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  • AIB commences probe of Air Peace accident

    AIB commences probe of Air Peace accident

    Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) on Saturday said that it has begun investigation into a serious incident involving an Air Peace Boeing aircraft that skidded off the runway to the left about 1300 meters from the Runway 21 threshold of the Port Harcourt International Airport.

    The aircraft was ferrying 94 passengers and six crew members on its flight from Abuja to Port Harcourt.

    Spokesman of AIB, Mr Tunji Oketumbi disclosed this in a statement. He said the airline has been notified of the serious incident.

    Oketunbi said all passengers and crew members on the aircraft with registration number 5N- BRN were quickly evacuated; even as the AIB has dispatched its investigators to the site of serious incident.

    The AIB did not adduce any reason for the incident.

    Meanwhile, Air Peace has confirmed the incident involving its aircraft in Port Harcourt, attributing it to runway excursion.

    In a statement by its Chief Operating Officer, Mrs Toyin Olajide, the airline said:” We confirm that Air Peace Flight Flight P47291 Abuja-Port Harcourt had a runway excursion upon landing at the Port Harcourt International Airport on June 22 due to heavy downpour.

    “Our professional crew quickly recovered within seconds of the incident and the aircraft was successfully normalised.

    “Our esteemed passengers on board the flight were calm during the incident and disembarked normally.

    “Our teams of experts and the authorities are currently reviewing the incident and we will give our cooperation for a thorough exercise.

    “We apologise to our esteemed passengers for the inconvenience caused them and wish to assure them that we will continue to prioritise their safety in all our operations.”

  • Accident claims 8 lives on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

    Accident claims 8 lives on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

    No fewer than eight persons died while 12 others sustained injuries on Wednesday in a multiple accident involving seven vehicles around Danco filling station on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Thursday.

    Oladele confirmed that the accident, which occurred around 7:56 p.m on the expressway, involved a Toyota bus marked LSR 560 XJ, Mazda bus marked XD 792 EZA , Toyota Sienna marked ABC 512 ZV and Toyota Camry marked APP 196 RQ.

    Other vehicles are an Iveco tanker with registration number DED 776 XA, Daf tanker marked APP 248 XT and Daf container with registration number LND 04 XX.

    The FRSC boss explained that the accident was caused by excessive speeding, reckless driving and loss of control on the part of one of the vehicles which led to a container fallen off from its hook on two buses.

    “From investigations, it was learnt that the unfortunate fatal crash was caused by speeding, reckless driving and loss of control on the part of one of the vehicles which led to a container fallen off from its hook on two buses.

    “Other vehicles rammed into each other in the process, in an attempt to escape from the scene.

    “The accident involved 43 persons, 12 persons which included five female and seven male were injured while eight persons which included one female, six male and a child died in the accident,” he said.

    He noted that the injured victims were were taken to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu and Fambis Hospital, Mowe.

    Oladele said that the corpses of the deceased were deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) mortuary, Sagamu.

    He advised motorists to note that the entire strech of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is still undergoing rehabilitation, cautioning motorists to observe the maximum speed of 50km per hour in compliance with the National Road Traffic Regulations, 2004.

  • El-Rufai visits Buhari, debunks accident rumour

    Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has declared he was never involved in any accident as widely reported a few days ago.

    The governor also disclosed he was hunting for the peddlers of the news that he was involved in a fatal accident.

    According to him, criminal charges would be brought against those behind the fake news.

    He spoke with State House correspondents shortly after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.

    He said: “I came to see Mr. President after my re-election as governor because immediately after the election I took a break.

    “I came back to report to him that I was not involved in an accident. I’m alive, I am not in coma and also to discuss other issues related to my state.”

    On his alleged involvement in an accident, he said: “My advice to everyone in Nigeria is to avoid forwarding stories that have not been verified.

    “Social media provides platform for disseminating information but it is also a platform for dissemination of lies and hatred.

    “We should be very careful that we don’t use this platform to advance the cause of the enemies of this country.

    “I was never involved in any accident. I was not near any accident. In fact at a time I was supposed to be involved in an accident, I was in an aircraft going to another country.

