Tag: Driver
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Driver crushes female motorcyclist to death in Delta, flees scene
An unidentified middle-aged woman was on Friday, crushed to death after a Lexus Jeep rammed into her motorcycle along the New Sapele/Agbor Road opposite Ebedei Secondary, Adonishaka in Ukwuani LGA Delta State. Three persons including a pastor with Winner’s Chapel ,simply identified as Pastor Ngbomini, survived the accident, it was learnt. It was learnt a…
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Police prosecute driver for allegedly killing 4 cows in Edo
A 33-year-old man, Abhademenre Sylvester, who allegedly drove recklessly and killed four cows on Wednesday, appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Edo. The police charged Sylvester with two counts of reckless driving and negligence. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Charity Asemota, told the court that Sylvester committed the offence on Feb. 18, on the Benin-Agbor…
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Driver sentenced to death for murdering employer’s mother
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Monday, sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed, to death for killing his employer’s 76-year-old mother, Jolasun Okunsanya. Justice Dada gave the judgment in a virtual court session approved by the state Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba, in line with the Lagos State Judiciary remote hearing…
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Lagos: Driver bags death sentence in first virtual court sitting
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja High Court has sentenced a driver, Olalekan Hameed, to death by hanging in the first virtual court sitting held by a Lagos court as part of social distancing measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Justice Dada sentenced Hameed to death by hanging for the Dec. 1, 2018 murder of…
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Driver knocks down FRSC Marshal on highway
A Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) member, Cross River State Command, James Itekim, on Tuesday, narrowly escaped death after he was knocked down by an unlicensed driver. The incident occurred on Tuesday along the Murtala Mohammed Highway near the popular Calabar-Calabar roundabout at about 7am. An eyewitness, a taxi driver, who declined giving his name,…
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Bandits kidnap 14 bus passengers, driver in Osun
Bandits, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have reportedly kidnapped 14 bus passengers, including the driver, along Otan/Imesi-Ile road in Osun. All the eighteen occupants of the bus were initially, but four of them escaped. Police said they were rescued by their men. NAN reported that the kidnapping was carried out following a tip-off from one…
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I killed my boss’s wife because he sacked me – suspect
A 37-years old driver, Morenikeji Adeyemi on Friday said he killed his boss’s wife, Oyewumi Ayanwale because his boss sacked him for no reason after four years of working with him. Adeyemi who was paraded by the Oyo state police command in Ibadan said he was able to lure the victim under the pretense of…
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Angry driver steals company’s vehicle over threat of sacking
Officials of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team, Lagos, have detained a driver, Abah Ali, for allegedly stealing the vehicle of his employer. It was gathered that Ali was employed by a company, Gharsu Service Limited, in July 2018, as a driver to the Chief Operating Officer. TheNewsGuru gathered that 24 days after resumption,…
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Train crushes truck driver in Aba
A truck driver whose identity has yet to be determined was crushed to death in Aba by a cargo train late on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the accident occurred at about 10 p.m. at the railway crossing behind Eziukwu Market off Cemetery Road by Ogbonna Road in the commercial city.…
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Gunmen kidnap another senior Ekiti LG official, driver
A Director of Administration in Gbonyin Local Government Area in Ekiti State, Mr. David Jejelowo and his driver have been kidnapped by a group of unidentified gunmen and whisked away to unknown destination. Jejelowo was kidnapped on Monday evening along Ado-Ijan road while returning from Ode Ekiti, the local government headquarters to Ado Ekiti capital…