Tag: Accidents
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SAD! 13 people confirmed d3ad in Edo road accidents in 2 months
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reported that no fewer than 13 people lost their lives in road accidents across Edo State in November 2024. The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Cyril Mathew, confirmed this tragic news during an address to journalists in Benin City on Sunday. According to Mathew, the fatalities resulted from…
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Baby, man die in Lagos accidents
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the death of a two-year-old baby girl and a 60-year-old man in two separate motor accidents in the Isolo area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incidents in a statement on Friday.
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How road accidents claimed 4,387 lives in 6 months – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says a total of 4,387 people were killed as a result of road traffic crashes from January to June across the 36 states and the FCT.
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Work-related accidents, illnesses kill close to 2m people annually – UN warns
Work-related illnesses and injuries kill nearly two million people annually, largely due to long working hours, the UN said Friday, warning that the pandemic was likely to worsen the situation.
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Bloody weekend in Ibadan as gas tanker, truck accidents kill eight
At least five persons have been killed and several others, injured following an accident involving a gas tanker in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The accident occurred around 9:00 am on Sunday at a popular herbs market in the Bode area of the city as a result of a brake failure from the tanker which…
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Tragic! Six siblings, nine others perish in separate Edo accidents
Two separate auto crashes that occurred on Friday in Arue-Uromi and Agbede, in Edo State have claimed 15 lives, including six siblings. The Arue-Uromi accident reportedly provoked anger, tears and sorrow, as the six casualties involved, four girls and two boys, were said to be children of the same family. It was however not clear…
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Five feared dead, many injured in Lagos multiple accidents
Reports reaching TheNewsGuru.com, TNG has it that no fewer than five persons have been feared killed and many others injured in a multiple accident involving about 10 vehicles in Lagos. According to eyewitness accounts, the accidents occurred at Alumorufu in Iyana-Ipaja along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. It was gathered a truck laden with beer bottles collided…
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Road accidents claim 109 lives in Ogun
The Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in Ogun says no fewer than 109 persons lost their lives while 665 others sustained injuries in various road accidents across the state between January and August. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of the Corps, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Akinbiyi…
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Nigeria records 1,618 deaths from road accidents in three months
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says that at least 1,618 people have lost their lives through road accidents between December 2018 and February 2019. The information, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is contained in the Report of Road Traffic Crash for December, 2018, January and December, 2019, released by the FRSC.…
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Road accidents claim 1.3m lives annually – UN
Ms Amina Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, said some 1.3 million drivers, passengers and pedestrians died each year on the world’s roads. Mohammed stated this as UN took a major step to address this tragedy by launching a trust fund to spur action that could save lives and prevent the loss of opportunity associated with…