    “But somebody sat and concocted this story and we are trying to trace who started it. This is because criminal proceedings can be initiated against the person.

    “Sometimes it is very difficult to know who started it but we are on it. My advice is that we should rely on reliable news medium, not just any platform or any blog.

    “Unless we hear something from a very reliable news medium, we should be reluctant to begin sharing it as if it is true,” he stated

     

  • Accident not caused by bad roads in Nigeria – Fashola

    The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Raji Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Wednesday said contratry to public opinion, frequent accidents on the highway was not as a result of bad roads.

    The minister pointed out that road accidents are largely due to speeding and the recklessness of drivers, as no driver speeds on a bad road.

    Fashola disclosed this in Abuja at a capacity building workshop on the activation of the five United Nations’ Convention on Road Traffic acceded to by Nigeria.

    In a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing on Wednesday, the minister noted that the workshop underscored the importance and commitment of the government on the safety of the lives of Nigerians.

    He, however, stated that injuries and avoidable accidents that occurred daily on highways were regrettable.

    Fashola told participants at the workshop that there was no state in Nigeria that the Federal Government was not executing one road project or the other.

    He said the ministry would soon embark on the deployment of manpower for the erection of additional road signs to provide the required guidance, support and direction to road users.

    The minister charged the Federal Road Safety Corps to intensify efforts on public enlightenment campaigns, orientation and education of drivers to be of good behaviour while on highways in order to ensure the safety of lives and property.

    On his part, the Corps Marshal, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, said his organisation would not have recorded success if not for the support it got from stakeholders in the road and transport sector.

    He expressed gratitude to the United Nation’s envoy for sponsoring the capacity building workshop and promised that the corps would continue to work hard to ensure safety on Nigerian roads.

  • El-Rufai speaks on alleged involvement in auto accident

    The Special Adviser on Media and Communication to Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai has debunked the rumour making the rounds of that the Governor was involved in an accident.

    It would be recalled that from Wednesday night, rumours were rife in hush tones that Governor el-Rufai was involved in an accident. The rumours, however, became louder on Thursday, as it was been carried that, the Governor was injured, while his driver died instantly.

    Meanwhile, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, Muyiwa Adekeye debunked the rumour on his Twitter handle.

    He described the rumour of the governor involving in an accident as an act of hatred, which according to him moves people to peddle lies.

    According to him, “It is hatred that moves people to peddle lies, concoct rumours of accidents and try to pass off their ill-will as God’s doing is a burden on those who have permitted reason to exit their minds and have given their hearts to a constructing narrowness.”

     

  • FRSC recovers N1.78m in accident victim’s car

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command in Lokoja, Kogi, on Tuesday, handed N1, 786,500 to the wife of an accident victim.

    Sector Commander of the corps in the state, Mr Emmanuel Abe, who handed the money to the woman, Mrs Charity Anthony, in Lokoja, said that it was recovered from the vehicle the victim was driving.

    According to him, the victim was driving a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number Abuja KWL 386 YH when he was involved in a lone accident at a spot at Gegu community on Abuja-Lokoja highway at about 2.30 p.m. on Monday.

    He said that his men received a distress call and quickly moved to the scene only to meet the only male victim unconscious.

    Abe said that the victim, Mr Anthony Ike, was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, while a further search on his vehicle led to the discovery of the money.

  • UPDATED: 3 APC supporters feared dead, several others injured [Gory video]

    A vehicle conveying supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC) to a political rally has crashed in Lagos state, leaving three party members dead and many others injured.

    TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the crash occurred on Monday along Festac Access Road in Amuwo Odofin local government area of the state.

    According to a source, the vehicle, a Hilux truck, crashed against an electric pole, leaving the three party members dead on the spot.

    The source narrated how the Hilux after losing control, somersaulted several times before plunging against the electric pole.

    TNG gathered that the driver and others sustained various degrees of injuries.

    The State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti confirmed the incident and the death of the three APC supporters.

