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  • Apapa gridlock: Stay out of Lagos, LASG orders truck drivers

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    Olaotan Falade
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    Sequel to the incessant gridlocks witnessed at the Apapa axis of Lagos, the State Government on Friday directed owners and operators of articulated vehicles/trailers and petroleum tankers to stay away from its borders for now. The state government in a press conference jointly addressed by officials of the State as well as members of the…

  • Sad! Truck kills nursing mother in Ogun

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    Kehinde Ajose
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    A Nursing mother of a three-month-old baby was on Saturday killed by a Mercedes Benz truck in Orile Elmo junction on Siun-Sagamu interchange expressway.   Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident in Abeokuta.   Akinbiyi said the accident was caused by speeding and dangerous…

  • Tragedy as truck crushes 9 to death in Edo

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    Olaotan Falade
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    There was pandemonium early Tuesday morning at the Oka market, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State after a truck driver rammed into a commercial bus killing no fewer than nine persons. It‎ was gathered that the incident occurred on Eguasco Street at about 6am. Those killed include two children and a bus driver. The…

  • Photos: 5 dead, 3 injured as truck falls on commercial bus in Lagos

    Photos: 5 dead, 3 injured as truck falls on commercial bus in Lagos

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    Olaotan Falade
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    There was pandemonium early Saturday morning at the Ojota area of Lagos as an articulated truck with registration number AKD 663 KF conveying a 40 feet container laden with plywood fell on a Volkswagen commercial bus (Danfo) with registration number FST 944 XR. TheNewsGuru.com reports that five of the passengers in the bus died on…

  • Photos: Truck crushes bike man to death in Lagos

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    Olaotan Falade
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    There was pandemonium at the Isolo area of Lagos on Thursday as a truck crushed a bike man (identified as Biliaminu Olayiwola) to death while trying to make u-turn at the Daleko Bridge. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA was immediately alerted of the incident which happened at about 9:19am. This…

  • Truck crushes 4 school children, woman to death in Delta

    Truck crushes 4 school children, woman to death in Delta

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    Olaotan Falade
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    No fewer than four school children and a middle-aged woman were Wednesday crushed to death by a truck at the popular mechanic village, off Effurun-Warri Road in Delta State. The school children were reportedly trying to cross to the other side of the road when the truck ran them over at about 8am. However, in…