LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was around midnight a decade ago when some dare-devil robbers broke into the home of Eye Ayo Samuel in Erusu Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hoodlums broke into his apartment through the kitchen window and shattered his sleep. “The incident occurred on January 24, 2014. […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following Sunday’s killing of 18 persons in a crash involving an articulated vehicle on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, has directed that such vehicles conveying humans and animals together be impounded. Apart from those who died in the Sunday crash, 27 other passengers sustained injuries in the accident that […]
Dec 12 2023 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A crash involving two vehicles in the early hour of Tuesday 2nd August, 2022 along Alaro City, Epe, Lagos State has claimed sixteen lives with five others injured. The crash occurred at 0300hrs due to impaired visibility as a result of reckless driving within the construction corridor. Statement signed by Route Commander […]
Aug 3 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 persons were burnt to death on Friday, as a tanker caught fire on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed that the accident happened around 5 am on Friday, before Isara bridge. The spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, Florence Okpe, explained that […]
Feb 19 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three athletes were confirmed dead, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries in a road accident involving the operational van of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zuru Unit Command, Kebbi State on Thursday. It was gathered that the FRSC van was overloaded with athletes conveying them to […]
Jan 1 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four occupants of a Toyota Camry car crushed by a 40ft containerized truck were rescued alive from the battered car. The Federal Road Safety Corps Lagos Sector Command in a statement sighted by NewsRangers said the crash occurred around 1838hrs at Ojuelegba inward Stadium on Funsho Williams Avenue, adding that it involved […]
Sep 20 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 10 persons reportedly died in a lone auto crash involving an 18-seater commercial Hiace bus, in a town near Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, yesterday. It was gathered that the accident occurred at a location called Iyemoja along the Olooru-Okolowo area of the Ilorin-Jebba expressway in the Moro Local […]
Jul 21 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A speeding escort vehicle has crushed commercial tricycles on Ilorin-Old Jebba road in Kwara state, killing three people and injuring others. Witnesses at the scene of the crash in Ilorin said three passengers from two of the tricycles died on the spot, creating chaos in the area. Tricycle operators demonstrated at the […]
Jul 6 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Lagos Sector Command on Monday decried recent trend by VIPs, motorists of replacing their number plates with pet names. The Lagos Sector Commander Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide said in a statement in Lagos that number plate has security features that should not be tampered with under […]
Jun 9 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven youths were reported to have died in an auto-crash that happened in the early hours of yesterday along the Lekki-Epe Expressway. The Lagos Sector Commander of FRSC, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide said in a statement in Lagos that the auto crash, which occurred on the Lekki – Epe Expressway at Shapati […]
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