    He also confirmed Chinelo Ofegbu, Wasiu Sodiq, Adebajo Adeleke, Fatope Saheed, Adio Kazeem, Jamiu Ajiboluwa and Arowolo Ogundairo, were seriously injured

    The State Police Public Relations Officer identified the deceased as Shettima Bulus, Irikefe Evwibovwe, and one Alex.

    “The fatal accident occurred around 12.20 pm. A Toyota Tundra pick up van, with number plate FST 01 LG, conveying some persons for the rally lost control and somersaulted. Three people died on the spot, while seven others sustained serious injuries.

    “The injured persons were taken to the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area hospital for treatment, while the corpses were deposited in the Isolo General Hospital mortuary. The vehicle has been recovered and taken to the station,” he said.

    According to Chief Kayode Odunaro, Media Adviser to the APC candidate, Senator Adeola cut short his campaign as a result of the tragedy.

    He noted that the accident occurred during the campaign tour of the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area and the Oriade Local Council Development Area.

    “The accident involved an SUV that somersaulted on top speed while trying to join the campaign convoy of the senator. It was conveying some supporters of Riskat Adegeye, the APC House of Representatives candidate for the Amuwo Odofin Federal Constituency.

    “Senator Adeola prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed at this point in time and the fortitude for their families to bear the irreparable losses.

    “Senator Adeola quickly rounded off the day’s campaign after a one minute silence was observed in honour of the departed at the venue of a stakeholders’ meeting,” he said.

     

  • How Bolanle Olukanni survived ghastly auto crash

    Media personality and actress, Bolanle Olukanni has recounted how she survived a car accident with “no minor scratches or cuts”.

    She made this known on her Instagram page saying six other passengers in the car were also unharmed.
    Olukanni revealed that she will be sharing her “testimony” in church on Sunday.

    “Upper Sunday, I was in a life threatening accident with six other people. I came out without a single scratch. Not one part of my body was affected, no injuries, no minor scratches or cuts,” she wrote.
    “I came out like nothing happened. I can’t explain what it means to me to be sitting here completely whole and healthy after that accident.”

    The TV host also said she had a premonition in her “spirit” about the accident.

    She wrote: “The most interesting thing is moments before the accident; I felt the spirit within me say you will give a testimony in two weeks. I didn’t understand.

    “Moments later the accident happened. I am giving my testimony in church this Sunday. (It will be two weeks exactly to the accident) I am eternally thankful to God for what he did for me and the six other people in the car. I can’t explain the level of this miracle.”

    Bolanle landed her first TV gig as a co-host on “Moments with Mo” after being chosen out of over 400 other hopefuls to host alongside talk show host and CEO of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu. ‘Moments with Mo’ has now evolved into “Moments” and airs on EbonyLife TV

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  • Bloody! Truck driver zooms off after crushing motorcyclist, passenger to death

    A motorcyclist and his passenger were on Sunday crushed to death by a Volvo truck at Somorin/Obantoko road, Abeokuta, Ogun.

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, Spokesman for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident occurred around 1 p.m. on Sunday.

    Akinbiyi said the accident occurred when the motorcycle rider lost control as he was exchanging pleasantries with another motorcyclist.

    “We learnt the rider of the Boxer motorcycle marked ABG 413 VR, was exchanging pleasantries wth another bike rider when he lost control on noticing that a Volvo truck was approaching fast behind him.

    “The truck eventually crushed him and the person he was carrying to death. The driver did not stop but drove off,” he said.

    The TRACE spokesman said that the corpses of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of the Ogun State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta.

     

  • Breaking: Many feared dead in Lagos accident

    Breaking: Many feared dead in Lagos accident

    Five persons were on Thursday reportedly crushed to death in an accident after a truck rammed into a commercial bus in Lagos.

    The accident happened around 3pm at Agulenjika Bus Stop along Oshodi-Apapa expressway.

     

    TNG reports that a white commercial bus was driving against traffic inward Mile Two when it collided with a containerized truck.

     

    According to eyewitness report,so many passengers had their legs amputated, while many others were trapped underneath the truck.

     

    At the time of filing this report, officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and other responders were at the scene.

     

    Details shortly…