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  • Hit-and-run Lebanese crushes lady’s leg in Lagos

    Hit-and-run Lebanese crushes lady’s leg in Lagos

    Lagos-based Lebanese, John Greg has been involved in a case of hit-and-run in an incident that crushed the leg of one Omotomi Akinsanya.

    The incident which happened on Wednesday on the Sanusi Fafunwa Road in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State, left the woman in agony and inconsolable pain.

    Greg reportedly drove against traffic, hit Akinsanya and sped off, leaving the young lady in a pool of her own blood.

    The suspect, our correspondent gathered, was immediately chased by passersby and motorists who arrested him and handed him over to the police.

    Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Banjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest of Greg in a statement on Thursday.
    The police spokesman said the suspect’s vehicle, a Toyota 4Runner, had been impounded and the Embassy of Lebanon in Nigeria had been informed.

    Hundeyin said Akinsanya was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and was still receiving treatment as of press time.

    The PPRO said, “On May 4, 2022, at about 0745hrs, a middle-aged Lebanese by name John Greg ‘m’ drove a Toyota 4Runner recklessly and against traffic on Sanusi Fafunwa Road thereby hitting one Omotomi Akinsanya ‘f’ which resulted in serious injuries to her leg.

    “He sped off but was chased and arrested. Suspect in our custody. Vehicle impounded and in our station. Victim undergoing treatment at LASUTH. Victim’s family duly informed. Embassy of Lebanon duly informed. Investigation ongoing.”

  • Singer Timaya speaks after being arrested by Police

    Singer Timaya speaks after being arrested by Police

    Plantain boy crooner, singer Timaya has spoken after what seemed to be his arrest surfaced on the internet. He was allegedly accused of hitting a lady at Lekki in Lagos.

    On his Twitter page on Thursday, the singer stated that he didn’t have bad intentions towards anybody.

    “Me no get no bad mind for nobody,” Timaya tweeted.

    In the video, the singer was seen explaining to the policemen while pointing to the car parked outside the building.

    An Instagram user, identified as Osinubi Omowunmi, had raised the alarm on Wednesday, stating that the victim involved was her sister.

    Omowunmi alleged that the singer hit her sister’s car and when he was confronted, he did same to her too

    She wrote on her Instagram page, @whyte_26, “These celebrities and how they behave. Timaya nearly killed my sister this morning. He hit her with his car and run at Ikate a few hours ago.

    “He hit my sister’s car and she came down to ask him to look at what he did. This heartless human was asking for number and she told him he would block her. Instead of @timayatimaya to do the needful, he hit my sister with his car and ran away.

    “She is at the hospital right now in serious pain and the funniest part is that I messaged him on Instagram to do the needful, but this wicked fellow blocked me after reading my message.”

  • Music sensation, Timaya arrested after alleged hit-and-run incident

    Music sensation, Timaya arrested after alleged hit-and-run incident

    Nigerian music sensation, Timaya has been arrested hours after he was accused of almost killing a young lady.

    On Wednesday, March 2, 2022, an Instagram user Osinubi Omowumi, who claimed to be the sister of the victim, accused the music star of ramming his car into her sister after she challenged him for damaging her car.

    In a new development, men of the Nigeria Police Force stormed the residence of the music star on Thursday morning.

    The singer was seen explaining to the officers what transpired during the alleged hit and run incident.

    A few minutes later he was whisked away by the armed police officers.

    Omowumi accused the music star of causing severe injuries to her sister.

    “She is in the hospital now in serious pain and the funniest part is me messaging him to do the needful but this wicked fellow blocked me after reading my messages,” part of her post read.

    She also accused him of blocking her on Instagram when she tried to reach out to him.

  • Hollywood’s Lisa Banes dies after hit-and-run scooter accident

    Hollywood’s Lisa Banes dies after hit-and-run scooter accident

    Hollywood has once again lost one of its prominent stars, Lisa Banes who has died after a hit-and-run incident in New York City. The actress was 65 years old.

    Popular for her roles in Gone Girl and Cocktail, the actress was struck by a person on a scooter while walking down the street on June 4.

    Her manager previously told The Associated Press that she was struck by either a scooter or a motorcycle in the Upper West Side of Manhattan near Lincoln Centre as she was crossing Amsterdam Avenue on the way to visit her alma mater ― the Juilliard School.

    She was being treated at Mount Sinai Morningside hospital for “substantial injuries.”
    Banes reportedly suffered a traumatic brain injury due to the incident, and she never recovered, according to The New York Post.

    Police say that no arrests have been made in connection to the incident.
    Banes’ representatives while speaking to Entertain Tonight on Monday, said, “We are heartsick over Lisa’s tragic and senseless passing.

    “She was a woman of great spirit, kindness and generosity. She was. dedicated to her work whether on stage or in front of a camera; and even more so, to her wife, family and friends,” her rep continued. “We were blessed to have had her in our lives.”

    Banes starred opposite Tom Cruise in the 1988 romantic dramedy Cocktail, and played Martha Gellhorn in the TV mini-series ‘Hemingway’ the same year.

    Remarkably, she played the mother of Rosamund Pike’s character in Gone Girl, and her most recent role came in the horror series ‘Them’.

     

  • Burna Boy’s convoy in hit-and-run in Lagos

    Burna Boy’s convoy in hit-and-run in Lagos

    A fan of Burna Boy in Lagos is rethinking his love for the singer after an accident involving his car and the singer’s convoy on Saturday night.

    The now disenchanted fan, Samuel O, who goes by the Twitter name as Duke of Lagos, said his car was hit at Lekki Phase One, while waiting for the traffic light to turn green.

