Tag: BUS
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2 unconscious as jeep rams into commercial bus
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says a commercial minibus driver and a passenger were knocked unconscious after a Ford Jeep collided with their bus. LASTMA’s General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday by
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Driver, conductor abscond as bus kills pedestrian, injures 2
T he Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says a commercial bus driver and conductor absconded after causing the death of a pedestrian with two individuals severely injured. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, confirmed this in a statement made available on
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Just in: Bus conveying Kano Pillars players involved auto crash
Many players of the Kano Pillars FC U-19 team have been rushed to hospital after sustaining injuries in a road accident on Tuesday, October 22. The players were en route to the New Jos Stadium for their Matchday 5 fixture in the inaugural U-19 Youth League against Plateau United U-19, when the accident occurred. According…
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2 escape death as bus rams into truck in Lagos
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that two persons have escaped death on Tuesday when a commercial bus rammed into a slow moving articulated vehicle. LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed this NAN in Lagos, said the two victims sustained various degrees of injuries.
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Lagos stops 25% rebate on bus, ferry, train fares
The Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) says the 25 per cent rebate on fares for regulated public bus, ferry and train services ends on Sunday (June 2). LAMATA made this known on its official X handle.
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5 women die as container crushes bus in Anambra
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra Sector Command, says five women died when a container fell on a commercial bus at Odumodu Junction on Nteje-Awka. The state Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka on Friday.
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Lagos Train-bus accident: 66 patients out of hospital
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says 66 patients involved in the train-bus collision accident have been treated and discharged from five state public health facilities. Abayomi disclosed this in a situation update about the accident on Wednesday in Lagos.
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Updates: All we know about Lagos train/bus collision – NRC MD
The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Fidet Okhiria, on Thursday narrated the little his organization knows about the the train/bus collision in Lagos. Recall the NRC train was involved in an accident with a Lagos State Government staff bus on the rail track in Sogunle area of Lagos. Two bodies have so far been…
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BREAKING: Train collides with BRT bus in Lagos
There are reports that a fatal accident occurred involving a passenger train and a Lagos state government BRT staff bus at PWD junction, Ikeja area of the state on Thursday. The incident occurred around Ikeja, Thursday morning.
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We have no hands in commercial bus driver’s death – Lagos Taskforce
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit (Taskforce) has distanced itself from the setting ablaze of a commercial bus driver whose vehicle was allegedly impounded. A statement signed by the agency’s spokesperson, Abdulraheem Gbadeyan, stated that ” the Taskforce officials had no hands in the enforcement for compliance that led to a commercial-bus…