going to work there was a bit of traffic on the road and as usual people formed multiple lanes to make getting out of the traffic even worse. Beside the vehicle I was in, was a…
Driver sentenced to death in Lagos’ first virtual court sitting
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos yesterday sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed, to death by hanging for the December 1, 2018 murder of Mrs Jolasun Okunsanya, 76, the mother of his employer, Adetayo. Justice Mojisola Dada delivered the judgment in…
Do you know the difference between a maid and a house girl? – Peju Akande
This last Easter celebration when friends and family gathered over food and old gists, I came across a set of presentable young women. No, they didn’t have weaves or false lashes or loud make-up. They were well groomed, spoke good…
Drunken danfo driver rams passengers into shops (Guardian)
About 18 passengers in a commercial bus, popularly called Danfo yesterday escaped death when a bus driver who turned up the music blaring from the bus stereo, veered off the road and rammed into some shops by the roadside at…
Tipper driver crushes motorcyclist to death in Lagos (Punch)
A tipper driver, Yakubu Kelani, has been arrested for crushing a commercial motorcyclist, Adisa Ekundayo, to death in the Oke-Odo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Kelani, who was driving a tipper with number plate LSR 831 XC,…
Only God can explain my husband’s suicide – Wife of FRCN driver (Punch)
The family of Rauf Oladejo is currently in a state of confusion as to the reason why the sexagenarian would take his own life by jumping into the lagoon. Saturday PUNCH had reported the accounts of eyewitnesses on how the driver…
Anas Jibrin: I make N20k a month
Anas Jibrin is a driver who sells ‘pure water’. Like most young people he has dreams and he believes they will one day come true. As a matter of fact, he is working hard to make sure of this. That…