    What pained Samuel more was that Burna boys told him to ‘f–ck off”.

    Samuel, an auto mechqnic, narrated his experience on Twitter Saturday night, in multiple tweets to call out Burna Boy.

    “Hi guy’s Good evening, @burnaboy convoy just hit my Car at Lekki phase 1 around 8:15 PM date Saturday 6 2021. This terrible, I don’t have money for RR but Burna boys told me to fvck off”, Samuel tweeted.

    “One of @burnaboy boys in same Car with Burna say to the other convoy behind to ENTER ME which I don’t know what it means. I tried as much as I can to even hear sorry but threatening instead.

    “They all Drove into Vintage Park Estate by Chisco behind Toyota Company in Lekki, which I believe they knew I have no access to the Estate. Please I don’t have Money am just a Mechanic all I want is just let him acknowledge and apologise!!

    “To God who made Me I was patiently waiting for the Lekki traffic lights to turns green before I move all they his convoy did was to keep blaring sirens k only tried to just move so they can move as well. Please this is terrible moment, Am a big fan of him but this total turns Off”.

    The Duke of Lagos tagged many social media influencers to get Burna Boy’s attention.

  • Tragedy as hit-and-run driver crushes two to death in Ogun

    A hit-and-run motorist has crushed two persons to death at the Ijagun junction on the Sagamu-Ore Expressway in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State.

    The Route Commander, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State, Florence Okpe, revealed this in a statement on Thursday.

    Okpe stated that the accident happened around 4.30pm.

    She said the fatal crash involved two male adults, who were on a motorcycle.

    The statement read in part, “The persons involved in the crash were two male adults, who unfortunately died.

    “They were riding a wine Bajaj Boxer motorcycle with number plate AAB 052 VQ, when an unidentified vehicle hit them, but the driver ran away and the motorcyclist lost control and crashed due to the impact.

    “The two corpses were deposited in the state mortuary in Ijebu-Ode.”

    Okpe also stated that an earlier crash occurred around 5.10pm on Wednesday on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around Mowe bus stop in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.

    The FRSC officer explained that the accident involved a Mark tanker with number plate KMC 107 YS and a motorcycle with number plate GBE 054 VU.

    She said three male adults were involved in the accident but no one died or got injured.

    Okpe stated, “The suspected cause of the crash was wrongful overtaking, which led to the loss of control.

    “The crash affected the tanker conveying petroleum product with some of its content spilling on the road.

    “There was no fire outbreak due to prompt emergency response, but the gridlock that ensued lasted several hours before the transfer of the petroleum product to another tanker and the crashed tanker was removed from the road to restore traffic.”

    Okpe advised motorists to drive cautiously.

    “The FRSC, Ogun State Sector Commander, Clement Oladele, commended the Redeemed Christian Church of God for creating a thoroughfare yesterday (Wednesday) through the Redemption Camp from the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around Mowe (between Lotto and the RCCG youth gate) to ease the traffic discomfort for motorists trapped in the gridlock that ensued after a tanker conveying PMS crashed around the Mowe bus stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,” she added.

     

  • Tragic! How hit-and-run driver killed woman in Awka

    A yet to be identified woman was on Sunday killed by a hit-and-run driver in Awka.

    The accident occoured at about 11:05pm at Regina Caeli Junction on the Enugu-Onitsha expressway.

    According to Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, the accident left the woman dead instantly.

    Kumapayi said the corpse had been deposited at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital morgue, Awka.

    The sector commander reiterated the call for pedestrians to be careful on the road, especially during festive periods, because of increased vehicular movement.

    “My advice to road users especially pedestrians during this season is to be extra careful when crossing the road.

    “They should endeavour to use the pedestrian bridge provided for them if any, and if there is none, they should look left, right and left again to make sure that the road is free before crossing.

    “Let them wear reflective clothes when walking in the night so that they can be seen by oncoming vehicles,” he said.

  • [Graphic photo] Hit-and-run driver kills OOU final year student on Xmas day

    It was a black Christmas Day for the family of Boluwatife Oyeleye, a final year student of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in the Ajah area of Lagos State.

    Eyewitnesses said the victim had just alighted from a vehicle and was about to cross the Lekki-Ajah Expressway at the Ilaje end when she was hit.

    It was gathered that she was dropped by the roadside by a motorcycle rider after no motorist volunteered to take her to a hospital.

    She died on the road.

    A colleague of the deceased, who identified himself only as Kareem, said Oyeleye was her parents’ only child.

    “She was in her finals. We were told that she had earphones in her ears and that prevented her from hearing the hoot of the car,” he added.

    An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps said the agency received a call to the incident around 8pm.

    He explained that on getting to the scene, officials were informed that her family had been contacted and the body handed over to them.

    He said, “We have a report of the accident. There is no pedestrian bridge at the point where she was hit. She had just been dropped by a vehicle and I believe she wanted to cross to the other side.

    “Immediately we received an alert, we went there to see if we could assist her to a hospital or know if she had been taken to any hospital around by someone. But the motorcycle riders in the area said her family came to take her remains. It was unfortunate.”

    A copy of the victim’s ID card sighted at the scene accident identified her as a final year student of OOU.

  • Graphic photos: Two incapacitated in hit and run accident in Lekki

    Graphic photos: Two incapacitated in hit and run accident in Lekki

    An eyewitness reports that a Hit & Run accident happened about 30 minutes ago on new road, Lekki Lekki-Epe Expressway.

    And the victims, who are reported to be in a very crucial state, have been rushed to the hospital.

    More photos below…

     

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