Crime Facts

Four dead, many injured as explosion rocks Baruwa, Lagos

An early morning explosion has rocked Best Roof Cooking Gas in the Baruwa community of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State . It was gathered that the incident occurred around 05:45am on Thursday. Four persons lost their lives while many were injured in the explosion around Unity Bus -Stop on Candos Road, Baruwa. […]

Another petrol tanker falls in Lokoja

One week after the fatal tanker explosion in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, another tanker laden with petrol has been involved in an accident on the same road in the Felele area of the city. Not less than 23 persons died in the September 23 fire incident, PREMIUM TIMES reported. Governor Yahaya Bello in his reaction […]

Nine dead, three injured in Kano auto crash

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kano State has confirmed nine persons killed and three others injured in a ghastly motor accident on Kano-Zaria Road. The Corps commander, Zubairu Mato, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Kano on Tuesday. Mr Mato disclosed that the accident […]

Many escape death as storey building collapses in Jos

At least thirty people escaped being killed after a storey building collapsed at the Yanshanu suburb of Jos , Plateau state. The building housing eight households, it was gathered , collapsed after a heavy downpour on Friday. A resident , Adamu Mubiro, told our correspondent in Jos on Saturday that the occupants were lucky as […]

Road accidents claim 217 lives in Ogun in 8 months

The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said 217 people died in 547 road traffic crashes from January to August in Ogun. Mr Ahmed Umar, the state Sector Commander, said this during the flag off of the last quarter of the year “Ember months’’ campaign in the state on Tuesday in Abeokuta. […]

One dead, 3 injured as 2 vehicles collide in Ikoyi

One person died and three others sustained different degrees of injuries on Sunday following an accident involving two vehicles in front of Golden Gate, Ikoyi. Mr Nosa Okunbor, Head, Public Affairs, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) confirmed this while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Okunbor said the accident was […]

At least 15 dead in Pakistan passenger van inferno

At least 15 people were killed when a passenger van travelling in southern Pakistan crashed and caught fire, officials said Sunday. The van was carrying passengers from Karachi to Hyderabad city when it struck an object and careered off the road late Saturday. “The death toll in the unfortunate accident has reached 15,” Owais Shah, […]

3 Die As Truck Plunges Into River At Epe Bridge

Three persons lost their lives in an early morning accident involving a six-tyre tipper which lost control and plunged into the river at Berger Bridge in Epe. New Telegraph learnt that the fatal accident occured at about 1:3am on Saturday when the tipper lost control and veered off the bridge before plunging into the river. […]